Nursing home and assisted living facilities permission to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages

A bill for an act

relating to liquor; allowing nursing homes and assisted living facilities to allow

consumption and display of alcoholic beverages; proposing coding for new law

in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[340A.4015] NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES;

WHEN LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.

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Nothing in this chapter prohibits a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01,

subdivision 5, or an assisted living facility as defined in section 144G.08, subdivision 7,

from allowing the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages, provided all of the

following conditions are met:

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(1) the alcoholic beverages are only consumed or displayed by residents of the nursing

home or assisted living facility;

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(2) residents may only consume or display alcoholic beverages at an activity or event

which is resident-focused;

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(3) no person under 21 years of age is permitted to consume alcoholic beverages;

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(4) any staff serving an alcoholic beverage is at least 18 years of age; and

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(5) alcoholic beverages are not offered for sale or otherwise disposed of as part of a

commercial transaction.

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