Direct Care and Treatment authorization to accept gifts on behalf of patients and clients; Direct Care and Treatment x-ray and security screening system requirements modification; County correctional facility support pilot program appropriation availability extension

A bill for an act

relating to state-operated human services; giving Direct Care and Treatment

authority to accept gifts on behalf of patients and clients; modifying Direct Care

and Treatment x-ray and security screening system requirements; extending

appropriation availability for county correctional facility support pilot program;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 15.43, subdivision 3; 144.121,

subdivision 9; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144.121, subdivision

1a; Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 2, subdivision 20.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.43, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Other exemptions.

The
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commissioners
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commissioner
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of
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human services and
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corrections
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and Direct Care and Treatment executive board
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may by rule prescribe procedures

for the acceptance of gifts from any person or organization, provided that such gifts are

accepted by the commissioner
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or executive board
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, or a designated representative of the

commissioner
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or executive board
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, and that such gifts are used solely for the direct benefit

of patients
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, clients,
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or inmates under the jurisdiction of the accepting state officer.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, is amended

to read:

Subd. 1a.

Fees for ionizing radiation-producing equipment.

(a) A facility with ionizing

radiation-producing equipment and other sources of ionizing radiation must pay an initial

or annual renewal registration fee consisting of a base facility fee of $155 and an additional

fee for each x-ray tube, as follows:

(1)

medical or veterinary equipment

$

130

(2)

dental x-ray equipment

$

60

(3)

x-ray equipment not used on

humans or animals

$

130

(4)

devices with sources of ionizing

radiation not used on humans or

animals

$

130

(5)

security screening system

$

160

(6)

radiation therapy and accelerator

x-ray equipment

$

1,000

(7)

industrial accelerator x-ray

equipment

$

300

(b) Electron microscopy equipment is exempt from the registration fee requirements of

this section.

(c) For purposes of this section, a security screening system means ionizing

radiation-producing equipment designed and used for security screening of humans who

are in the custody of a correctional or detention facility
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or who are civilly committed in a

secure treatment facility
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, and used by the facility to image and identify contraband items

concealed within or on all sides of a human body.

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(d)
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For purposes of this section, a correctional or detention facility is a facility licensed

under section
241.021
and operated by a state agency or political subdivision charged with

detection, enforcement, or incarceration in respect to state criminal and traffic laws.

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(e) For purposes of this section, a secure treatment facility includes the facilities listed

in sections 253B.02, subdivision 18a, and 253D.02, subdivision 13.

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(f)
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The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish requirements for the use of security

screening systems. Notwithstanding section
14.125
, the authority to adopt these rules does

not expire.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.121, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Exemption from examination requirements; operators of security screening

systems.

(a) An employee of a correctional
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or
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,
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detention
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, or secure treatment
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facility who

operates a security screening system and the facility in which the system is being operated

are exempt from the requirements of subdivisions 5 and 6.

(b) An employee of a correctional or detention facility who operates a security screening

system and the facility in which the system is being operated must meet the requirements

of a variance to Minnesota Rules, parts
4732.0305
and
4732.0565
, issued under Minnesota

Rules, parts
4717.7000
to
4717.7050
. This paragraph expires on December 31 of the year

that the permanent rules adopted by the commissioner governing security screening systems

are published in the State Register.

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(c) An employee of a secure treatment facility who operates a security screening system

and the facility in which the system is being operated must meet the requirements of a

variance to Minnesota Rules, parts 4732.0305 and 4732.0565, issued under Minnesota

Rules, parts 4717.7000 to 4717.7050.

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Sec. 4.

Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 2, subdivision 20, is amended to read:

Subd. 20.

Direct Care and Treatment -

Operations

-0-

6,094,000

(a)
Free Communication Services for

Patients and Clients.
$1,368,000 in fiscal

year 2025 is for free communication services

under article 6, section 1. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.

(b)
Direct Care and Treatment Capacity;

Miller Building.
$1,796,000 in fiscal year

2025 is to design a replacement facility for the

Miller Building on the Anoka Metro Regional

Treatment Center campus. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

(c)
Direct Care and Treatment County

Correctional Facility Support Pilot

Program.
$2,387,000 in fiscal year 2025 is

to establish a two-year county correctional

facility support pilot program. The pilot

program must: (1) provide education and

support to counties and county correctional

facilities on protocols and best practices for

the provision of involuntary medications for

mental health treatment; (2) provide technical

assistance to expand access to injectable

psychotropic medications in county

correctional facilities; and (3) survey county

correctional facilities and their contracted

medical providers on their capacity to provide

injectable psychotropic medications, including

involuntary administration of medications,

and barriers to providing these services. This

is a onetime appropriation. Notwithstanding

Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.28,

subdivision 3
, this appropriation is available

until June 30,
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2026
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2027
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.

(d)
Advisory Committee for Direct Care

and Treatment.
$482,000 in fiscal year 2025

is for the administration of the advisory

committee for the operation of Direct Care

and Treatment. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

(e)
Base Level Adjustment.
The general fund

base is increased by $31,000 in fiscal year

2026 and increased by $0 in fiscal year 2027.