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SF5071 • 2026

Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Abeler
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

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Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

What This Bill Does

  • Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Hennepin County assisted living facility minimum site, physical environment, and fire safety requirements exception creation

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A bill for an act

relating to health; creating an exception to assisted living facility minimum site,

physical environment, and fire safety requirements for a facility in Hennepin

County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144G.45,

subdivision 8.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 144G.45, subdivision 8, is

amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Exceptions.

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(a)
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To accommodate the needs of an aging population in Otter

Tail County, a three-story building with Type IIIB construction located in Otter Tail County

may apply for an assisted living license under section
144G.191
. This
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subdivision
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paragraph
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expires December 31, 2025.

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(b) To accommodate the needs of an aging population in Hennepin County, a four-story

building with Type V construction located in Saint Anthony, Minnesota, may apply for an

assisted living license under section 144G.191. This paragraph expires December 31, 2026.

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