SF 4404

02/27/26  REVISOR  VH/MG  26-06729  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 4404
  (SENATE AUTHORS: KREUN)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  03/12/2026      6667 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
  04/21/2026    8853a Comm report: To pass as amended
  Pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, referred to Rules and Administration
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to jails; providing medications for persons detained in jails; amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 4f.
1.4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 241.021, subdivision 4f, is
1.6    amended to read:
1.7Subd. 4f. Provision of medications in correctional facilities. (a) Correctional facilities
1.8    licensed by the commissioner shall administer to confined and incarcerated persons the
1.9    same medications prescribed to those individuals prior to their confinement or incarceration
1.10   upon such prescriptions being verified as current and valid by the correctional facility under
1.11   a procedure approved by the facility's licensed health care professional.
1.12(b) Unless a confined or incarcerated person is subject to a Jarvis an order issued under
1.13   section 253B.092, subdivision 8, that dictates otherwise, paragraph (a) does not apply when:
1.14(1) a licensed health care professional determines, after consulting with the licensed
1.15   health care professional who prescribed the medication, that the prescribed medication is
1.16   not medically appropriate for the person based on the person's medical condition or status;
1.17   or
1.18(2) a licensed health care professional determines a medication that is at least as effective
1.19   as the current medication the person is prescribed is available to treat the condition and the
1.20   licensed health care professional who prescribed the current medication approves the change
1.21   in medications; or
Section 1.  1
02/27/26  REVISOR  VH/MG  26-06729  as introduced
2.1     (3) (2) the person provides written notice to informs the licensed health care professional
2.2 who is responsible for inmate health care at the correctional facility or the licensed health
2.3 care professional's designee that the person no longer desires to take the medication and the
2.4 decision is documented in the person's medical records.
2.5     (c) As used in this subdivision, "licensed health care professional" means a physician
2.6 licensed under chapter 147, physician assistant licensed under chapter 147A, or advanced
2.7 practice registered nurse as defined in section 148.171, subdivision 3.
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