1.1Senator Nelson moved to amend the A-4 amendment to
H.F. No. 4247 as follows:
1.2Page 5, after line 8, insert:
1.3"
(h) Health care facilities, as defined in section 145B.02, shall report to the board
of
1.4nursing, within 30 days of employment, all nurses holding a multistate license issued
by a
1.5state other than Minnesota and an attestation that the employees holding a multistate
license
1.6issued by a state other than Minnesota have completed the tasks required under this
section
1.7as a condition of employment.
1.8(i) Beginning September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, nurses that hold a multistate
1.9nurse license issued by a state other than Minnesota and employed by a health care
facility,
1.10as defined in section 145B.02, shall complete any demographic data surveys required
by
1.11the board of nursing in rule as a condition of employment.
1.12(j) A nurse that holds a multistate nurse license issued by a state other than Minnesota
1.13and that is employed by a Minnesota employer shall complete the continuing education
1.14hour requirements under section 148.231, as a condition of employment."
1.15Page 5, after line 31, insert:
1.16"
(e) The application fee for a multistate license issued pursuant to this nurse licensure
1.17compact shall be $150.00."
1.18Page 19, lines 8 and 26, after "
2024" insert "
and shall sunset on January 1, 2029"
1.19Page 19, after line 25, insert:
1.20"
(g) The interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators established
1.21under the nurse licensure compact under section 148.2855 may not adopt rules that
alter
1.22the requirements or scope of practice of a license issued under chapter 148. Any rule
adopted
1.23by the interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators that purports
to alter
1.24the requirements or scope of practice of a license issued under chapter 148 is not
1.25enforceable."
1.26Page 19, after line 26, insert:
1.27 "Sec. 3.
[148.287] EMPLOYER REPORTING.
1.28 Subdivision 1. Data collection. Commencing in calendar year 2025, Minnesota employers
1.29who employ registered nurses or licensed practical or vocational nurses shall report
to the
1.30Department of Health, not later than January 30 of each year, the following information
1.31and data for the employer, for the period of the immediately preceding calendar year:
2.1(1) the number of new hires of registered nurses who hold multistate licenses and
are
2.2not licensed in Minnesota during the reporting period; and
2.3(2) the number of new hires of licensed practical nurses and vocational nurses who
hold
2.4multistate licenses and are not licensed in Minnesota during the reporting period.
2.5 Subd. 2. Reporting. The commissioner of health shall annually compile the data received
2.6from employers pursuant to subdivision 1 and prepare a report that aggregates the
2.7information, and disaggregated by new hires and retained employees, for registered
nurses,
2.8license practical nurses, and vocational nurses, from the results of the data collected
pursuant
2.9to subdivision 1. This compiled data shall be incorporated into a report which shall
be
2.10provided to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate,
not later
2.11than March 1 of each year, with the first report due on March 1, 2025.
2.12 Sec. 4.
REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.
2.13The Minnesota Nurses Association, on behalf of its constituency, may send a request
to
2.14the chair and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
over
2.15health care finance and policy for reconsideration of the Nurse Licensure Compact
if the
2.16nurses of Minnesota become dissatisfied with its provisions."
2.17The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment to the amendment was #not
2.18adopted.