Minnesota SF 3416: Board of Medical Practice membership modifications, complaint review committee membership and processes requirements establishment, Board of medicine website provider profiles information requirements establishment, points of patient contact posted information requirements establishment, and audit requirement

Status: Referred to Health and Human Services (as of 2025-04-23)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: SF 3416

Subjects: Associations and Societies, Boards, Health and Health Department

Sponsors: Putnam

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; modifying membership of Board of Medical Practice; establishing
1.3 requirements for complaint review committee membership and processes;
1.4 establishing requirements for information on provider profiles on Board of Medicine
1.5 website; establishing requirements for posted information at points of patient
1.6 contact; requiring an audit; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.7 sections 147.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 147.02, subdivision 5; 147.091, subdivision
1.8 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.
1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.11 Subdivision 1.Creation; terms.(a) The Board of Medical Practice consists of 16 17
1.12 residents of the state of Minnesota appointed by the governor. Eleven Nine board members
1.13 must be licensed to practice medicine under this chapter. At least one board member must
1.14 hold a degree of doctor of medicine, and at least one board member must hold a degree of
1.15 doctor of osteopathic medicine. Five Eight board members must be public members as
1.16 defined by section 214.02 and must meet the criteria in paragraph (b). The governor shall
1.17 make appointments to the board which reflect the geography of the state. In making these
1.18 appointments, the governor shall ensure that no more than one public member resides in
1.19 each United States congressional district, and that at least one member who is not a public
1.20 member resides in each United States congressional district. The board members holding
1.21 the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine must, as a whole, reflect
1.22 the broad mix of expertise of physicians practicing in Minnesota. A member may be
1.23 reappointed but shall not serve more than eight years consecutively. Membership terms,
1.24 compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership vacancies, and
1.25 fiscal year and reporting requirements are as provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. The
1Section 1.
25-05462 as introduced04/14/25 REVISOR AGW/AC
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3416NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: PUTNAM)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading373604/23/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services

2.1 provision of staff, administrative services and office space; the review and processing of
2.2 complaints; the setting of board fees; and other provisions relating to board operations are
2.3 as provided in chapter 214.
2.4 (b) Each public member must meet the following criteria:
2.5 (1) has experience in consumer advocacy or public interest advocacy relating to health
2.6 care safety and quality improvement;
2.7 (2) has communication and negotiation skills;
2.8 (3) has expressed commitment to the time necessary to fully participate in all board
2.9 activities;
2.10 (4) has education or training in particular health care concerns of diverse demographic
2.11 groups;
2.12 (5) has current community connections to organizations representing diverse population
2.13 groups or has expressed intent to establish community connections to organizations
2.14 representing diverse population groups; and
2.15 (6) has experience serving for civic, educational, or benevolent organizations.
2.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026.
2.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.18 Subd. 2.Recommendations for appointment.(a) Prior to the end of the term of a
2.19 doctor of medicine or public member on the board, or within 60 days after a doctor of
2.20 medicine or public member position on the board becomes vacant, the State Medical
2.21 Association, the Mental Health Association of Minnesota, patient safety advocacy
2.22 organizations, and other interested persons and organizations may recommend to the governor
2.23 doctors of medicine and public members qualified to serve on the board. Prior to the end
2.24 of the term of an osteopathic physician, or within 60 days after an osteopathic physician
2.25 membership becomes vacant, the Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society may recommend
2.26 to the governor three osteopathic physicians qualified to serve on the board. The governor
2.27 may appoint members to the board from the list of persons recommended or from among
2.28 other qualified candidates.
2.29 (b) At least 60 days prior to filling the vacancy of any public member, notice of the
2.30 vacancy for the public member must be published in the newspaper of record in the
2.31 congressional district in which the vacancy will occur.
2.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026.
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3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147.01, subdivision 4, is amended to rea

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