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609.7495.1

Statute ID: 17773

Statute Function ID: 36846

Physical Interference w/Safe Access to Health Care; Definitions

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Statute Number:

609.7495.1

Enactment Date:

Jun 18, 2020

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2020

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Physical Interference w/Safe Access to Health Care; Definitions

Statute ID:

17773

Created:

Jul 16, 2020 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 16, 2020 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2020 SS1 c2 s141; amendment to (6)

Summary Text:

Physical Interference w/Safe Access to Health Care; Definitions

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/7495.html

Legislative Session:

2020 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 16, 2020

For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them.

(a) "Facility" means any of the following:

(1) a hospital or other health institution licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56;

(2) a medical facility as defined in section 144.561;

(3) an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of or under contract with the commissioner of health or a community health board, as defined in section 145A.02;

(4) a facility providing counseling regarding options for medical services or recovery from an addiction;

(5) a facility providing emergency shelter services for battered women, as defined in section 611A.31, subdivision 3, or a facility providing transitional housing for battered women and their children;

(6) a facility as defined in section 260E.03, subdivision 6;

(7) a facility as defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 6, where the services described in that paragraph are provided;

(8) a place to or from which ambulance service, as defined in section 144E.001, is provided or sought to be provided; and

(9) a hospice provider licensed under section 144A.753.

(b) "Aggrieved party" means a person whose access to or egress from a facility is obstructed in violation of subdivision 2, or the facility.