![]() ![]() In its May 3 email, the Health Care Affordability Board, did not advance. "We share the governor’s and legislature’s commitment to continue addressing the challenges facing nurses - including nationwide staffing shortages and increasing violence against health care workers - just as we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation to cure, connect and transform health care for patients in Minnesota and around the world.” "We remain grateful for our nurses, and all health care workers, who serve patients with dedication and compassion every day," Farrugia continued. We share the goal of making Minnesota the state that leads the future transformation of health care. Walz, Speaker Hortman and Majority Leader Dziedzic have expressed firm support for Mayo Clinic and for our desire to grow and invest in health care and our communities. Walz and his team for their exceptional partnership and leadership. "Mayo Clinic would like to express our gratitude to everyone who embraced that commitment with us. Gianrico Farrugia said in a statement provided to the Post Bulletin. "Throughout the legislative session, Mayo Clinic remained steadfast in our position to ensure we can continue to meet the needs of our patients and staff and lead the transformation of health care," Mayo Clinic president and CEO Dr. Kim Hicks, Tina Liebling and Andy Smith, all DFL, and Duane Quam, R-Byron, voted "yes" on the bill. The House passed the Nurse and Patient Safety Act 112-17. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, voting against the bill. The nursing bill passed the Senate 40-25, with Boldon voting for and Sen. But Murphy said on Monday that multiple senators did not like the exemption for Mayo Clinic, creating a barrier to passing the bill. That would have required that hospitals form those staffing committees, except for Mayo Clinic. ![]() "The work that we have been doing to keep nurses focused in this legislation and patients focused in this legislation really got subsumed by a fight among corporate entities, Mayo and the other corporate hospitals." Mayo insisted on being, demanded on being excluded from this legislation," Murphy said. "The last couple of weeks, we've run headlong into a large corporation. Murphy said that corporate opposition to the bill had "dominated and replaced the debate that we've been having about nursing and patient safety." The major compromise on the staffing committee portion of the former Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act comes almost three weeks after Mayo Clinic lobbyist Kate Johansen said in a May 3 email to lawmakers and gubernatorial staff that if the KNABA became law without a way for Mayo Clinic to be exempt, the health system wouldĬancel about $4.4 billion in investment in Minnesota. The bill retains its provisions that will establish a loan forgiveness program for specific health care workers and will direct health systems to implement written action plans to address workplace violence. The new bill language replaces the staffing committee requirement for hospitals with an order for the state Commissioner of Health to publish a nursing workforce report that studies why nurses are leaving the profession. But what we have in this provision that is going to go to the floor of the House and the Senate tonight and become law is important and transformative work for nurses, for direct care workers and the patients in their care." We're not going to get everything that we need. "We came to this session of course, as you know, fighting for our efforts to keep nurses at the bedside," Murphy said. The new version of the bill, titled the Nurse and Patient Safety Act, does not include the nurse staffing committee requirement opposed by the Minnesota Hospital Association and Mayo Clinic. Liz Boldon, DFL-Rochester, and Jim Abler, R-Anoka, in a news conference Monday evening. Sandra Feist, DFL-New Brighton, along with Sens. The major change was announced by bill co-authors Sen. PAUL - As the Minnesota Legislature's 2023 session came to a close Monday night, both chambers passed a significantly amended nursing bill once known as the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act. ![]()
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