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HF1794 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Advanced practice registered nurse postgraduate collaborative practice requirements removed.

Related bill: SF1794

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • Eliminate the requirement for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to participate in a postgraduate collaborative practice as a condition of practice.

Main provisions

  • Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211 subdivision 1c.
  • The repeal applies to the postgraduate collaborative practice requirement for APRNs and ends that statutory obligation.

Effects and potential impact

  • APRNs would no longer be required to complete a postgraduate collaborative practice as a condition of practicing.
  • This change could expand practice autonomy for APRNs and may affect supervision or collaborative arrangements, depending on how other laws and regulations apply.
  • The bill does not establish new requirements; it only removes the existing requirement.

Significance and scope

  • Changes the framework for health occupations by removing a specific pathway that previously linked APRN practice to a postgraduate collaborative arrangement.
  • Centered on the scope of APRN practice and the degree of physician collaboration mandated by statute.

Relevant Terms

  • advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
  • postgraduate collaborative practice
  • collaborative practice requirement
  • repeal
  • Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211 subdivision 1c
  • health occupations
  • scope of practice
  • prescribing authority
  • practice independence

Bill text versions

Past committee meetings

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 03, 2025HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toHealth Finance and Policy
March 05, 2025HouseActionAuthor added
March 11, 2025HouseActionAuthor added
March 20, 2025HouseActionAuthor added
February 17, 2026HouseActionAuthor added
March 18, 2026HouseActionCommittee report, to adopt as amended
March 18, 2026HouseActionSecond reading
March 18, 2026HouseActionAuthor added

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [
        "Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211, subdivision 1c."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 148.211, subdivision 1c, which relates to postgraduate collaborative practice requirements for advanced practice registered nurses.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "148.211",
    "subdivision": "1c"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

Sponsors

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