New Minnesota Laws Every Health Care Provider Should Know: Highlights from 2024 Legislative Session

Lexology July 10, 2024
Fredrikson & Byron PA

Many changes to Minnesota’s health care laws were signed into law by Governor Walz in the 2024 legislative session that ended in May. Here is an overview of several of the key changes and new laws. Please contact your Fredrikson attorney for more information.

Medical Debt Reforms

Effective October 1, 2024, health care providers (defined below) must comply with the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act. Among other things, the Act:

• requires health care providers to adopt and publish medical debt collection policies;
• prohibits health care providers from denying medically necessary care (which is defined very broadly) due to unpaid medical debt;
• prohibits health care providers from engaging in certain debt collection practices and from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting...

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