as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to civil actions; limiting liability for 1.3 administering medication to certain mentally ill 1.4 persons; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 1.5 Statutes, chapter 604A. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [604A.33] [LIMITED LIABILITY FOR ADMINISTERING 1.8 CERTAIN MEDICATION.] 1.9 A treatment facility as defined in section 253B.02, 1.10 subdivision 19, its employees, and agents who oversee a mentally 1.11 ill person in taking medication for the person's mental illness 1.12 prescribed by a health care provider other than the treatment 1.13 facility, its employees, or agents, are not subject to civil 1.14 liability for conduct in connection with the oversight; except 1.15 for injury caused by malice, bad faith, or reckless conduct.