1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to civil actions; limiting liability for
1.3 	certain conduct of persons released from confinement;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 	chapter 147.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [147.231] RELEASED PERSONS; PRESCRIPTIONS.
1.8 	A physician or certified nurse practitioner may not be held
1.9 	civilly liable for conduct of a former prisoner or civilly
1.10 	committed person that is related to the use or nonuse of
1.11 	medicines, prescribed by the physician or certified nurse
1.12 	practitioner before the prisoner's or committed person's
1.13 	release, during the period from release from confinement until
1.14 	the former prisoner or committed person is scheduled to receive
1.15 	new medicines pursuant to a new prescription written after the
1.16 	release.  To invoke this section as a defense in a civil action,
1.17 	the physician or certified nurse practitioner must have made the
1.18 	prescription in good faith, within the scope of lawful practice,
1.19 	and with reasonable care.