<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 230<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to health occupations; providing for a Nurse Licensure Compact; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>providing for appointments; appropriating money;proposing coding for new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>May 7, 2012<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>The Honorable Kurt Zellers<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 230 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 230 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Page 10, after line 33, insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Sec. 6. <b>NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(a) The commissioner of health shall, in consultation with the Office of Rural Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>and Primary Care, nurse contract bargaining units, the Board of Nursing, professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>nurse organizations, long-term care associations, hospitals and health systems, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Nurse Licensure Compact administrators, study and prepare a report for the governor on <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>the impact of adoption of the Nurse Licensure Compact in Minnesota on the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>areas:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(1) access to care, including but not limited to, access to telemedicine, e-medicine, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>and medical homes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>(2) the estimated number of nurses currently licensed in other compact states who <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>are projected to practice in Minnesota and the number currently licensed in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>who are projected to practice in other compact states and the potential impact to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>Board of Nursing licensure fee revenues and to individual nurses if the nurse licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>compact is adopted;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(3) the impact on regulatory oversight of nurses in terms of disciplinary actions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>(4) the impact on labor relations in states that have adopted the nurse licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>compact, to the extent this impact can be determined;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(5) reducing duplication of nurse licensure;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(6) the variations in qualifications, scope of practice, licensure standards, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>licensure fees between Minnesota and states that are members of the compact; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(7) the impact on patient safety, to the extent this impact can be determined.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(b) The commissioner shall present the report in paragraph (a) to the governor no <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>later than September 30, 2013, and the governor shall consider the findings of this report <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>in determining whether to implement the Nurse Licensure Compact."<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>Page 11, line 2, before "$149,000" insert "(a)"<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>Page 11, after line 4, insert:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>"(b) $120,000 in fiscal year 2013 is appropriated from the state government special <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>revenue fund to the Board of Nursing to transfer to the commissioner of health for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>Nurse Licensure Compact study. This is a onetime appropriation."<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>Page 11, delete section 7 and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Sec. 8. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(a) In order for sections 1 to 5 to be effective, the governor must issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>executive order directing the executive director of the state Board of Nursing to begin <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>implementation of the Nurse Licensure Compact.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>(b) If the governor issues an executive order under paragraph (a), then sections 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>to 5 are effective upon implementation of the coordinated licensure information system <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>in section 1, article 6. Section 7, paragraph (a), is effective the day after the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>issues the executive order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(c) If the governor does not issue the executive order under paragraph (a) by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>December 31, 2013, sections 1 to 5, and section 7, paragraph (a), do not become effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>and do not have the force of law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(d) Sections 6 and 7, paragraph (b), are effective the day following final enactment."<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>Amend the title as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "providing for implementation by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>executive order; requiring a study;"<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Chris Gerlach<br />
                  		
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               <td>Carla J. Nelson<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Gretchen Hoffman<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Kim Norton<br />
                  		
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               <td>Duane Quam<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Joe Schomacker<br />
                  		
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