1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to safe patient handling; requiring clinical plans;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 182.6551; 182.6552, by adding a subdivision; 
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 182.6551, is amended to read:
1.7 	182.6551 CITATION.
1.8 	Sections 182.6551 to 182.6553 182.6554 may be cited as the "Safe Patient Handling 
1.9 	Act."

1.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 182.6552, is amended by adding 
1.11 	a subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 5.Clinical settings that move patients. "Clinical settings that move 
1.13 	patients" means physician, dental, and other outpatient care facilities, except for outpatient 
1.14 	surgical settings, where service requires movement of patients from point to point as part 
1.15 	of the scope of service.

1.16 	Sec. 3. [182.6554] SAFE PATIENT HANDLING IN CLINICAL SETTINGS.
1.17 		Subdivision 1.Safe patient handling plan required. (a) By July 1, 2009, every 
1.18 	clinical setting that moves patients in the state shall develop a written safe patient handling 
1.19 	plan to achieve by January 1, 2011, the goal of ensuring the safe handling of patients by 
1.20 	minimizing manual lifting of patients by direct patient care workers and by utilizing 
1.21 	safe patient handling equipment.
1.22 	(b) The plan shall address:
2.1 	(1) assessment of risks with regard to patient handling that considers the patient 
2.2 	population and environment of care;
2.3 	(2) the acquisition of an adequate supply of appropriate safe patient handling 
2.4 	equipment;
2.5 	(3) initial and ongoing training of direct patient care workers on the use of this 
2.6 	equipment;
2.7 	(4) procedures to ensure that physical plant modifications and major construction 
2.8 	projects are consistent with plan goals; and
2.9 	(5) periodic evaluations of the safe patient handling plan.
2.10 	(c) A health care organization with more than one covered clinical setting that 
2.11 	moves patients may establish a plan at each clinical setting or establish one plan to serve 
2.12 	this function for all the clinical settings.
2.13 		Subd. 2.Facilities with existing programs. A clinical setting that moves patients 
2.14 	that has already adopted a safe patient handling plan that satisfies the requirements of 
2.15 	subdivision 1, or a clinical setting that moves patients that is covered by a safe patient 
2.16 	handling plan that is covered under and consistent with section 182.6553, is considered to 
2.17 	be in compliance with this section.
2.18 		Subd. 3.Training materials. The commissioner shall make training materials on 
2.19 	implementation of this section available, at no cost, to all clinical settings that move 
2.20 	patients as part of the training and education duties of the commissioner under section 
2.21 	182.673.
2.22 		Subd. 4.Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the commissioner under 
2.23 	section 182.661. A violation of this section is subject to the penalties provided under 
2.24 	section 182.666.