1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; establishing a blanket hospital construction moratorium exception 
1.3 	for increasing mental health bed capacity;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, 
1.4 	section 144.551, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.551, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Exception for increased mental health bed capacity. Subdivision 1, paragraph 
1.9 	(a), and sections 144.552 and 144.553 do not apply to:
1.10 	(1) those portions of any structure, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, 
1.11 	improvement, extension, lease, or other acquisition by or on behalf of a hospital that increases 
1.12 	the mental health bed capacity of a hospital; or
1.13 	(2) the establishment of a new psychiatric hospital.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2022, and applies to any 
1.15 	projects commenced on or after that date.