Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF3521: Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided.
Status: Signed into law, August 1, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
From the engrossed text, May 5, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.551, subdivision 1. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. Restricted construction or modification. (a) The following construction or modification may not be commenced: (1) any erection, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, improvement, extension, lease, or other acquisition by or on behalf of a hospital that increases the bed capacity of a hospital, relocates hospital beds from one physical facility, complex, or site to another, or otherwise results in an increase or redistribution of hospital beds within the state; and (2) the establishment of a new hospital. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) construction or relocation within a county by a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility that is a national referral center engaged in substantial programs of patient care, medical research, and medical education meeting state and national needs that receives more than 40 percent of its patients from outside the state of Minnesota; (2) a project for construction or modification for which a health care facility held an approved certificate of need on May 1, 1984, regardless of the date of expiration of the certificate; (3) a project for which a certificate of need was denied …
Sponsors
- Jeff Backer (R) · primary sponsor
- John Huot (D)
- Danny Nadeau (R)
- Ned Carroll (D)
- Wayne Johnson (R, 41A)
Latest actions
- : Effective date
- : Secretary of State, Filed
- : Governor approval
- : Third reading Passed vote: 67-0
- : Special Order
- : Returned from Senate
- : Second reading
- : Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3587
- : Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF3587, now on General Orders
- : Introduction and first reading
Votes
- the passage of the bill (May 7, 2026): 67 yea, 0 nay, passed
- the adoption of the amendment (May 7, 2026): 33 yea, 34 nay, failed
- CALENDAR FOR THE DAY - Passage, as amended (May 4, 2026): 131 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HF3521?
- HF3521 is a bill in the Minnesota Legislature (94th Legislature 2025-2026): Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided.
- What does HF3521 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
- What is the status of HF3521?
- Signed into law as of August 1, 2026. Latest action: Effective date (August 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF3521?
- Jeff Backer (R), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF3521?
- On the Minnesota Legislature website: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=HF3521&y=2025&ssn=0&b=house
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