Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF3587: Hospital construction moratorium exception provision
Status: In committee, May 6, 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, March 23, 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
- Sandra Pappas (D) · primary sponsor
- Paul Utke (R)
- Judy Seeberger (D)
- Karin Housley (R)
Latest actions
- : Rule 45; subst. General Orders HF3521, SF indefinitely postponed
- : Second reading
- : Comm report: To pass as amended
- : Author added Housley
- : Referred to Health and Human Services
- : Introduction and first reading
Common questions
- What is SF3587?
- SF3587 is a bill in the Minnesota Legislature (94th Legislature 2025-2026): Hospital construction moratorium exception provision.
- What does SF3587 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 SF3587?
- In committee as of May 6, 2026. Latest action: Rule 45; subst. General Orders HF3521, SF indefinitely postponed (May 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF3587?
- Sandra Pappas (D), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF3587?
- On the Minnesota Legislature website: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?f=SF3587&y=2025&ssn=0&b=senate
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