This Minnesota bill proposes removing the expedited rulemaking authority for the Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board. It amends sections of Minnesota Statutes 2024 related to labor regulations for nursing home workers.

Key Provisions:

1. Rulemaking Authority:

   • The board retains its authority to establish minimum nursing home employment standards (such as compensation and training) but will no longer be able to use expedited rulemaking processes.

2. Review of Standards:

   • The board must review nursing home employment standards every two years but will not be able to amend or repeal these standards through the expedited rulemaking process.

3. Certification of Worker Organizations:

   • The board will certify worker organizations that provide training to nursing home workers, but certification criteria will no longer use expedited rulemaking.

4. Notice Requirements:

   • The board will specify the content and posting requirements for nursing home employment notices, but the adoption of these requirements will not follow expedited rulemaking.

Impact:

This bill slows down the regulatory process for establishing, modifying, or adopting new employment standards and certification criteria for nursing home workers by eliminating the expedited rulemaking authority. This could result in longer implementation times for new standards or modifications to existing ones.