Accomplishments
FOR A HEALTHY, THRIVING MINNESOTA
Minnesotans are proud of our unique state. Minnesota is a leader in health care, education, and environmental protections. We need to continue to lead so that Minnesota remains a great place to work and raise a family.
28 Bills chief authored by Kelly Morrison that are now law in Minnesota:
Mental Health
- PSYPACT – Interstate compact allowing licensed psychologists to practice across state lines, expanding needed access to mental healthcare
- Funding for children’s emergency residential mental healthcare
- Expanding intensive in-home mental health treatment in foster care services
Education
- Limit individual screens for our youngest learners (in pre-K and Kindergarten)
- Digital well-being grants to empower students to be smart users of technology
- Allow students to apply sunscreen without a note from a doctor
- Funding for Minnesota Youth Council – supporting youth voices at the Capitol
HEALTHCARE
- Drug Price Transparency to help drive down costs
- Prior authorization reform to improve and speed access
- Breast cancer screening coverage for high-risk individuals
- Telehealth – allow access to care via telephone or video
- Extending Medical Assistance from 60 days to 12 months postpartum
- Respite care for people experiencing homelessness after hospitalization
- Enhanced medical assistance coverage for children with asthma
- Funding for youth tobacco product use prevention
- Exempting providers of prenatal care from being mandatory reporters of women who use substances during pregnancy
- Improved re-credentialing for providers using birth month renewal
- Extending temporary licenses for doctors, physician assistants, and respiratory therapists practicing from out of state to ease workforce shortages
- Transfer Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Prevention grants from DHS to MDH (streamline efficiencies)
- Allows pharmacists to provide intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SC) drug administration under a prescription drug order and participate in placement of drug monitoring devices
ENVIRONMENT
- Funding for research, prevention, and treatment of aquatic invasive species
- Lawns to legumes – nationally recognized program to help Minnesotans transform traditional lawns into pollinator-friendly habitats
- Pollinator Research Account extended by 3 years and “Habitat” removed from the account’s name (so research on impacts doesn’t just apply to habitat)
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Funding to replace a dangerously aging bridge in Deephaven
- Funding critical water infrastructure repair in Spring Park
- Allowing Excelsior a local option sales tax to help fund restoration and repair of the Excelsior Commons
- Minnetonka Community Education Center – allowing a funds transfer to expand its building to accommodate growing demand for early childhood and adult education
- Funding a roundabout at the entrance to Minnetonka Middle School West to ease congestion and improve safety