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.
63 Bills chief authored by Kelly Morrison in the Minnesota Senate that are now law in Minnesota:
Mental Health
- SF 1954 – Psychodelic Medicine Task Force
- SF 836 – Minors age 16 and older allowed to consent to outpatient mental health services
- SF 1174 – Children’s mental health onmibus
OTHER BILLS
- SF 1022 – Establishment of Legislative Task Force on Aging
- SF 1640 – Plan for development of a Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- SF 2272 – Ensuring disability parking is unobstructed
- SF 2270 – Task force to study implementation of Ranked Choice Voting
- SF 2444 – Naloxone in schools
- SF 1313 – Chemistry undergraduate teaching lab at University of Minnesota
- SF 440 – MLCAT repayment
- SF 1469 – Grant for ActivEd Walkabouts program
- SF 558 – Minnesota professional sports teams license plates
- SF 203 – Grant to 494 Corridor Coalition
HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES
- SF 165 – Reproductive Freedom Defense Act
- SF 168 – Prescription Drug Affordability Board and anti-price gouging provisions
- SF 164 – MA coverage of postpartum long acting reversible contraception
- SF 162 – Lowering elevated lead blood level definition to 3.5 mcg from 10 mcg
- SF 441 – Study to develop statewide registry for Provider Order of Life-Sustaining Treatment
- SF 668 – Family Planning Special Programs grants
- SF 705 – Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council funding
- SF 1029 – Access to care for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of rare diseases
- SF 1460 – Increased MA rates for family planning services
- SF 1320 – MA coverage of tobacco and nicotine cessation treatment
- SF 2162 – Claims denial from certain hospitals and ambulance services
- SF 2139 – Task Force on Substance Use Disorder and maternal health
- SF 2090 – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder prevention grants
- SF 1967 – MA coverage of seizure detection devices
- SF 1951 – MA coverage of recuperative care
- SF 2341 – Cancer reporting changes to statewide cancer registry
- SF 2520 – Establishment of tobacco use prevention account from JUUL settlement
- SF 2923 – Increased MA rates fo doula services
- SF 2701 – Home visiting funding
- SF 2885 – Funding for caring for high acuity patients ready for discharge from hospitals
- SF 2533 – Value-based purchasing of pharmaceuticals by DHS
- SF 2340 – Renovation and lead hazard reductions provisions modifications
- SF 2338 – Definitions addition for regualation of safe drinking water
- SF 1323 – Family planning services payment rates increase
- SF 1826 – Audio-only telehealth services
- SF 2273 – Opioid abuse prevention and intervention services
ENVIRONMENT
- SF 2600 – Acquisition of land for habitat and natural area management
- SF 2330 – 50 year clean water plan
- SF 2317 – Aquatic invasive species research
- SF 1526 – Chronic wasting disease containment plan
- SF 1321 – Standards for labeling products as biodegradable or compostable
- SF 170 – Lawns to Legumes program
- SF 442 – ENRTF/LCCMR appropriations
- SF 553 – Boater education and permitting
- SF 755 – SMART Salting program
- SF 835 – Ban Neonicotinoids and chlorpyrifos on state lands
- SF 1001 – Regional parks and trails
- SF 834 – PFAS non-essential use ban
INFRASTRUCTURE
- SF 1667 – Excelsior local option sales tax extension
- SF 1466 – Wayzata Construction Sales Tax Exemption
- SF 1131 – Mound water infrastructure repair
- SF 2333 – Highway 7 Safety Study
- SF 2271 – Hopkins Crossroads / Highway 73 Trail Improvements
- SF 286 – Eastern Carver County Schools lease levy for transportation garage
CLIMATE and ENERGY
- SF 1958 – Geothermal Heat Pump Installations Allowed
- SF 2790 – Climate Action Plan as part of comprehensive plan content
- SF 3183 – Solar for Schools
- SF 1132 – Electric vehicle infrastructure program
- SF 912 – Bill Dooley Bicycle Safety Act
- SF 911 – School-related active transportation curriculum
28 Bills chief authored by Kelly Morrison in the Minnesota House 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