Minnesota SF1814 authorizes nonopioid directives, establishes immunity for certain acts or failures to act, and amends health statutes.

Minnesota SF1814 introduces the concept of nonopioid directives, allowing patients or their health care agents to specify that they should not be administered opioids or offered opioid prescriptions. Patients can revoke these directives at any time, and health care providers must comply unless administering an opioid is medically necessary in emergency situations. The bill also mandates that health care providers document these directives in patient records and develop a form for this purpose.

Minnesota SF1814 authorizes nonopioid directives, establishes immunity for certain acts or failures to act, and amends health statutes.

Minnesota SF1814 introduces the concept of nonopioid directives, allowing patients or their health care agents to specify that they should not be administered opioids or offered opioid prescriptions. Patients can revoke these directives at any time, and health care providers must comply unless administering an opioid is medically necessary in emergency situations. The bill also mandates that health care providers document these directives in patient records and develop a form for this purpose.