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Board authorizes county to join litigation challenging statute on jail medication treatment

5672815 · July 8, 2025
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Nicollet County commissioners voted to join pending litigation challenging a recent statute amendment that would require jails to continue incoming inmates' prescribed medications without verification; the county will allow the attorney representing the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association to represent its interests in the case.

Nicollet County commissioners authorized the county to join pending litigation contesting a recent legislative amendment that would require county jails to continue prescribed medications for incoming inmates without verification, county staff and the sheriff’s office said.

County legal and sheriff’s office representatives said the statute amendment — effective July 1 — would obligate jails to continue medications brought by incoming…

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