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Senate panel hears testimony on bill to increase transparency and limit corporate control of medical decisions (Senate File 2939)
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on April 8 took testimony on Senate File 2939, a bill to increase transparency and restrict corporate influence over clinical decisions, with witnesses citing local hospital service losses and staffing changes tied to consolidation and private‑equity ownership.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on April 8 heard testimony on Senate File 2939, a bill sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Mann that would strengthen transparency and limits around corporate ownership and financial control in health care. The hearing was informational and no committee action was taken.
Sen. Mann described the bill as a step to "reign in corporate practice of medicine," saying it would ensure entities that own or invest in health care practices do not "control or interfere with the actual clinical decisions that are being made." He said Minnesota's current corporate practice framework relies heavily on decades‑old case law and that the bill and its A1 amendment would…
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