Persons detained in jails provided medications.

This bill requires correctional facilities in Minnesota to provide incarcerated individuals with the same medications they were taking before confinement, provided the prescriptions are verified as current and valid. The law applies to all licensed correctional facilities and ensures that inmates receive their prescribed medications unless specific exceptions apply. Exceptions include situations where a licensed health care professional determines the medication is medically inappropriate, when a more effective alternative medication is available with approval from the prescribing professional, or when an inmate formally requests to stop taking the medication. The bill defines licensed health care professionals as physicians, physician assistants, or advanced practice registered nurses who oversee inmate health care decisions.