2023 MN Legislative Session: Wins for Patients & Primary Care

The 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session has ended. In addition to passing a balanced budget for the next two-year period, the Minnesota Legislature passed many bills that the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) strongly supported, including the All-Payer Claims Database update, audio-only telehealth coverage, rural health care workforce funding, firearm safety measures and more.

While this is being referred to as a historic session for the number of bills passed, it was clearly a good (policy) year for family physicians and their patients.

MN Legislative Update: Budget Bills, Conversion Therapy Ban, Gender-Affirming care & Reproductive Freedom Defense Act

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update on the legislative session, including the status of two budget bills, a conversion therapy ban, gender-affirming care protections and the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act.

AAFP Congress of Delegates 2022: MN Highlights

Minnesota family physicians were well-represented at the 2022 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Congress of Delegates, the AAFP’s policy-making body, in September in Washington, DC. Read a recap of resolution actions and Minnesota’s involvement.