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The Minnesota Nurses Association released its plan for the 2024 legislative session Monday with the goal of putting patient needs ahead of “corporate greed” at nonprofit hospitals.

The head of the Rhode Island Nurses Association is calling for “systemic change,” after the latest incidents of violence against nurses in the state this week.

Many uninsured people were unaware of charity care assistance even though they qualified.

For just the eighth time in 40 years, a budget session did not require a special session to finish its work. There were many policy changes, too.

State Lawmakers have also removed the Keep Nurses at Bedside Act from the overall Health and Human Services budget bill.

The measure would establish committees of direct care workers and management at Minnesota hospitals to set safe staffing levels.

A newly formed conference committee is now treating the legislation separately.

This weekend, word came that a compromise could be coming, at least to give the Mayo Clinic what they are asking for.

Mayo Clinic previously warned state lawmakers and the governor that approving the bill in its current form could jeopardize billions of dollars worth of investments in Minnesota.

A compromise that would neutralize Mayo Clinic's threat to take billions of dollars of planned investments out of Minnesota could be on the table in St. Paul.