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Minnesota Medical Association outlines its top priorities for 2026 legislative session

Ahead of the Legislature's Feb. 17 session, the Minnesota Medical Association outlined its top five legislative priorities, with Dr. Lisa Mattson stating, "Dozens of health care-related bills go through the Capitol each session," emphasizing focus on key issues.
After the Oct. 2, 2025 Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, the association called for a special legislative session and flagged Minnesota's immunization exemption for 'conscientiously held beliefs', an outlier shared by about 13 other states.
The MMA's Feb. 11 press release emphasizes firearm safety, detailing an assault-weapon and high-capacity magazine ban, secure-storage requirements, and local firearm regulation powers.
The MMA wants to boost childhood vaccination rates and preserve Medical Assistance coverage, limit impacts from last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ensure physician involvement in insurance determinations, and support clinicians through the Treat Yourself First campaign.
The association will press its agenda at Physicians' Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 4, highlighting Minnesota's immunization exemption for 'conscientiously held beliefs,' allowed by about 13 other states.

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Minnesota Medical Association outlines its top priorities for 2026 legislative session

The Minnesota Legislature's 2026 regular session begins next week. The state advocacy organization for physicians has laid out its top priorities for lawmakers.

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