A Ramsey County judge has denied a request to temporarily block a new law requiring jails in the state to continue to provide the medications people were prescribed before their incarceration.

The law passed with bipartisan support last session as part of the public safety bill. Chief Judge Sara Grewing had paused the law earlier while she considered whether to grant an injunction.

The law was spurred by the death of Larry R. Hill in 2023 in Hennepin County Jail after he was denied his mental health medication. With some exceptions, it requires jails to continue to give people in custody the same medication they were prescribed before their incarceration. The medication can be changed if the person in jail or the original prescriber agrees to it.

State law enforcement groups including t

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