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S.F. No. 459 - Continuing Care Policy Bill (Second Engrossment)
 
Author: Senator Kent Eken
 
Prepared By:
 
Date: February 28, 2013



 

Section 1 (15.014, subdivision 2) exempts court-ordered task forces from the limit on the number of task forces in a department or agency that may be paid expenses.

Section 2 (144.0724, subdivision 12) makes a cross-reference correction to the nursing facility level of care determination appeals process.

Section 3 (144A.071, subdivision 4d) specifies the timing of rate adjustments for nursing facilities undergoing major renovations in conjunction with the closure of other facilities.

Section 4 (144A.161) changes nursing home and boarding care home resident relocation, closure, and reduction requirements.

Adds and modifies definitions.

Changes notification requirements of licensees intending to close, reduce, or change operations, including notifying managed care organizations contracting with Minnesota health care programs within the facility’s county.

Modifies relocation plan procedures for licensees and county social service agencies.

Changes the notification responsibility for licensees and administrators of facilities closing, reducing, or changes operations. Final discharge notice procedures to residents, residents’ responsible parties, and managed care organizations, if applicable, are modified.

Changes the licensee’s requirements to:  provide residents with transportation to look for alternative living arrangements, as well as the final move; transfer possessions, funds, and telecommunication services.

Compliance oversight responsibility of these requirements is given to the county council service agencies.

Removes language providing an allocation of $450 per bed from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the counties for relocation costs.

Section 5 (256B.056, subdivision 3) removes the requirement that people turning 65 years of age in 2012 and 2013 be eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) for 20 months in the last two years prior to turning 65.

Section 6 (256B.057, subdivision 9) removes notification requirements for 63 and 64-year old MA-EPD recipients regarding MA-EPD eligibility rule changes upon turning 65 years old, as age limits have been removed from the MA-EPD program.

Section 7 (256B.0652, subdivision 5) deletes a reference to outdated Minnesota Rules and adds a reference to federal hospital level of care requirements.

Section 8 (256B.0911, subdivision 3a) allows input from a current service provider during a home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver assessment process with permission of the assessed person.

Section 9 (256B.092, subdivision 7) replaces screening teams with certified assessors, and requires certified assessors to conduct assessments and reassessments for services for people with developmental disabilities (Please see Section 17.)

Section 10 (256B.441, subdivision 1) changes, beginning in 2014, the deadline for nursing facilities to submit statistical and cost reports to DHS from January 15 to February 1.

Section 11 (256B.441, subdivision 43) eliminates any deadline extensions for nursing facilities to submit statistical and cost report to DHS.

Section 12 (256B.441, subdivision 63) corrects a cross-reference to the critical access nursing facilities statute.

Section 13 (256B.49, subdivision 14) allows the certified assessor to invite other individuals to attend a HCBS waiver assessment or reassessment with the recipient’s permission.

Section 14 (256B.492) adds child foster care to the list of settings in which an individual may receive HCBS waivers.

Section 15 (626.557, subdivision 10) requires the county to use a standardized tool to input a maltreatment report, and requires the information entered by the county into the standardized tool to be accessible to DHS.

Section 16 requires DHS to request a waiver from the federal government to allow counties and tribal agencies to contract with private agencies for assessment and reassessment services.

Section 17 repeals:  256B.437, subdivision 8 that directs DHS to allocate funds to counties for relocation costs under planned nursing facility closures; and Laws 2012, chapter 216, article 11, section 31 (the language is replaced in Section 11).

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