HF 564

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/13/2013 02:13pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying personal care assistance; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0659, subdivision 7, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0659, subdivision 7, is amended to
read:

Subd. 7.

Personal care assistance care plan.

(a) Each recipient must have a
current personal care assistance care plan based on the service plan in subdivision 6 that is
developed by the qualified professional with the recipient and responsible party. A copy of
the most current personal care assistance care plan is required to be in the recipient's home
and in the recipient's file at the provider agency.

(b) The personal care assistance care plan must have the following components:

(1) start and end date of the care plan;

(2) recipient demographic information, including name and telephone number;

(3) emergency numbers, procedures, and a description of measures to address
identified safety and vulnerability issues, including a backup staffing plan;

(4) name of responsible party and instructions for contact;

(5) description of the recipient's individualized needs for assistance with activities of
daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, health-related tasks, and behaviors; and

(6) dated signatures of recipient or responsible party and qualified professional.

(c) The personal care assistance care plan must have instructions and comments
about the recipient's needs for assistance and any special instructions or procedures
required new text begin , including whether or not the recipient has requested a personal care assistant
of the same gender new text end . The month-to-month plan for the use of personal care assistance
services is part of the personal care assistance care plan. The personal care assistance
care plan must be completed within the first week after start of services with a personal
care provider agency and must be updated as needed when there is a change in need for
personal care assistance services. A new personal care assistance care plan is required
annually at the time of the reassessment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0659, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 7a. new text end

new text begin Special instructions; gender. new text end

new text begin If a recipient requests a personal care
assistant of the same gender as the recipient, the personal care assistance agency must
fulfill the request.
new text end