SF 1671

1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; placing the term "assisted living 
  1.3             facility" into statute as a formal means of referring 
  1.4             to registered housing with services establishments; 
  1.5             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.6             chapter 144D. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [144D.015] [ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY DEFINITION 
  1.9   FOR PURPOSES OF LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.] 
  1.10     For purposes of consistency with terminology commonly used 
  1.11  in long-term care insurance policies, a housing with services 
  1.12  establishment that is registered under section 144D.03 and that 
  1.13  holds, or contracts with an individual or entity that holds, a 
  1.14  home care license and all other licenses, permits, 
  1.15  registrations, or other governmental approvals legally required 
  1.16  for delivery of the services the establishment offers or 
  1.17  provides to its residents, constitutes an "assisted living 
  1.18  facility" or "assisted living residence."