HF 120

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying group residential housing rates; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256I.04, subdivision 3; 256I.05, by adding a
subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256I.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Moratorium on the development of group residential housing beds.

(a)
County agencies shall not enter into agreements for new group residential housing beds
with total rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate except: (1) for group residential
housing establishments licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0215 to 9525.0355,
provided the facility is needed to meet the census reduction targets for persons with
developmental disabilities at regional treatment centers; (2) to ensure compliance with
the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act alternative disposition plan requirements
for inappropriately placed persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness;
(3) up to 80 beds in a single, specialized facility located in Hennepin County that will
provide housing for chronic inebriates who are repetitive users of detoxification centers
and are refused placement in emergency shelters because of their state of intoxication,
and planning for the specialized facility must have been initiated before July 1, 1991, in
anticipation of receiving a grant from the Housing Finance Agency under section 462A.05,
subdivision 20a, paragraph (b); (4) notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2a, for
up to 190 supportive housing units in Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, or Ramsey County
for homeless adults with a mental illness, a history of substance abuse, or human
immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. For purposes of this
section, "homeless adult" means a person who is living on the street or in a shelter or
discharged from a regional treatment center, community hospital, or residential treatment
program and has no appropriate housing available and lacks the resources and support
necessary to access appropriate housing. At least 70 percent of the supportive housing
units must serve homeless adults with mental illness, substance abuse problems, or human
immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who are about to be
or, within the previous six months, has been discharged from a regional treatment center,
or a state-contracted psychiatric bed in a community hospital, or a residential mental
health or chemical dependency treatment program. If a person meets the requirements of
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and receives a federal or state housing subsidy, the group
residential housing rate for that person is limited to the supplementary rate under section
256I.05, subdivision 1a, and is determined by subtracting the amount of the person's
countable income that exceeds the MSA equivalent rate from the group residential housing
supplementary rate. A resident in a demonstration project site who no longer participates
in the demonstration program shall retain eligibility for a group residential housing
payment in an amount determined under section 256I.06, subdivision 8, using the MSA
equivalent rate. Service funding under section 256I.05, subdivision 1a, will end June 30,
1997, if federal matching funds are available and the services can be provided through a
managed care entity. If federal matching funds are not available, then service funding will
continue under section 256I.05, subdivision 1a; deleted text begin or deleted text end deleted text begin (6) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end for group residential housing
beds in settings meeting the requirements of subdivision 2a, clauses (1) and (3), which
are used exclusively for recipients receiving home and community-based waiver services
under sections 256B.0915, 256B.092, subdivision 5, 256B.093, and 256B.49, and who
resided in a nursing facility for the six months immediately prior to the month of entry
into the group residential housing setting. The group residential housing rate for these
beds must be set so that the monthly group residential housing payment for an individual
occupying the bed when combined with the nonfederal share of services delivered under
the waiver for that person does not exceed the nonfederal share of the monthly medical
assistance payment made for the person to the nursing facility in which the person resided
prior to entry into the group residential housing establishment. The rate may not exceed
the MSA equivalent rate plus $426.37 for any case new text begin ; or (6) for an additional two beds,
resulting in a total of 32 beds, for a facility located in Hennepin County providing services
for recovering and chemically dependent men that has had a group residential housing
contract with the county and has been licensed as a board and lodge facility with special
services since 1980 new text end .

(b) A county agency may enter into a group residential housing agreement for beds
with rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate in addition to those currently covered
under a group residential housing agreement if the additional beds are only a replacement
of beds with rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate which have been made available
due to closure of a setting, a change of licensure or certification which removes the beds
from group residential housing payment, or as a result of the downsizing of a group
residential housing setting. The transfer of available beds from one county to another can
only occur by the agreement of both counties.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256I.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 1h. new text end

new text begin Supplementary rate for certain facilities serving chemically
dependent males. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2007,
a county agency shall negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified
in subdivision 1, not to exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized
inflationary adjustments, for a group residential housing provider that:
new text end

new text begin (1) is located in Ramsey County and has had a group residential housing contract
with the county since 1982 and has been licensed as a board and lodge facility with special
services since 1979; and
new text end

new text begin (2) serves recovering and chemically dependent males, providing 24-hour-a-day
supervision.
new text end