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HF 3139

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/15/2018 04:00pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to health; modifying licensure requirements for prescribed pediatric
extended care centers; adding prescribed pediatric extended care center services
to the list of covered services under medical assistance; directing the commissioner
of human services to seek necessary medical assistance state plan amendments;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision;
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 144H.04, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 144H.04, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Licenses.

A person seeking licensure for a PPEC center must submit a
completed application for licensure to the commissioner, in a form and manner determined
by the commissioner. The applicant must also submit the application fee, in the amount
specified in section 144H.05, subdivision 1. deleted text begin Effectivedeleted text end new text begin For the period January 1, 2019,
through December 31, 2020, the commissioner shall issue licenses for no more than two
PPEC centers according to the requirements in section 3. Beginningnew text end January 1, deleted text begin 2018deleted text end new text begin 2021new text end ,
the commissioner shall issue a license for a PPEC center if the commissioner determines
that the applicant and center meet the requirements of this chapter and rules that apply to
PPEC centers. A license issued under this subdivision is valid for two years.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 65. new text end

new text begin Prescribed pediatric extended care center services. new text end

new text begin Medical assistance
covers prescribed pediatric extended care center basic services as defined under section
144H.01, subdivision 2. The commissioner shall set two payment rates for basic services
provided at prescribed pediatric extended care centers licensed under chapter 144H: (1) a
$250 half-day rate per child attending a prescribed pediatric extended care center for less
than four hours per day; and (2) a $500 full-day rate per child attending a prescribed pediatric
extended care center for four hours or more per day. The rates established in this subdivision
may be reevaluated by the commissioner two years after the effective date of this subdivision.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2019, or upon federal approval,
whichever occurs later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of
statutes when federal approval is obtained.
 new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin PHASE-IN OF LICENSURE OF PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED
CARE CENTERS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin 2019-2020 licensure period. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health shall phase in
the licensure of prescribed pediatric extended care centers (PPEC centers) under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 144H, by issuing licenses for no more than two PPEC centers for the
licensure period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2020. To be eligible for licensure
for the licensure period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2020, an entity must hold
a current comprehensive home care license under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144A.43 to
144A.482, and must have experience providing home care services to medically complex
or technologically dependent children, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144H.01,
subdivision 5. Beginning January 1, 2021, the commissioner shall license additional PPEC
centers if the commissioner determines that the applicant and the center meet the licensing
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144H.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Quality measures; development and reporting. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health,
in consultation with prescribed pediatric extended care centers licensed for the 2019-2020
licensure period, shall develop quality measures for PPEC centers, procedures for PPEC
centers to report quality measures to the commissioner, and methods for the commissioner
to make the results of the quality measures available to the public.
 new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC
EXTENDED CARE.
new text end

new text begin No later than August 15, 2018, the commissioner of human services shall submit to the
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services any medical assistance state plan
amendments necessary to cover prescribed pediatric extended care center basic services
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivision 65.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end