SF 542

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 08/21/2015 10:09am

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying the definition of residential hospice facility;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 13, is amended to
read:

Subd. 13.

Residential hospice facility.

new text begin (a) new text end "Residential hospice facility" means
a facility that resembles a single-family home located in a residential area that directly
provides 24-hour residential and support services in a home-like setting for hospice patients
as an integral part of the continuum of home care provided by a hospice and that houses:

(1) no more than eight hospice patients; or

(2) at least nine and no more than 12 hospice patients with the approval of the local
governing authority, notwithstanding section 462.357, subdivision 8.

new text begin (b) Residential hospice facility also means a facility that directly provides 24-hour
residential and support services for hospice patients and that:
new text end

new text begin (1) houses no more than 21 hospice patients;
new text end

new text begin (2) meets hospice certification regulations adopted pursuant to title XVIII of the
federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1395, et seq.; and
new text end

new text begin (3) is located on St. Anthony Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was licensed as a
40-bed non-Medicare certified nursing home as of January 1, 2015.
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