SF 2552

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/10/2010 07:44am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; prohibiting certain restrictions on waivered service
living arrangements; requiring the transfer of certain clients from group
residential housing to waivered services; modifying certain group residential
housing supplementary service payment rate caps; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 256B.49, by adding subdivisions.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.49, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 23. new text end

new text begin Living arrangements. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall not place a limit,
without express legislative approval, on the number of adult recipients of home and
community-based waivered services receiving assisted living plus services or customized
living services who may reside in one building, regardless of adult recipient age.
Limits in effect on May 1, 2001, on the number of recipients who may reside in one
living unit shall remain in effect, regardless of the number of units in a building. The
commissioner shall not deny medical assistance enrollment based on building capacity
to an otherwise-qualified provider of waivered services.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.49, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 24. new text end

new text begin Conversion of group residential housing recipients. new text end

new text begin (a) Counties,
with the cooperation and assistance of the commissioner, shall convert waiver-eligible
clients from group residential housing services to the community alternatives for disabled
individuals waiver or the traumatic brain injury waiver and ensure that applicants for
group residential housing services who are eligible for waivered services receive waivered
services instead of group residential housing services.
new text end

new text begin (b) Any legislatively established limit on community alternatives for disabled
individuals or traumatic brain injury waivered service slots shall not apply to slots
established under paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin (c) The nonfederal share of waivered service costs for persons enrolled in waivered
services under paragraph (a) shall not exceed by more than ten percent the group
residential housing supplementary service cost for that person.
new text end