SF 2974

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; allowing optional registration as 
  1.3             a housing with services establishment under certain 
  1.4             circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.5             section 144D.01, subdivision 4; proposing coding for 
  1.6             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144D. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 144D.01, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [HOUSING WITH SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT OR 
  1.11  ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) "Housing with services establishment" or 
  1.12  "establishment" means: 
  1.13     (1) an establishment providing sleeping accommodations to 
  1.14  one or more adult residents, at least 80 percent of which are 55 
  1.15  years of age or older, and offering or providing, for a fee, one 
  1.16  or more regularly scheduled health-related services or two or 
  1.17  more regularly scheduled supportive services, whether offered or 
  1.18  provided directly by the establishment or by another entity 
  1.19  arranged for by the establishment; or 
  1.20     (2) an establishment that registers under section 144D.025. 
  1.21     (b) Housing with services establishment does not include: 
  1.22     (1) a nursing home licensed under chapter 144A; 
  1.23     (2) a hospital, certified boarding care home, or supervised 
  1.24  living facility licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56; 
  1.25     (3) a board and lodging establishment licensed under 
  1.26  chapter 157 and Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0670, 
  2.1   9525.0215 to 9525.0355, 9525.0500 to 9525.0660, or 9530.4100 to 
  2.2   9530.4450, or under chapter 245B; 
  2.3      (4) a board and lodging establishment which serves as a 
  2.4   shelter for battered women or other similar purpose; 
  2.5      (5) a family adult foster care home licensed by the 
  2.6   department of human services; 
  2.7      (6) private homes in which the residents are related by 
  2.8   kinship, law, or affinity with the providers of services; 
  2.9      (7) residential settings for persons with mental 
  2.10  retardation or related conditions in which the services are 
  2.11  licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.2100 to 9525.2140, or 
  2.12  applicable successor rules or laws; 
  2.13     (8) a home-sharing arrangement such as when an elderly or 
  2.14  disabled person or single-parent family makes lodging in a 
  2.15  private residence available to another person in exchange for 
  2.16  services or rent, or both; 
  2.17     (9) a duly organized condominium, cooperative, common 
  2.18  interest community, or owners' association of the foregoing 
  2.19  where at least 80 percent of the units that comprise the 
  2.20  condominium, cooperative, or common interest community are 
  2.21  occupied by individuals who are the owners, members, or 
  2.22  shareholders of the units; or 
  2.23     (10) services for persons with developmental disabilities 
  2.24  that are provided under a license according to Minnesota Rules, 
  2.25  parts 9525.2000 to 9525.2140 in effect until January 1, 1998, or 
  2.26  under chapter 245B. 
  2.27     Sec. 2.  [144D.025] [OPTIONAL REGISTRATION.] 
  2.28     An establishment that meets all the requirements of this 
  2.29  chapter except that fewer than 80 percent of the adult residents 
  2.30  are age 55 or older may, at its option, register as a housing 
  2.31  with services establishment.