Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
An act
relating to human services; recodifying elderly waiver language; making technical corrections;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 144.0724, subdivisions 2, 11; 144D.04, subdivision 2a; 144G.05; 245A.03, subdivision 7; 245A.04, subdivision 14; 245A.11, subdivisions 7a, 9, 10, 11; 245D.02, subdivisions 3, 4b, 10; 245D.03, subdivision 1; 256B.038; 256B.051, subdivision 3; 256B.059, subdivision 1; 256B.0595, subdivision 1; 256B.06, subdivision 4; 256B.0659, subdivision 1; 256B.0711, subdivision 1; 256B.0911, subdivisions 1a, 3a; 256B.0913, subdivisions 4, 7, 8, 13, 14; 256B.0917, subdivision 1a; 256B.0918, subdivision 2; 256B.0919, subdivision 3; 256B.0922, subdivision 2; 256B.15, subdivision 4; 256B.439, subdivision 1; 256B.4912, subdivisions 1, 5, 7; 256B.69, subdivision 6b; 256B.765; 256B.85, subdivisions 2, 3, 6; 295.50, subdivision 9b; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256S; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0915, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1d, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
new text begin The commissioner is authorized to apply for a home and community-based services waiver for the elderly, authorized under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, to obtain federal financial participation to expand the availability of services for persons who are eligible for medical assistance. The commissioner may apply for additional waivers or pursue other federal financial participation that is advantageous to the state for funding home care services for the elderly who are eligible for medical assistance. The provision of waiver services to an elderly person receiving medical assistance must comply with the criteria for service definitions and provider standards approved in the elderly waiver. new text end
new text begin The commissioner shall comply with the requirements in the federally approved transition plan for the elderly waiver authorized under this chapter. new text end
new text begin (a) Services and supports provided under this chapter must meet the requirements in United States Code, title 42, section 1396n. new text end
new text begin (b) Services and supports provided under this chapter must promote consumer choice and be arranged and provided consistent with individualized, written coordinated service and support plans. new text end
new text begin Reimbursement for the services provided to a participant under this chapter and under the elderly waiver must be made from the medical assistance account through the invoice processing procedures of the department's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), only with the approval of the participant's case manager. new text end
new text begin The budget for the state share of the Medicaid expenditures under this chapter must be forecasted with the medical assistance budget, and shall be consistent with the elderly waiver. new text end
new text begin The state of Minnesota, or a county, managed care plan, county-based purchasing plan, or tribal government under contract to administer the elderly waiver, is not liable for damages, injuries, or liabilities sustained as a result of the participant, the participant's family, or the participant's authorized representatives purchasing direct supports or goods with funds received through consumer-directed community support services under the elderly waiver. Liabilities include, but are not limited to, workers' compensation liability, Federal Insurance Contributions Act under United States Code, title 26, subtitle c, chapter 21, or Federal Unemployment Tax Act under Internal Revenue Code, chapter 23. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin For the purposes of this chapter, the terms in this section have the meanings given unless otherwise explicitly provided. new text end
new text begin "Adjusted base wage" refers to adjusted base wage described in section 256S.214. new text end
new text begin "Annual average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates" means the percentage change in the average statewide nursing facility operating payment rate under chapter 256R effective January 1 compared to the average statewide nursing facility operating payment rate that was effective on the previous January 1. new text end
new text begin "Case mix classification" is the resident class to which the elderly waiver participant would be assigned under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0051 to 9549.0059. new text end
new text begin "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Human Services. new text end
new text begin "Component service" means services that collectively comprise customized living services. new text end
new text begin "Component service rate" means the rate established for each component service. new text end
new text begin "Consumer-directed community supports" refers to a service option available under the elderly waiver that provides a participant with flexibility and responsibility for directing the participant's services and supports, including hiring and managing direct care staff. Consumer-directed community supports may include services, supports, or items currently available under the elderly waiver, and allowable services that provide needed supports to participants. new text end
new text begin "Customized living monthly service rate limit" means the monthly dollar limit established by the commissioner for all component services based on a participant's case mix classification. new text end
new text begin "Customized living service plan" means the individualized plan for customized living services that details component services to be delivered by the provider under the authorized service rate. new text end
new text begin "Customized living service rate" means the rate established for all combined component services based on an individualized customized living service plan approved by the lead agency, not to exceed the customized living monthly service rate limit based on the participant's case mix classification. new text end
new text begin "Customized living services" are services comprised of component services that are included in an individually designed plan for the service. new text end
new text begin "Department" means the Department of Human Services. new text end
new text begin "Elderly waiver" means the federally approved home and community-based services waiver for persons 65 years of age and older, authorized under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. new text end
new text begin "Lead agency" means a county administering long-term care consultation services as defined in section 256B.0911, subdivision 1a, or a tribe or managed care organization under contract with the commissioner to administer long-term care consultation services as defined in section 256B.0911, subdivision 1a. new text end
new text begin "Maintenance needs allowance" means the dollar amount calculated under section 256S.05, subdivision 3. new text end
new text begin "Managed care organization" means a prepaid health plan or county-based purchasing plan with liability for elderly waiver services under sections 256B.69, subdivisions 6b and 23, and 256B.692. new text end
new text begin "Monthly case mix budget cap" means the total dollar amount available to support elderly waiver and state plan home care services for a participant based on the participant's case mix classification. new text end
new text begin "Nursing facility case mix adjusted total payment rate" refers to "case mix adjusted total payment rate" described in section 256R.22. new text end
new text begin "Nursing facility level of care determination" refers to determination of institutional level of care described in section 256B.0911, subdivision 4e. new text end
new text begin "Private agency" means any agency that provides case management but is not a lead agency. new text end
new text begin "Service rate" means the rate established by the commissioner for elderly waiver and state plan home care services. new text end
new text begin "Service rate limit" means the service rate limit established by the commissioner for certain elderly waiver services. new text end
new text begin "State plan home care services" refers to home care services described in section 256B.0651, subdivision 2. new text end
new text begin "24-hour customized living monthly service rate limit" means the monthly dollar limit for all component services based on (1) a participant's case mix classification, and (2) eligibility for 24-hour customized living as described in section 256S.20, subdivision 4. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Notwithstanding any other state laws or rules, the commissioner may develop a model for tribal management of the elderly waiver and implement this model through a contract between the state and any of the state's federally recognized tribal governments. The model shall include the provision of tribal elderly waiver case management, assessment for personal care assistance, and administrative requirements otherwise carried out by lead agencies but shall not include tribal financial eligibility determination for medical assistance. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The number of elderly waiver participants that a lead agency may serve must be allocated according to the number of elderly waiver cases open on July 1 of each fiscal year. Additional elderly waiver participants may be served with the approval of the commissioner. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin In addition to the requirements of this section, applicants and participants must meet all eligibility requirements in the elderly waiver plan. new text end
new text begin Notwithstanding other assessments identified in section 144.0724, subdivision 4, only face-to face assessments conducted according to section 256B.0911, subdivisions 3, 3a, and 3b, that result in a nursing facility level of care determination at initial and subsequent assessments shall be accepted for purposes of a participant's initial and ongoing participation in the elderly waiver and a service provider's access to service payments under this chapter. new text end
new text begin Notwithstanding section 256B.056, when applying posteligibility treatment of income rules to the gross income of an elderly waiver participant, unless the participant's income is in excess of the special income standard according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.236, the participant's maintenance needs allowance is the sum of the MSA equivalent rate, as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 5, plus the medical assistance personal needs allowance, as described in section 256B.35, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). Each participant's maintenance needs allowance must be adjusted each July 1. new text end
new text begin For the purposes of eligibility for elderly waiver services, the commissioner shall apply the spousal impoverishment criteria as authorized under United States Code, title 42, section 1396r-5, and as implemented in sections 256B.0575, 256B.058, and 256B.059, except that a participant with income at or below the special income standard according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.236, shall receive the maintenance needs allowance in subdivision 3. new text end
new text begin A participant who is enrolled in a managed care organization is not eligible to receive county-administered fee-for-service elderly waiver services. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin A lead agency shall provide each participant with an initial long-term care consultation assessment of strengths, informal supports, and need for services according to section 256B.0911, subdivisions 3, 3a, and 3b. new text end
new text begin At least every 12 months, a lead agency shall provide each participant with an annual long-term care consultation reassessment according to section 256B.0911, subdivisions 3, 3a, and 3b. new text end
new text begin (a) The lead agency shall conduct a change-in-condition reassessment before the annual reassessment if a participant's condition changed due to a major health event, an emerging need or risk, or a worsening health condition, or when the current services do not meet the participant's needs. new text end
new text begin (b) A change-in-condition reassessment may be initiated by the lead agency, may be requested by the participant, or may be requested on the participant's behalf by another party, such as a service provider. new text end
new text begin (c) The lead agency shall: (1) complete a change-in-condition reassessment no later than 20 calendar days from the date of a request; (2) conduct a change-in-condition reassessment in a timely manner and expedite urgent requests; and (3) evaluate urgent requests based on the participant's needs and the risk to the participant if a change-in-condition reassessment is not completed. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin For participants not enrolled in a managed care organization, the county of residence or tribe must provide or arrange to provide elderly waiver case management activities under section 256S.09, subdivisions 2 and 3. new text end
new text begin Notwithstanding any requirements in this chapter and in accordance with contract requirements established by the commissioner, for participants enrolled in a managed care organization, the managed care organization must provide or arrange to provide elderly waiver case management activities under section 256S.09, subdivisions 2 and 3. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin (a) Except as provided in section 256S.07, subdivision 2, elderly waiver case management must be provided by a lead agency or by a private agency that is enrolled as a medical assistance provider. new text end
new text begin (b) Any private agency that provides case management to a participant must not have a financial interest in the provision of any other services included in the participant's coordinated service and support plan. new text end
new text begin The commissioner must enroll providers qualified to provide elderly waiver case management under the elderly waiver. The enrollment process must ensure the provider's ability to meet the qualification requirements and standards in this section and other federal and state requirements of this service. new text end
new text begin Except as provided in section 256S.07, subdivision 2, a case management provider must be an enrolled medical assistance provider who is determined by the commissioner to have the following characteristics: new text end
new text begin (1) the demonstrated capacity and experience to provide the components of case management to coordinate and link community resources needed by the eligible population; new text end
new text begin (2) administrative capacity and experience in serving the target population for whom the provider will provide services and in ensuring quality of services under state and federal requirements; new text end
new text begin (3) a financial management system that provides accurate documentation of services and costs under state and federal requirements; and new text end
new text begin (4) the capacity to document and maintain individual case records under state and federal requirements. new text end
new text begin The lead agency may allow a case manager to delegate certain aspects of the case management activity to a case aide if there is oversight of the case aide by the case manager. The case manager must not delegate those aspects that require professional judgment including assessments, reassessments, and coordinated service and support plan development. new text end
new text begin A case aide shall provide assistance to the case manager in carrying out administrative activities of the elderly waiver case management function. The case aide must not assume responsibilities that require professional judgment including assessments, reassessments, and coordinated service and support plan development. The case manager is responsible for providing oversight of the case aide. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin An eligible participant may choose any qualified provider of elderly waiver case management. new text end
new text begin Elderly waiver case management activities provided to or arranged for a participant include: new text end
new text begin (1) development of the coordinated service and support plan under section 256S.10; new text end
new text begin (2) informing the participant or the participant's legal guardian or conservator of service options and options for elderly waiver case management and providers; new text end
new text begin (3) consulting with relevant medical experts or service providers; new text end
new text begin (4) assisting the participant in identifying potential providers; new text end
new text begin (5) assisting the participant with gaining access to needed elderly waiver and other state plan services; new text end
new text begin (6) assisting the participant with gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services regardless of the funding source for the services to which access is gained; new text end
new text begin (7) coordination of services; new text end
new text begin (8) ongoing evaluation and monitoring of the provision of services included in the participant's coordinated service and support plan under subdivision 3; and new text end
new text begin (9) assisting the participant in appeals under section 256.045. new text end
new text begin (a) Elderly waiver case managers shall collaborate with the participant, the participant's family, the participant's legal representatives, and relevant medical experts and service providers to develop and periodically review the participant's coordinated service and support plan. new text end
new text begin (b) Case managers shall initiate the process of reassessment and review of the participant's coordinated service and support plan and review the plan at intervals specified in the elderly waiver plan. new text end
new text begin (c) The case manager's evaluation and monitoring of a participant's services must incorporate at least one annual face-to-face visit by the case manager with each participant. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Each participant's case manager shall provide the participant with a copy of the participant's written coordinated service and support plan. new text end
new text begin Within ten working days after the case manager receives from a lead agency assessor the long-term care consultation assessment information and written community support plan as described in section 256B.0911, subdivision 3a, the case manager must develop and the participant must sign the participant's individualized written coordinated service and support plan. new text end
new text begin Each participant's coordinated service and support plan must: new text end
new text begin (1) include the participant's need for service and identify service needs that will be or that are met by the participant's relatives, friends, and others, as well as community services used by the general public; new text end
new text begin (2) include the use of volunteers, religious organizations, social clubs, and civic and service organizations to support the participant in the community; new text end
new text begin (3) reasonably ensure the health and welfare of the participant; new text end
new text begin (4) identify the participant's preferences for services as stated by the participant or the participant's legal guardian or conservator; new text end
new text begin (5) reflect the participant's informed choice between institutional and community-based services, as well as choice of services, supports, and providers, including available elderly waiver case management providers; new text end
new text begin (6) identify the participant's long-range and short-range goals; new text end
new text begin (7) identify specific services and the amount, frequency, duration, and cost of the services to be provided to the participant based on assessed needs, preferences, and available resources; new text end
new text begin (8) include information about the right to appeal decisions under section 256.045; and new text end
new text begin (9) include the authorized annual and estimated monthly amounts for the services. new text end
new text begin The lead agency must be held harmless for damages or injuries sustained through the use of volunteers and organizations under subdivision 3, clause (2), including workers' compensation liability. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Medical assistance funding for the following services for a participant must be approved by the case manager and included in the participant's coordinated service and support plan: new text end
new text begin (1) skilled nursing services; new text end
new text begin (2) home care nursing; new text end
new text begin (3) home health aide services; and new text end
new text begin (4) personal care assistance services. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Adult day services may be authorized for up to 48 units, or 12 hours, per day based on the needs of the participant and the participant's family caregivers. new text end
new text begin If a bath is authorized for a participant receiving adult day services, at least two 15-minute units must be authorized to allow for adequate time to meet the participant's needs. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin A provider of individual community living supports must not be the landlord of the participant receiving individual community living supports, nor have any interest in the participant's housing. new text end
new text begin Licensing standards for individual community living supports shall be reviewed jointly by the Departments of Health and Human Services to avoid conflict with provider regulatory standards pursuant to sections 144A.43 to 144A.483 and chapter 245D. new text end
new text begin Individual community living supports must be delivered in a single-family home or apartment that the participant or the participant's family owns or rents, as demonstrated by a lease agreement, and maintains control over the individual unit. new text end
new text begin A case manager must develop an individual community living support plan in consultation with the participant using a tool developed by the commissioner. new text end
new text begin The commissioner shall establish rates and establish mechanisms to align payments with the type and amount of service provided, ensure statewide uniformity for rates, and ensure cost-effectiveness. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The case manager must give the participant a ten-day written notice of any denial, reduction, or termination of elderly waiver services. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The commissioner shall establish statewide service rates and service rate limits. The commissioner shall publish updated service rates and service rate limits at least annually. new text end
new text begin The elderly waiver payment for the foster care service in combination with the payment for all other elderly waiver services, including case management, must not exceed the monthly case mix budget cap for the participant as specified in sections 256S.18, subdivision 3, and 256S.19, subdivisions 3 and 4. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin A lead agency must use the service rates and service rate limits published by the commissioner to authorize services. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Elderly waiver service rates for foster care and customized living must not include room and board, rent, or raw food costs. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin (a) The elderly waiver case mix classifications A to K shall be the resident classes A to K established under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0058 and 9549.0059. new text end
new text begin (b) A participant assigned to elderly waiver case mix classification A must be reassigned to elderly waiver case mix classification L if an assessment or reassessment performed under section 256B.0911 determines that the participant has: new text end
new text begin (1) no dependencies in activities of daily living; or new text end
new text begin (2) up to two dependencies in bathing, dressing, grooming, walking, or eating when the dependency score in eating is three or greater. new text end
new text begin (c) A participant must be assigned to elderly waiver case mix classification V if the participant meets the definition of ventilator-dependent in section 256B.0651, subdivision 1, paragraph (g). new text end
new text begin The monthly total cost, as determined under this chapter, for all elderly waiver services authorized for a participant must not exceed the participant's monthly case mix budget cap. The monthly total cost must include the monthly cost of all elderly waiver services and state plan home care services. new text end
new text begin (a) Effective each July 1, the monthly case mix budget cap for all case mix classifications shall be the monthly case mix budget cap in effect on the prior June 30 for the case mix classification to which the participant is assigned, adjusted as required under subdivisions 5 and 6. new text end
new text begin (b) The commissioner shall determine and publish monthly case mix budget caps for each case mix classification at least annually and whenever other adjustments are legislatively enacted. new text end
new text begin If specialized supplies and equipment or environmental accessibility and adaptations are or will be purchased for a participant, these costs may be prorated for up to 12 consecutive months beginning with the month of purchase. If the monthly cost of a participant's elderly waiver services exceeds the participant's monthly case mix budget cap established under subdivision 3, 5, or 6, the annual cost of all elderly waiver services shall be determined. In this event, the annual cost of all elderly waiver services shall not exceed 12 times the applicable monthly case mix budget cap under subdivision 3, 5, or 6. new text end
new text begin (a) The commissioner shall adjust the monthly case mix budget caps under subdivision 3 by any legislatively enacted home and community-based services percentage rate adjustments. new text end
new text begin (b) If a legislatively enacted home and community-based rate adjustment is service-specific, the commissioner shall adjust the monthly case mix budget caps under subdivision 3 based on the overall effect of the adjustment on the elderly waiver. new text end
new text begin (a) Each January 1, the commissioner shall increase the monthly case mix budget caps under subdivision 3 in effect on the previous December 31 by the difference between: new text end
new text begin (1) the sum of any enacted home and community-based provider rate increases effective on January 1 and since the previous January 1; and new text end
new text begin (2) the annual average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates under chapter 256R, effective the previous January 1. new text end
new text begin (b) This subdivision only applies if the average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates is greater than any legislatively enacted home and community-based provider rate increases effective on January 1, or occurring since the previous January 1. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin A participant who is a nursing facility resident when requesting an eligibility determination for elderly waiver services may request an elderly waiver monthly conversion budget cap for the cost of elderly waiver services. new text end
new text begin Only a participant discharged from a nursing facility after a minimum 30-day stay is eligible under this section for an elderly waiver monthly conversion budget cap. new text end
new text begin (a) The elderly waiver monthly conversion budget cap for the cost of elderly waiver services without consumer-directed community supports must be based on the nursing facility case mix adjusted total payment rate of the nursing facility where the elderly waiver applicant currently resides for the applicant's case mix classification as determined according to section 256R.17. new text end
new text begin (b) The elderly waiver monthly conversion budget cap for the cost of elderly waiver services without consumer-directed community supports shall be calculated by multiplying the applicable nursing facility case mix adjusted total payment rate by 365, dividing by 12, and subtracting the participant's maintenance needs allowance. new text end
new text begin (c) A participant's initially approved monthly conversion budget cap for elderly waiver services without consumer-directed community supports shall be adjusted at least annually as described in section 256S.18, subdivision 5. new text end
new text begin For the elderly waiver monthly conversion budget cap for the cost of elderly waiver services with consumer-directed community support services, the nursing facility case mix adjusted total payment rate used under subdivision 3 to calculate the monthly conversion budget cap for elderly waiver services without consumer-directed community supports must be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage difference between the consumer-directed services budget limit that would be assigned according to the elderly waiver plan and the corresponding monthly case mix budget cap under this chapter, but not to exceed 50 percent. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Only a provider licensed by the Department of Health as a comprehensive home care provider may provide customized living services or 24-hour customized living services. A licensed home care provider is subject to section 256B.0651, subdivision 14. new text end
new text begin Customized living services and 24-hour customized living services may only be provided in a building that is registered as a housing with services establishment under chapter 144D. new text end
new text begin The lead agency, with input from the provider of customized living services and within the parameters established by the commissioner, shall ensure that there is a documented need for all authorized customized living or 24-hour customized living component services. new text end
new text begin (a) The lead agency shall not authorize 24-hour customized living services unless the participant receiving customized living services requires assistance, including 24-hour supervision, due to needs related to one or more of the following: new text end
new text begin (1) intermittent assistance with toileting, positioning, or transferring; new text end
new text begin (2) cognitive or behavioral issues; new text end
new text begin (3) a medical condition that requires clinical monitoring; or new text end
new text begin (4) the need for medication management, at least 50 hours of services per month, and a dependency in at least three of the following activities of daily living as determined by assessment under section 256B.0911: bathing, dressing, grooming, walking, or eating when the dependency score in eating is three or greater. new text end
new text begin (b) The lead agency must document the need for 24-hour supervision. new text end
new text begin (c) The lead agency shall ensure that the frequency and mode of supervision of the participant and the qualifications of staff providing supervision are described and meet the needs of the participant. new text end
new text begin A provider of customized living services or 24-hour customized living services must not bill or otherwise charge a participant or the participant's family for: (1) additional units of any allowable component service beyond those available under the service rate limits described in section 256S.202, or (2) additional units of any allowable component service beyond those component services in the customized living service plan approved by the lead agency. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The rates for customized living services and 24-hour customized living services shall be the monthly rates authorized by the lead agency based on the customized living service plan developed within the parameters established by the commissioner and specified in the customized living service plan. new text end
new text begin The customized living service plan developed by a lead agency must delineate the amount of each component service included in each participant's customized living service plan. new text end
new text begin The authorized rates for customized living services and 24-hour customized living services must be based on the amount of component services to be provided utilizing component rates established by the commissioner. Counties and tribes shall use tools issued by the commissioner to develop and document customized living service plans and rates. new text end
new text begin Component service rates for customized living services and 24-hour customized living services must not exceed rates for comparable elderly waiver or medical assistance services and must reflect economies of scale. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin (a) Except for a participant assigned to case mix classification L, as described in section 256S.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the customized living monthly service rate limit shall not exceed 50 percent of the monthly case mix budget cap, less the maintenance needs allowance, adjusted at least annually in the manner described under section 256S.18, subdivisions 5 and 6. new text end
new text begin (b) The customized living monthly service rate limit for participants assigned to case mix classification L must be the monthly service rate limit for participants assigned to case mix classification A, reduced by 25 percent. new text end
new text begin (a) The 24-hour customized living monthly service rate limit is the 95th percentile of statewide monthly authorizations for 24-hour customized living services in effect and in the Medicaid management information systems on March 31, 2009, for each case mix resident class under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0051 to 9549.0059, to which elderly waiver service participants are assigned, adjusted at least annually in the manner described under section 256S.18, subdivisions 5 and 6. new text end
new text begin (b) If there are fewer than 50 authorizations in effect in the case mix resident class, the commissioner shall multiply the calculated 24-hour customized living monthly service rate limit for case mix classification A by the standard weight for that classification under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0051 to 9549.0059, to determine the applicable 24-hour customized living monthly service rate limit. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The commissioner shall adjust the elderly waiver capitation payment rates for managed care organizations paid to reflect the monthly service rate limits for customized living services and 24-hour customized living services established under section 256S.202. new text end
new text begin Medical assistance rates paid to customized living providers by managed care organizations under this chapter shall not exceed the monthly service rate limits and component rates as determined by the commissioner under sections 256S.15 and 256S.20 to 256S.202. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Notwithstanding the customized living monthly service rate limits under section 256S.202, subdivision 1, the 24-hour customized living monthly service rate limits under section 256S.202, subdivision 2, and the component service rates established under section 256S.201, subdivision 4, the commissioner may establish alternative rate systems for 24-hour customized living services in housing with services establishments that are freestanding buildings with a capacity of 16 or fewer, by applying a single hourly rate for covered component services provided in either: new text end
new text begin (1) licensed corporate adult foster homes; or new text end
new text begin (2) specialized dementia care units that meet the requirements of section 144D.065 and in which: new text end
new text begin (i) participants are offered the option of having their own apartments; or new text end
new text begin (ii) the units are licensed as board and lodge establishments with a maximum capacity of eight residents and meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 9555.6205, subparts 1, 2, 3, and 4, item A. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The payment methodologies in sections 256S.2101 to 256S.215 apply to elderly waiver, elderly waiver customized living, elderly waiver foster care, and elderly waiver residential care under this chapter, alternative care under section 256B.0913, essential community supports under section 256B.0922, and community access for disability inclusion customized living and brain injury customized living under section 256B.49. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin All rates and rate components for services listed in section 256S.21 shall be the sum of ten percent of the rates calculated under sections 256S.211 to 256S.215 and 90 percent of the rates calculated using the rate methodology in effect as of June 30, 2017. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin When establishing the base wages according to section 256S.212, the commissioner shall use standard occupational classification (SOC) codes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as defined in the edition of the Occupational Handbook published immediately prior to January 1, 2019, using Minnesota-specific wages taken from job descriptions. new text end
new text begin By January 1 of each year, the commissioner shall establish factors, component rates, and rates according to sections 256S.213 and 256S.215, using base wages established according to section 256S.212. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin If any of the SOC codes and positions used in this section are no longer available, the commissioner shall, in consultation with stakeholders, select a new SOC code and position that is the closest match to the previously used SOC position. new text end
new text begin For customized living, foster care, and residential care component services, the home management and support services base wage equals 33.33 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for personal and home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); 33.33 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for food preparation workers (SOC code 35-2021); and 33.34 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC code 37-2012). new text end
new text begin For customized living, foster care, and residential care component services, the home care aide base wage equals 50 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for home health aides (SOC code 31-1011); and 50 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014). new text end
new text begin For customized living, foster care, and residential care component services, the home health aide base wage equals 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC code 29-2061); and 80 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014). new text end
new text begin For customized living, foster care, and residential care component services, the medication setups by licensed nurse base wage equals ten percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC code 29-2061); and 90 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for registered nurses (SOC code 29-1141). new text end
new text begin The chore services base wage equals 100 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers (SOC code 37-3011). new text end
new text begin The companion services base wage equals 50 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for personal and home care aides (SOC code 39-9021); and 50 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC code 37-2012). new text end
new text begin The homemaker services and assistance with personal care base wage equals 60 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for personal and home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC code 37-2012). new text end
new text begin The homemaker services and cleaning base wage equals 60 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for personal and home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC code 37-2012). new text end
new text begin The homemaker services and home management base wage equals 60 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for personal and home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC code 37-2012). new text end
new text begin The in-home respite care services base wage equals five percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for registered nurses (SOC code 29-1141); 75 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC code 29-2061). new text end
new text begin The out-of-home respite care services base wage equals five percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for registered nurses (SOC code 29-1141); 75 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC code 29-2061). new text end
new text begin The individual community living support base wage equals 20 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (SOC code 29-2061); and 80 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for nursing assistants (SOC code 31-1014). new text end
new text begin The registered nurse base wage equals 100 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for registered nurses (SOC code 29-1141). new text end
new text begin The social worker base wage equals 100 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSA average wage for medical and public health social workers (SOC code 21-1022). new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The payroll taxes and benefits factor is the sum of net payroll taxes and benefits, divided by the sum of all salaries for all nursing facilities on the most recent and available cost report. new text end
new text begin The general and administrative factor is the difference of net general and administrative expenses and administrative salaries, divided by total operating expenses for all nursing facilities on the most recent and available cost report. new text end
new text begin The program plan support factor is 12.8 percent to cover the cost of direct service staff needed to provide support for home and community-based service when not engaged in direct contact with participants. new text end
new text begin The registered nurse management and supervision factor equals 15 percent of the registered nurse adjusted base wage as defined in section 256S.214. new text end
new text begin The social worker supervision factor equals 15 percent of the social worker adjusted base wage as defined in section 256S.214. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin For the purposes of section 256S.215, the adjusted base wage for each position equals the position's base wage under section 256S.212 plus: new text end
new text begin (1) the position's base wage multiplied by the payroll taxes and benefits factor under section 256S.213, subdivision 1; new text end
new text begin (2) the position's base wage multiplied by the general and administrative factor under section 256S.213, subdivision 2; and new text end
new text begin (3) the position's base wage multiplied by the program plan support factor under section 256S.213, subdivision 3. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin The component rate for medication setups by a licensed nurse equals the medication setups by licensed nurse adjusted base wage. new text end
new text begin The component rate for home management and support services is the home management and support services adjusted base wage plus the registered nurse management and supervision factor. new text end
new text begin The component rate for home care aide services is the home health aide services adjusted base wage plus the registered nurse management and supervision factor. new text end
new text begin The component rate for home health aide services is the home health aide services adjusted base wage plus the registered nurse management and supervision factor. new text end
new text begin The component rate under elderly waiver customized living for one-to-one socialization equals the home management and support services component rate. new text end
new text begin The component rate under elderly waiver customized living for one-to-one transportation equals the home management and support services component rate. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for chore services is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the chore services adjusted base wage and the social worker supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for companion services is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the companion services adjusted base wage and the social worker supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for homemaker services and assistance with personal care is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the homemaker services and assistance with personal care adjusted base wage and the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for homemaker services and cleaning is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the homemaker services and cleaning adjusted base wage and the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for homemaker services and home management is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the homemaker services and home management adjusted base wage and the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin (a) The 15-minute unit rate for in-home respite care services is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the in-home respite care services adjusted base wage and the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin (b) The in-home respite care services daily rate equals the in-home respite care services 15-minute unit rate multiplied by 18. new text end
new text begin (a) The 15-minute unit rate for out-of-home respite care is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the out-of-home respite care services adjusted base wage and the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin (b) The out-of-home respite care services daily rate equals the 15-minute unit rate for out-of-home respite care services multiplied by 18. new text end
new text begin The individual community living support rate is calculated as follows: new text end
new text begin (1) sum the home care aide adjusted base wage and the social worker supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (2) divide the result of clause (1) by four. new text end
new text begin The home-delivered meals rate equals $9.30. The commissioner shall increase the home delivered meals rate every July 1 by the percent increase in the nursing facility dietary per diem using the two most recent and available nursing facility cost reports. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for adult day services, with an assumed staffing ratio of one staff person to four participants, is the sum of: new text end
new text begin (1) one-sixteenth of the home care aide services adjusted base wage, except that the general and administrative factor used to determine the home care aide services adjusted base wage is 20 percent; new text end
new text begin (2) one-fourth of the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (3) $0.63 to cover the cost of meals. new text end
new text begin The 15-minute unit rate for adult day services bath is the sum of: new text end
new text begin (1) one-fourth of the home care aide services adjusted base wage, except that the general and administrative factor used to determine the home care aide services adjusted base wage is 20 percent; new text end
new text begin (2) one-fourth of the registered nurse management and supervision factor; and new text end
new text begin (3) $0.63 to cover the cost of meals. new text end
new text begin Subdivisions 1 to 14, 16, and 17 are effective August 1, 2019. Subdivision 15 is effective retroactively from July 1, 2018. new text end
new text begin (a) The commissioner of human services shall update references to statutes recodified in this act when printed material is replaced and new printed material is obtained in the normal course of business. The commissioner is not required to replace existing printed material to comply with this act. new text end
new text begin (b) The commissioner of human services shall update references to statutes recodified in this act when online documents and websites are edited in the normal course of business. The commissioner is not required to edit online documents and websites merely to comply with this act. new text end
new text begin (c) The commissioner of human services shall update references to statutes recodified in this act when the home and community-based service waiver plans are updated in the normal course of business. The commissioner is not required to update the home and community-based service waiver plans merely to comply with this act. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes, in consultation with the House Research Department, the Office of Senate Counsel, Research, and Fiscal Analysis, and the Department of Human Services, shall make necessary cross-reference changes and remove statutory cross-references in Minnesota Statutes to conform with the recodification and repealer in this act. The revisor may make technical and other necessary changes to sentence structure to preserve the meaning of the text. The revisor may alter the coding in this act to incorporate statutory changes made by other law in the 2019 regular legislative session. If a provision repealed in this act is also amended in the 2019 regular legislative session by other law, the revisor shall merge the amendment into the recodification, notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 645.30. new text end
new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall uncodify Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0915, subdivision 17, in order to align the provision with established drafting standards. This instruction is not intended to affect the application or interpretation of Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0915, subdivision 17. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0915, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1d, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end
new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2019. new text end
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(a) "Assessment reference date" or "ARD" means the specific end point for look-back periods in the MDS assessment process. This look-back period is also called the observation or assessment period.
(b) "Case mix index" means the weighting factors assigned to the RUG-IV classifications.
(c) "Index maximization" means classifying a resident who could be assigned to more than one category, to the category with the highest case mix index.
(d) "Minimum data set" or "MDS" means a core set of screening, clinical assessment, and functional status elements, that include common definitions and coding categories specified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and designated by the Minnesota Department of Health.
(e) "Representative" means a person who is the resident's guardian or conservator, the person authorized to pay the nursing home expenses of the resident, a representative of the Office of Ombudsman for Long-Term Care whose assistance has been requested, or any other individual designated by the resident.
(f) "Resource utilization groups" or "RUG" means the system for grouping a nursing facility's residents according to their clinical and functional status identified in data supplied by the facility's minimum data set.
(g) "Activities of daily living" means grooming, dressing, bathing, transferring, mobility, positioning, eating, and toileting.
(h) "Nursing facility level of care determination" means the assessment process that results in a determination of a resident's or prospective resident's need for nursing facility level of care as established in subdivision 11 for purposes of medical assistance payment of long-term care services for:
(1) nursing facility services under section 256B.434 or chapter 256R;
(2) elderly waiver services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ;
(3) CADI and BI waiver services under section 256B.49; and
(4) state payment of alternative care services under section 256B.0913.
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(a) For purposes of medical assistance payment of long-term care services, a recipient must be determined, using assessments defined in subdivision 4, to meet one of the following nursing facility level of care criteria:
(1) the person requires formal clinical monitoring at least once per day;
(2) the person needs the assistance of another person or constant supervision to begin and complete at least four of the following activities of living: bathing, bed mobility, dressing, eating, grooming, toileting, transferring, and walking;
(3) the person needs the assistance of another person or constant supervision to begin and complete toileting, transferring, or positioning and the assistance cannot be scheduled;
(4) the person has significant difficulty with memory, using information, daily decision making, or behavioral needs that require intervention;
(5) the person has had a qualifying nursing facility stay of at least 90 days;
(6) the person meets the nursing facility level of care criteria determined 90 days after admission or on the first quarterly assessment after admission, whichever is later; or
(7) the person is determined to be at risk for nursing facility admission or readmission through a face-to-face long-term care consultation assessment as specified in section 256B.0911, subdivision 3a, 3b, or 4d, by a county, tribe, or managed care organization under contract with the Department of Human Services. The person is considered at risk under this clause if the person currently lives alone or will live alone or be homeless without the person's current housing and also meets one of the following criteria:
(i) the person has experienced a fall resulting in a fracture;
(ii) the person has been determined to be at risk of maltreatment or neglect, including self-neglect; or
(iii) the person has a sensory impairment that substantially impacts functional ability and maintenance of a community residence.
(b) The assessment used to establish medical assistance payment for nursing facility services must be the most recent assessment performed under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), that occurred no more than 90 calendar days before the effective date of medical assistance eligibility for payment of long-term care services. In no case shall medical assistance payment for long-term care services occur prior to the date of the determination of nursing facility level of care.
(c) The assessment used to establish medical assistance payment for long-term care services provided under deleted text begin sections 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end andnew text begin sectionnew text end 256B.49 and alternative care payment for services provided under section 256B.0913 must be the most recent face-to-face assessment performed under section 256B.0911, subdivision 3a, 3b, or 4d, that occurred no more than 60 calendar days before the effective date of medical assistance eligibility for payment of long-term care services.
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(a) For a resident receiving one or more health-related services from the establishment's arranged home care provider, as defined in section 144D.01, subdivision 6, the contract must include the requirements in paragraph (b). A restriction of a resident's rights under this subdivision is allowed only if determined necessary for health and safety reasons identified by the home care provider's registered nurse in an initial assessment or reassessment, as defined under section 144A.4791, subdivision 8, and documented in the written service plan under section 144A.4791, subdivision 9. Any restrictions of those rights for people served under deleted text begin sections 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S new text end and new text begin section new text end 256B.49 must be documented in the resident's coordinated service and support plan (CSSP), as defined under sections deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6deleted text end deleted text begin anddeleted text end 256B.49, subdivision 15new text begin , and 256S.10new text end .
(b) The contract must include a statement:
(1) regarding the ability of a resident to furnish and decorate the resident's unit within the terms of the lease;
(2) regarding the resident's right to access food at any time;
(3) regarding a resident's right to choose the resident's visitors and times of visits;
(4) regarding the resident's right to choose a roommate if sharing a unit; and
(5) notifying the resident of the resident's right to have and use a lockable door to the resident's unit. The landlord shall provide the locks on the unit. Only a staff member with a specific need to enter the unit shall have keys, and advance notice must be given to the resident before entrance, when possible.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the requirements for the elderly waiver program's assisted living payment rates under deleted text begin section 256B.0915, subdivision 3e,deleted text end new text begin sections 256S.201 and 256S.202new text end shall continue to be effective and providers who do not meet the requirements of this chapter may continue to receive payment under deleted text begin section 256B.0915, subdivision 3edeleted text end new text begin sections 256S.201 and 256S.202new text end , as long as they continue to meet the definitions and standards for assisted living and assisted living plus set forth in the federally approved Elderly Home and Community Based Services Waiver Program (Control Number 0025.91). Providers of assisted living for the community access for disability inclusion (CADI) and Brain Injury (BI) waivers shall continue to receive payment as long as they continue to meet the definitions and standards for assisted living and assisted living plus set forth in the federally approved CADI and BI waiver plans.
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(a) The commissioner shall not issue an initial license for child foster care licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.3000 to 2960.3340, or adult foster care licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 9555.6265, under this chapter for a physical location that will not be the primary residence of the license holder for the entire period of licensure. If a license is issued during this moratorium, and the license holder changes the license holder's primary residence away from the physical location of the foster care license, the commissioner shall revoke the license according to section 245A.07. The commissioner shall not issue an initial license for a community residential setting licensed under chapter 245D. When approving an exception under this paragraph, the commissioner shall consider the resource need determination process in paragraph (h), the availability of foster care licensed beds in the geographic area in which the licensee seeks to operate, the results of a person's choices during their annual assessment and service plan review, and the recommendation of the local county board. The determination by the commissioner is final and not subject to appeal. Exceptions to the moratorium include:
(1) foster care settings that are required to be registered under chapter 144D;
(2) foster care licenses replacing foster care licenses in existence on May 15, 2009, or community residential setting licenses replacing adult foster care licenses in existence on December 31, 2013, and determined to be needed by the commissioner under paragraph (b);
(3) new foster care licenses or community residential setting licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner under paragraph (b) for the closure of a nursing facility, ICF/DD, or regional treatment center; restructuring of state-operated services that limits the capacity of state-operated facilities; or allowing movement to the community for people who no longer require the level of care provided in state-operated facilities as provided under section 256B.092, subdivision 13, or 256B.49, subdivision 24;
(4) new foster care licenses or community residential setting licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner under paragraph (b) for persons requiring hospital level care;
(5) new foster care licenses or community residential setting licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner for the transition of people from personal care assistance to the home and community-based services;
(6) new foster care licenses or community residential setting licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner for the transition of people from the residential care waiver services to foster care services. This exception applies only when:
(i) the person's case manager provided the person with information about the choice of service, service provider, and location of service to help the person make an informed choice; and
(ii) the person's foster care services are less than or equal to the cost of the person's services delivered in the residential care waiver service setting as determined by the lead agency; or
(7) new foster care licenses or community residential setting licenses for people receiving services under chapter 245D and residing in an unlicensed setting before May 1, 2017, and for which a license is required. This exception does not apply to people living in their own home. For purposes of this clause, there is a presumption that a foster care or community residential setting license is required for services provided to three or more people in a dwelling unit when the setting is controlled by the provider. A license holder subject to this exception may rebut the presumption that a license is required by seeking a reconsideration of the commissioner's determination. The commissioner's disposition of a request for reconsideration is final and not subject to appeal under chapter 14. The exception is available until June 30, 2018. This exception is available when:
(i) the person's case manager provided the person with information about the choice of service, service provider, and location of service, including in the person's home, to help the person make an informed choice; and
(ii) the person's services provided in the licensed foster care or community residential setting are less than or equal to the cost of the person's services delivered in the unlicensed setting as determined by the lead agency.
(b) The commissioner shall determine the need for newly licensed foster care homes or community residential settings as defined under this subdivision. As part of the determination, the commissioner shall consider the availability of foster care capacity in the area in which the licensee seeks to operate, and the recommendation of the local county board. The determination by the commissioner must be final. A determination of need is not required for a change in ownership at the same address.
(c) When an adult resident served by the program moves out of a foster home that is not the primary residence of the license holder according to section 256B.49, subdivision 15, paragraph (f), or the adult community residential setting, the county shall immediately inform the Department of Human Services Licensing Division. The department may decrease the statewide licensed capacity for adult foster care settings.
(d) Residential settings that would otherwise be subject to the decreased license capacity established in paragraph (c) shall be exempt if the license holder's beds are occupied by residents whose primary diagnosis is mental illness and the license holder is certified under the requirements in subdivision 6a or section 245D.33.
(e) A resource need determination process, managed at the state level, using the available reports required by section 144A.351, and other data and information shall be used to determine where the reduced capacity determined under section 256B.493 will be implemented. The commissioner shall consult with the stakeholders described in section 144A.351, and employ a variety of methods to improve the state's capacity to meet the informed decisions of those people who want to move out of corporate foster care or community residential settings, long-term service needs within budgetary limits, including seeking proposals from service providers or lead agencies to change service type, capacity, or location to improve services, increase the independence of residents, and better meet needs identified by the long-term services and supports reports and statewide data and information.
(f) At the time of application and reapplication for licensure, the applicant and the license holder that are subject to the moratorium or an exclusion established in paragraph (a) are required to inform the commissioner whether the physical location where the foster care will be provided is or will be the primary residence of the license holder for the entire period of licensure. If the primary residence of the applicant or license holder changes, the applicant or license holder must notify the commissioner immediately. The commissioner shall print on the foster care license certificate whether or not the physical location is the primary residence of the license holder.
(g) License holders of foster care homes identified under paragraph (f) that are not the primary residence of the license holder and that also provide services in the foster care home that are covered by a federally approved home and community-based services waiver, as authorized undernew text begin chapter 256S ornew text end section deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end or 256B.49, must inform the human services licensing division that the license holder provides or intends to provide these waiver-funded services.
(h) The commissioner may adjust capacity to address needs identified in section 144A.351. Under this authority, the commissioner may approve new licensed settings or delicense existing settings. Delicensing of settings will be accomplished through a process identified in section 256B.493. Annually, by August 1, the commissioner shall provide information and data on capacity of licensed long-term services and supports, actions taken under the subdivision to manage statewide long-term services and supports resources, and any recommendations for change to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the health and human services budget.
(i) The commissioner must notify a license holder when its corporate foster care or community residential setting licensed beds are reduced under this section. The notice of reduction of licensed beds must be in writing and delivered to the license holder by certified mail or personal service. The notice must state why the licensed beds are reduced and must inform the license holder of its right to request reconsideration by the commissioner. The license holder's request for reconsideration must be in writing. If mailed, the request for reconsideration must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within 20 calendar days after the license holder's receipt of the notice of reduction of licensed beds. If a request for reconsideration is made by personal service, it must be received by the commissioner within 20 calendar days after the license holder's receipt of the notice of reduction of licensed beds.
(j) The commissioner shall not issue an initial license for children's residential treatment services licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0580 to 2960.0700, under this chapter for a program that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would consider an institution for mental diseases. Facilities that serve only private pay clients are exempt from the moratorium described in this paragraph. The commissioner has the authority to manage existing statewide capacity for children's residential treatment services subject to the moratorium under this paragraph and may issue an initial license for such facilities if the initial license would not increase the statewide capacity for children's residential treatment services subject to the moratorium under this paragraph.
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(a) The license holder shall develop program policies and procedures necessary to maintain compliance with licensing requirements under Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
(b) The license holder shall:
(1) provide training to program staff related to their duties in implementing the program's policies and procedures developed under paragraph (a);
(2) document the provision of this training; and
(3) monitor implementation of policies and procedures by program staff.
(c) The license holder shall keep program policies and procedures readily accessible to staff and index the policies and procedures with a table of contents or another method approved by the commissioner.
(d) An adult foster care license holder that provides foster care services to a resident under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end must annually provide a copy of the resident termination policy under section 245A.11, subdivision 11, to a resident covered by the policy.
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(a) The commissioner may grant an applicant or license holder an adult foster care or community residential setting license for a residence that does not have a caregiver in the residence during normal sleeping hours as required under Minnesota Rules, part 9555.5105, subpart 37, item B, or section 245D.02, subdivision 33b, but uses monitoring technology to alert the license holder when an incident occurs that may jeopardize the health, safety, or rights of a foster care recipient. The applicant or license holder must comply with all other requirements under Minnesota Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 9555.6265, or applicable requirements under chapter 245D, and the requirements under this subdivision. The license printed by the commissioner must state in bold and large font:
(1) that the facility is under electronic monitoring; and
(2) the telephone number of the county's common entry point for making reports of suspected maltreatment of vulnerable adults under section 626.557, subdivision 9.
(b) Applications for a license under this section must be submitted directly to the Department of Human Services licensing division. The licensing division must immediately notify the county licensing agency. The licensing division must collaborate with the county licensing agency in the review of the application and the licensing of the program.
(c) Before a license is issued by the commissioner, and for the duration of the license, the applicant or license holder must establish, maintain, and document the implementation of written policies and procedures addressing the requirements in paragraphs (d) through (f).
(d) The applicant or license holder must have policies and procedures that:
(1) establish characteristics of target populations that will be admitted into the home, and characteristics of populations that will not be accepted into the home;
(2) explain the discharge process when a resident served by the program requires overnight supervision or other services that cannot be provided by the license holder due to the limited hours that the license holder is on site;
(3) describe the types of events to which the program will respond with a physical presence when those events occur in the home during time when staff are not on site, and how the license holder's response plan meets the requirements in paragraph (e), clause (1) or (2);
(4) establish a process for documenting a review of the implementation and effectiveness of the response protocol for the response required under paragraph (e), clause (1) or (2). The documentation must include:
(i) a description of the triggering incident;
(ii) the date and time of the triggering incident;
(iii) the time of the response or responses under paragraph (e), clause (1) or (2);
(iv) whether the response met the resident's needs;
(v) whether the existing policies and response protocols were followed; and
(vi) whether the existing policies and protocols are adequate or need modification.
When no physical presence response is completed for a three-month period, the license holder's written policies and procedures must require a physical presence response drill to be conducted for which the effectiveness of the response protocol under paragraph (e), clause (1) or (2), will be reviewed and documented as required under this clause; and
(5) establish that emergency and nonemergency phone numbers are posted in a prominent location in a common area of the home where they can be easily observed by a person responding to an incident who is not otherwise affiliated with the home.
(e) The license holder must document and include in the license application which response alternative under clause (1) or (2) is in place for responding to situations that present a serious risk to the health, safety, or rights of residents served by the program:
(1) response alternative (1) requires only the technology to provide an electronic notification or alert to the license holder that an event is underway that requires a response. Under this alternative, no more than ten minutes will pass before the license holder will be physically present on site to respond to the situation; or
(2) response alternative (2) requires the electronic notification and alert system under alternative (1), but more than ten minutes may pass before the license holder is present on site to respond to the situation. Under alternative (2), all of the following conditions are met:
(i) the license holder has a written description of the interactive technological applications that will assist the license holder in communicating with and assessing the needs related to the care, health, and safety of the foster care recipients. This interactive technology must permit the license holder to remotely assess the well being of the resident served by the program without requiring the initiation of the foster care recipient. Requiring the foster care recipient to initiate a telephone call does not meet this requirement;
(ii) the license holder documents how the remote license holder is qualified and capable of meeting the needs of the foster care recipients and assessing foster care recipients' needs under item (i) during the absence of the license holder on site;
(iii) the license holder maintains written procedures to dispatch emergency response personnel to the site in the event of an identified emergency; and
(iv) each resident's individualized plan of care, coordinated service and support plan under sections 256B.0913, subdivision 8; deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6;deleted text end 256B.092, subdivision 1b; deleted text begin anddeleted text end 256B.49, subdivision 15new text begin ; and 256S.10new text end , if required, or individual resident placement agreement under Minnesota Rules, part 9555.5105, subpart 19, if required, identifies the maximum response time, which may be greater than ten minutes, for the license holder to be on site for that resident.
(f) Each resident's placement agreement, individual service agreement, and plan must clearly state that the adult foster care or community residential setting license category is a program without the presence of a caregiver in the residence during normal sleeping hours; the protocols in place for responding to situations that present a serious risk to the health, safety, or rights of residents served by the program under paragraph (e), clause (1) or (2); and a signed informed consent from each resident served by the program or the person's legal representative documenting the person's or legal representative's agreement with placement in the program. If electronic monitoring technology is used in the home, the informed consent form must also explain the following:
(1) how any electronic monitoring is incorporated into the alternative supervision system;
(2) the backup system for any electronic monitoring in times of electrical outages or other equipment malfunctions;
(3) how the caregivers or direct support staff are trained on the use of the technology;
(4) the event types and license holder response times established under paragraph (e);
(5) how the license holder protects each resident's privacy related to electronic monitoring and related to any electronically recorded data generated by the monitoring system. A resident served by the program may not be removed from a program under this subdivision for failure to consent to electronic monitoring. The consent form must explain where and how the electronically recorded data is stored, with whom it will be shared, and how long it is retained; and
(6) the risks and benefits of the alternative overnight supervision system.
The written explanations under clauses (1) to (6) may be accomplished through cross-references to other policies and procedures as long as they are explained to the person giving consent, and the person giving consent is offered a copy.
(g) Nothing in this section requires the applicant or license holder to develop or maintain separate or duplicative policies, procedures, documentation, consent forms, or individual plans that may be required for other licensing standards, if the requirements of this section are incorporated into those documents.
(h) The commissioner may grant variances to the requirements of this section according to section 245A.04, subdivision 9.
(i) For the purposes of paragraphs (d) through (h), "license holder" has the meaning under section 245A.2, subdivision 9, and additionally includes all staff, volunteers, and contractors affiliated with the license holder.
(j) For the purposes of paragraph (e), the terms "assess" and "assessing" mean to remotely determine what action the license holder needs to take to protect the well-being of the foster care recipient.
(k) The commissioner shall evaluate license applications using the requirements in paragraphs (d) to (f). The commissioner shall provide detailed application forms, including a checklist of criteria needed for approval.
(l) To be eligible for a license under paragraph (a), the adult foster care or community residential setting license holder must not have had a conditional license issued under section 245A.06 or any licensing sanction under section 245A.07 during the prior 24 months based on failure to provide adequate supervision, health care services, or resident safety in the adult foster care home or community residential setting.
(m) The commissioner shall review an application for an alternative overnight supervision license within 60 days of receipt of the application. When the commissioner receives an application that is incomplete because the applicant failed to submit required documents or that is substantially deficient because the documents submitted do not meet licensing requirements, the commissioner shall provide the applicant written notice that the application is incomplete or substantially deficient. In the written notice to the applicant, the commissioner shall identify documents that are missing or deficient and give the applicant 45 days to resubmit a second application that is substantially complete. An applicant's failure to submit a substantially complete application after receiving notice from the commissioner is a basis for license denial under section 245A.05. The commissioner shall complete subsequent review within 30 days.
(n) Once the application is considered complete under paragraph (m), the commissioner will approve or deny an application for an alternative overnight supervision license within 60 days.
(o) For the purposes of this subdivision, "supervision" means:
(1) oversight by a caregiver or direct support staff as specified in the individual resident's place agreement or coordinated service and support plan and awareness of the resident's needs and activities; and
(2) the presence of a caregiver or direct support staff in a residence during normal sleeping hours, unless a determination has been made and documented in the individual's coordinated service and support plan that the individual does not require the presence of a caregiver or direct support staff during normal sleeping hours.
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(a) A resident receiving services must have a choice of roommate. Each roommate must consent in writing to sharing a bedroom with one another. The license holder is responsible for notifying a resident of the resident's right to request a change of roommate.
(b) The license holder must provide a lock for each resident's bedroom door, unless otherwise indicated for the resident's health, safety, or well-being. A restriction on the use of the lock must be documented and justified in the resident's individual abuse prevention plan required by sections 245A.65, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and 626.557, subdivision 14. For a resident served under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , the case manager must be part of the interdisciplinary team under section 245A.65, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
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(a) The license holder shall ensure that a resident and a resident's legal representative are given, at admission:
(1) an explanation and copy of the resident's rights specified in paragraph (b);
(2) a written summary of the Vulnerable Adults Protection Act prepared by the department; and
(3) the name, address, and telephone number of the local agency to which a resident or a resident's legal representative may submit an oral or written complaint.
(b) Adult foster care resident rights include the right to:
(1) have daily, private access to and use of a non-coin-operated telephone for local and long-distance telephone calls made collect or paid for by the resident;
(2) receive and send, without interference, uncensored, unopened mail or electronic correspondence or communication;
(3) have use of and free access to common areas in the residence and the freedom to come and go from the residence at will;
(4) have privacy for visits with the resident's spouse, next of kin, legal counsel, religious adviser, or others, according to section 363A.09 of the Human Rights Act, including privacy in the resident's bedroom;
(5) keep, use, and access the resident's personal clothing and possessions as space permits, unless this right infringes on the health, safety, or rights of another resident or household member, including the right to access the resident's personal possessions at any time;
(6) choose the resident's visitors and time of visits and participate in activities of commercial, religious, political, and community groups without interference if the activities do not infringe on the rights of another resident or household member;
(7) if married, privacy for visits by the resident's spouse, and, if both spouses are residents of the adult foster home, the residents have the right to share a bedroom and bed;
(8) privacy, including use of the lock on the resident's bedroom door or unit door. A resident's privacy must be respected by license holders, caregivers, household members, and volunteers by knocking on the door of a resident's bedroom or bathroom and seeking consent before entering, except in an emergency;
(9) furnish and decorate the resident's bedroom or living unit;
(10) engage in chosen activities and have an individual schedule supported by the license holder that meets the resident's preferences;
(11) freedom and support to access food at any time;
(12) have personal, financial, service, health, and medical information kept private, and be advised of disclosure of this information by the license holder;
(13) access records and recorded information about the resident according to applicable state and federal law, regulation, or rule;
(14) be free from maltreatment;
(15) be treated with courtesy and respect and receive respectful treatment of the resident's property;
(16) reasonable observance of cultural and ethnic practice and religion;
(17) be free from bias and harassment regarding race, gender, age, disability, spirituality, and sexual orientation;
(18) be informed of and use the license holder's grievance policy and procedures, including how to contact the highest level of authority in the program;
(19) assert the resident's rights personally, or have the rights asserted by the resident's family, authorized representative, or legal representative, without retaliation; and
(20) give or withhold written informed consent to participate in any research or experimental treatment.
(c) A restriction of a resident's rights under paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (4), (6), (8), (10), and (11), is allowed only if determined necessary to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the resident. Any restriction of a resident's right must be documented and justified in the resident's individual abuse prevention plan required by sections 245A.65, subdivision 2, paragraph (b) and 626.557, subdivision 14. For a resident served under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , the case manager must be part of the interdisciplinary team under section 245A.65, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The restriction must be implemented in the least restrictive manner necessary to protect the resident and provide support to reduce or eliminate the need for the restriction.
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(a) This subdivision applies to foster care services for a resident served under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end .
(b) The foster care license holder must establish policies and procedures for service termination that promote continuity of care and service coordination with the resident and the case manager and with another licensed caregiver, if any, who also provides support to the resident. The policy must include the requirements specified in paragraphs (c) to (h).
(c) The license holder must allow a resident to remain in the program and cannot terminate services unless:
(1) the termination is necessary for the resident's health, safety, and well-being and the resident's needs cannot be met in the facility;
(2) the safety of the resident or another resident in the program is endangered and positive support strategies were attempted and have not achieved and effectively maintained safety for the resident or another resident in the program;
(3) the health, safety, and well-being of the resident or another resident in the program would otherwise be endangered;
(4) the program was not paid for services;
(5) the program ceases to operate; or
(6) the resident was terminated by the lead agency from waiver eligibility.
(d) Before giving notice of service termination, the license holder must document the action taken to minimize or eliminate the need for termination. The action taken by the license holder must include, at a minimum:
(1) consultation with the resident's interdisciplinary team to identify and resolve issues leading to a notice of service termination; and
(2) a request to the case manager or other professional consultation or intervention services to support the resident in the program. This requirement does not apply to a notice of service termination issued under paragraph (c), clause (4) or (5).
(e) If, based on the best interests of the resident, the circumstances at the time of notice were such that the license holder was unable to take the action specified in paragraph (d), the license holder must document the specific circumstances and the reason the license holder was unable to take the action.
(f) The license holder must notify the resident or the resident's legal representative and the case manager in writing of the intended service termination. The notice must include:
(1) the reason for the action;
(2) except for service termination under paragraph (c), clause (4) or (5), a summary of the action taken to minimize or eliminate the need for termination and the reason the action failed to prevent the termination;
(3) the resident's right to appeal the service termination under section 256.045, subdivision 3, paragraph (a); and
(4) the resident's right to seek a temporary order staying the service termination according to the procedures in section 256.045, subdivision 4a, or subdivision 6, paragraph (c).
(g) Notice of the proposed service termination must be given at least 30 days before terminating a resident's service.
(h) After the resident receives the notice of service termination and before the services are terminated, the license holder must:
(1) work with the support team or expanded support team to develop reasonable alternatives to support continuity of care and to protect the resident;
(2) provide information requested by the resident or case manager; and
(3) maintain information about the service termination, including the written notice of service termination, in the resident's record.
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"Case manager" means the individual designated to provide waiver case management services, care coordination, or long-term care consultation, as specified in new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913, deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092, and 256B.49, or successor provisions. For purposes of this chapter, "case manager" includes case management services as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9520.0902, subpart 3.
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"Coordinated service and support plan" has the meaning given in sections 256B.0913, subdivision 8; deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6;deleted text end 256B.092, subdivision 1b; deleted text begin anddeleted text end 256B.49, subdivision 15new text begin ; and 256S.10new text end , or successor provisions. For purposes of this chapter, "coordinated service and support plan" includes the individual program plan or individual treatment plan as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9520.0510, subpart 12.
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"Home and community-based services" means the services identified in section 245D.03, subdivision 1, and as defined in:
(1) the federally approved waiver plans governed by United States Code, title 42, sections 1396 et seq., including the waivers for persons with disabilities under section 256B.49, subdivision 11, including the brain injury (BI) waiver plan; the community alternative care (CAC) waiver plan; the community access for disability inclusion (CADI) waiver plan; the developmental disability (DD) waiver plan under section 256B.092, subdivision 5; the elderly waiver (EW) plan under section deleted text begin 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin 256S.01new text end , subdivision 1; or successor plans respective to each waiver; or
(2) the alternative care (AC) program under section 256B.0913.
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(a) The commissioner shall regulate the provision of home and community-based services to persons with disabilities and persons age 65 and older pursuant to this chapter. The licensing standards in this chapter govern the provision of basic support services and intensive support services.
(b) Basic support services provide the level of assistance, supervision, and care that is necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the person and do not include services that are specifically directed toward the training, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation of the person. Basic support services include:
(1) in-home and out-of-home respite care services as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 15, and under the brain injury, community alternative care, community access for disability inclusion, developmental disability, and elderly waiver plans, excluding out-of-home respite care provided to children in a family child foster care home licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.3000 to 2960.3100, when the child foster care license holder complies with the requirements under section 245D.06, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, and 8, or successor provisions; and section 245D.061 or successor provisions, which must be stipulated in the statement of intended use required under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3000, subpart 4;
(2) adult companion services as defined under the brain injury, community access for disability inclusion, and elderly waiver plans, excluding adult companion services provided under the Corporation for National and Community Services Senior Companion Program established under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Public Law 98-288;
(3) personal support as defined under the developmental disability waiver plan;
(4) 24-hour emergency assistance, personal emergency response as defined under the community access for disability inclusion and developmental disability waiver plans;
(5) night supervision services as defined under the brain injury waiver plan;
(6) homemaker services as defined under the community access for disability inclusion, brain injury, community alternative care, developmental disability, and elderly waiver plans, excluding providers licensed by the Department of Health under chapter 144A and those providers providing cleaning services only; and
(7) individual community living support under section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3jdeleted text end new text begin 256S.13new text end .
(c) Intensive support services provide assistance, supervision, and care that is necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the person and services specifically directed toward the training, habilitation, or rehabilitation of the person. Intensive support services include:
(1) intervention services, including:
(i) behavioral support services as defined under the brain injury and community access for disability inclusion waiver plans;
(ii) in-home or out-of-home crisis respite services as defined under the developmental disability waiver plan; and
(iii) specialist services as defined under the current developmental disability waiver plan;
(2) in-home support services, including:
(i) in-home family support and supported living services as defined under the developmental disability waiver plan;
(ii) independent living services training as defined under the brain injury and community access for disability inclusion waiver plans;
(iii) semi-independent living services; and
(iv) individualized home supports services as defined under the brain injury, community alternative care, and community access for disability inclusion waiver plans;
(3) residential supports and services, including:
(i) supported living services as defined under the developmental disability waiver plan provided in a family or corporate child foster care residence, a family adult foster care residence, a community residential setting, or a supervised living facility;
(ii) foster care services as defined in the brain injury, community alternative care, and community access for disability inclusion waiver plans provided in a family or corporate child foster care residence, a family adult foster care residence, or a community residential setting; and
(iii) residential services provided to more than four persons with developmental disabilities in a supervised living facility, including ICFs/DD;
(4) day services, including:
(i) structured day services as defined under the brain injury waiver plan;
(ii) day training and habilitation services under sections 252.41 to 252.46, and as defined under the developmental disability waiver plan; and
(iii) prevocational services as defined under the brain injury and community access for disability inclusion waiver plans; and
(5) employment exploration services as defined under the brain injury, community alternative care, community access for disability inclusion, and developmental disability waiver plans;
(6) employment development services as defined under the brain injury, community alternative care, community access for disability inclusion, and developmental disability waiver plans; and
(7) employment support services as defined under the brain injury, community alternative care, community access for disability inclusion, and developmental disability waiver plans.
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(a) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1999, the commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in payment rates for the services listed in paragraph (b) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11. The adjustment shall be accomplished by indexing the rates in effect for inflation based on the change in the Consumer Price Index-All Items (United States city average)(CPI-U) as forecasted by Data Resources, Inc., in the fourth quarter of the prior year for the calendar year during which the rate increase occurs.
(b) Within the limits of appropriations specifically for this purpose, the commissioner shall apply the rate increases in paragraph (a) to home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501; home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49; community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46; physical therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8; occupational therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8a; speech-language therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; physician services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 3; dental services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 9; alternative care services under section 256B.0913; adult residential program grants under section 245.73; adult and family community support grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760; and semi-independent living services under section 252.275, including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded under chapter 256I.
(c) The commissioner shall increase prepaid medical assistance program capitation rates as appropriate to reflect the rate increases in this section.
(d) In implementing this section, the commissioner shall consider proposing a schedule to equalize rates paid by different programs for the same service.
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An individual with a disability is eligible for housing support services if the individual:
(1) is 18 years of age or older;
(2) is enrolled in medical assistance;
(3) has an assessment of functional need that determines a need for services due to limitations caused by the individual's disability;
(4) resides in or plans to transition to a community-based setting as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 441.301 (c); and
(5) has housing instability evidenced by:
(i) being homeless or at-risk of homelessness;
(ii) being in the process of transitioning from, or having transitioned in the past six months from, an institution or licensed or registered setting;
(iii) being eligible for waiver services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S or sectionnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end or 256B.49; or
(iv) having been identified by a long-term care consultation under section 256B.0911 as at risk of institutionalization.
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(a) For purposes of this section and sections 256B.058 and 256B.0595, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.
(b) "Community spouse" means the spouse of an institutionalized spouse.
(c) "Assets otherwise available to the community spouse" means assets individually or jointly owned by the community spouse, other than assets excluded by subdivision 5, paragraph (c).
(d) "Community spouse asset allowance" is the value of assets that can be transferred under subdivision 3.
(e) "Institutionalized spouse" means a person who is:
(1) in a hospital, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, or receiving home and community-based services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , and is expected to remain in the facility or institution or receive the home and community-based services for at least 30 consecutive days; and
(2) married to a person who is not in a hospital, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, and is not receiving home and community-based services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S or sectionnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end or 256B.49.
(f) "For the sole benefit of" means no other individual or entity can benefit in any way from the assets or income at the time of a transfer or at any time in the future.
(g) "Continuous period of institutionalization" means a 30-consecutive-day period of time in which a person is expected to stay in a medical or long-term care facility, or receive home and community-based services that would qualify for coverage under the elderly waiver (EW) or alternative care (AC) programs. For a stay in a facility, the 30-consecutive-day period begins on the date of entry into a medical or long-term care facility. For receipt of home and community-based services, the 30-consecutive-day period begins on the date that the following conditions are met:
(1) the person is receiving services that meet the nursing facility level of care determined by a long-term care consultation;
(2) the person has received the long-term care consultation within the past 60 days;
(3) the services are paid by the EW program under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end or the AC program under section 256B.0913 or would qualify for payment under the EW or AC programs if the person were otherwise eligible for either program, and but for the receipt of such services the person would have resided in a nursing facility; and
(4) the services are provided by a licensed provider qualified to provide home and community-based services.
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(a) Effective for transfers made after August 10, 1993, an institutionalized person, an institutionalized person's spouse, or any person, court, or administrative body with legal authority to act in place of, on behalf of, at the direction of, or upon the request of the institutionalized person or institutionalized person's spouse, may not give away, sell, or dispose of, for less than fair market value, any asset or interest therein, except assets other than the homestead that are excluded under the Supplemental Security Income program, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining medical assistance eligibility. This applies to all transfers, including those made by a community spouse after the month in which the institutionalized spouse is determined eligible for medical assistance. For purposes of determining eligibility for long-term care services, any transfer of such assets within 36 months before or any time after an institutionalized person requests medical assistance payment of long-term care services, or 36 months before or any time after a medical assistance recipient becomes an institutionalized person, for less than fair market value may be considered. Any such transfer is presumed to have been made for the purpose of establishing or maintaining medical assistance eligibility and the institutionalized person is ineligible for long-term care services for the period of time determined under subdivision 2, unless the institutionalized person furnishes convincing evidence to establish that the transaction was exclusively for another purpose, or unless the transfer is permitted under subdivision 3 or 4. In the case of payments from a trust or portions of a trust that are considered transfers of assets under federal law, or in the case of any other disposal of assets made on or after February 8, 2006, any transfers made within 60 months before or any time after an institutionalized person requests medical assistance payment of long-term care services and within 60 months before or any time after a medical assistance recipient becomes an institutionalized person, may be considered.
(b) This section applies to transfers, for less than fair market value, of income or assets, including assets that are considered income in the month received, such as inheritances, court settlements, and retroactive benefit payments or income to which the institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse is entitled but does not receive due to action by the institutionalized person, the institutionalized person's spouse, or any person, court, or administrative body with legal authority to act in place of, on behalf of, at the direction of, or upon the request of the institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse.
(c) This section applies to payments for care or personal services provided by a relative, unless the compensation was stipulated in a notarized, written agreement which was in existence when the service was performed, the care or services directly benefited the person, and the payments made represented reasonable compensation for the care or services provided. A notarized written agreement is not required if payment for the services was made within 60 days after the service was provided.
(d) This section applies to the portion of any asset or interest that an institutionalized person, an institutionalized person's spouse, or any person, court, or administrative body with legal authority to act in place of, on behalf of, at the direction of, or upon the request of the institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse, transfers to any annuity that exceeds the value of the benefit likely to be returned to the institutionalized person or institutionalized person's spouse while alive, based on estimated life expectancy as determined according to the current actuarial tables published by the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. The commissioner may adopt rules reducing life expectancies based on the need for long-term care. This section applies to an annuity purchased on or after March 1, 2002, that:
(1) is not purchased from an insurance company or financial institution that is subject to licensing or regulation by the Minnesota Department of Commerce or a similar regulatory agency of another state;
(2) does not pay out principal and interest in equal monthly installments; or
(3) does not begin payment at the earliest possible date after annuitization.
(e) Effective for transactions, including the purchase of an annuity, occurring on or after February 8, 2006, by or on behalf of an institutionalized person who has applied for or is receiving long-term care services or the institutionalized person's spouse shall be treated as the disposal of an asset for less than fair market value unless the department is named a preferred remainder beneficiary as described in section 256B.056, subdivision 11. Any subsequent change to the designation of the department as a preferred remainder beneficiary shall result in the annuity being treated as a disposal of assets for less than fair market value. The amount of such transfer shall be the maximum amount the institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse could receive from the annuity or similar financial instrument. Any change in the amount of the income or principal being withdrawn from the annuity or other similar financial instrument at the time of the most recent disclosure shall be deemed to be a transfer of assets for less than fair market value unless the institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse demonstrates that the transaction was for fair market value. In the event a distribution of income or principal has been improperly distributed or disbursed from an annuity or other retirement planning instrument of an institutionalized person or the institutionalized person's spouse, a cause of action exists against the individual receiving the improper distribution for the cost of medical assistance services provided or the amount of the improper distribution, whichever is less.
(f) Effective for transactions, including the purchase of an annuity, occurring on or after February 8, 2006, by or on behalf of an institutionalized person applying for or receiving long-term care services shall be treated as a disposal of assets for less than fair market value unless it is:
(1) an annuity described in subsection (b) or (q) of section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
(2) purchased with proceeds from:
(A) an account or trust described in subsection (a), (c), or (p) of section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(B) a simplified employee pension within the meaning of section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(C) a Roth IRA described in section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(3) an annuity that is irrevocable and nonassignable; is actuarially sound as determined in accordance with actuarial publications of the Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration; and provides for payments in equal amounts during the term of the annuity, with no deferral and no balloon payments made.
(g) For purposes of this section, long-term care services include services in a nursing facility, services that are eligible for payment according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 2, because they are provided in a swing bed, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, and home and community-based services provided pursuant to deleted text begin sections 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S and sectionsnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end and 256B.49. For purposes of this subdivision and subdivisions 2, 3, and 4, "institutionalized person" includes a person who is an inpatient in a nursing facility or in a swing bed, or intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities or who is receiving home and community-based services under deleted text begin sections 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S and sectionsnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end and 256B.49.
(h) This section applies to funds used to purchase a promissory note, loan, or mortgage unless the note, loan, or mortgage:
(1) has a repayment term that is actuarially sound;
(2) provides for payments to be made in equal amounts during the term of the loan, with no deferral and no balloon payments made; and
(3) prohibits the cancellation of the balance upon the death of the lender.
In the case of a promissory note, loan, or mortgage that does not meet an exception in clauses (1) to (3), the value of such note, loan, or mortgage shall be the outstanding balance due as of the date of the institutionalized person's request for medical assistance payment of long-term care services.
(i) This section applies to the purchase of a life estate interest in another person's home unless the purchaser resides in the home for a period of at least one year after the date of purchase.
(j) This section applies to transfers into a pooled trust that qualifies under United States Code, title 42, section 1396p(d)(4)(C), by:
(1) a person age 65 or older or the person's spouse; or
(2) any person, court, or administrative body with legal authority to act in place of, on behalf of, at the direction of, or upon the request of a person age 65 or older or the person's spouse.
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(a) Eligibility for medical assistance is limited to citizens of the United States, qualified noncitizens as defined in this subdivision, and other persons residing lawfully in the United States. Citizens or nationals of the United States must cooperate in obtaining satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality according to the requirements of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171.
(b) "Qualified noncitizen" means a person who meets one of the following immigration criteria:
(1) admitted for lawful permanent residence according to United States Code, title 8;
(2) admitted to the United States as a refugee according to United States Code, title 8, section 1157;
(3) granted asylum according to United States Code, title 8, section 1158;
(4) granted withholding of deportation according to United States Code, title 8, section 1253(h);
(5) paroled for a period of at least one year according to United States Code, title 8, section 1182(d)(5);
(6) granted conditional entrant status according to United States Code, title 8, section 1153(a)(7);
(7) determined to be a battered noncitizen by the United States Attorney General according to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, title V of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Bill, Public Law 104-200;
(8) is a child of a noncitizen determined to be a battered noncitizen by the United States Attorney General according to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, title V, of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Bill, Public Law 104-200; or
(9) determined to be a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined in section 501(e) of Public Law 96-422, the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.
(c) All qualified noncitizens who were residing in the United States before August 22, 1996, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for medical assistance with federal financial participation.
(d) Beginning December 1, 1996, qualified noncitizens who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, and who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter are eligible for medical assistance with federal participation for five years if they meet one of the following criteria:
(1) refugees admitted to the United States according to United States Code, title 8, section 1157;
(2) persons granted asylum according to United States Code, title 8, section 1158;
(3) persons granted withholding of deportation according to United States Code, title 8, section 1253(h);
(4) veterans of the United States armed forces with an honorable discharge for a reason other than noncitizen status, their spouses and unmarried minor dependent children; or
(5) persons on active duty in the United States armed forces, other than for training, their spouses and unmarried minor dependent children.
Beginning July 1, 2010, children and pregnant women who are noncitizens described in paragraph (b) or who are lawfully present in the United States as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 8, section 103.12, and who otherwise meet eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for medical assistance with federal financial participation as provided by the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Public Law 111-3.
(e) Nonimmigrants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter are eligible for the benefits as provided in paragraphs (f) to (h). For purposes of this subdivision, a "nonimmigrant" is a person in one of the classes listed in United States Code, title 8, section 1101(a)(15).
(f) Payment shall also be made for care and services that are furnished to noncitizens, regardless of immigration status, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter, if such care and services are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition.
(g) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "emergency medical condition" means a medical condition that meets the requirements of United States Code, title 42, section 1396b(v).
(h)(1) Notwithstanding paragraph (g), services that are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition are limited to the following:
(i) services delivered in an emergency room or by an ambulance service licensed under chapter 144E that are directly related to the treatment of an emergency medical condition;
(ii) services delivered in an inpatient hospital setting following admission from an emergency room or clinic for an acute emergency condition; and
(iii) follow-up services that are directly related to the original service provided to treat the emergency medical condition and are covered by the global payment made to the provider.
(2) Services for the treatment of emergency medical conditions do not include:
(i) services delivered in an emergency room or inpatient setting to treat a nonemergency condition;
(ii) organ transplants, stem cell transplants, and related care;
(iii) services for routine prenatal care;
(iv) continuing care, including long-term care, nursing facility services, home health care, adult day care, day training, or supportive living services;
(v) elective surgery;
(vi) outpatient prescription drugs, unless the drugs are administered or dispensed as part of an emergency room visit;
(vii) preventative health care and family planning services;
(viii) rehabilitation services;
(ix) physical, occupational, or speech therapy;
(x) transportation services;
(xi) case management;
(xii) prosthetics, orthotics, durable medical equipment, or medical supplies;
(xiii) dental services;
(xiv) hospice care;
(xv) audiology services and hearing aids;
(xvi) podiatry services;
(xvii) chiropractic services;
(xviii) immunizations;
(xix) vision services and eyeglasses;
(xx) waiver services;
(xxi) individualized education programs; or
(xxii) chemical dependency treatment.
(i) Pregnant noncitizens who are ineligible for federally funded medical assistance because of immigration status, are not covered by a group health plan or health insurance coverage according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 457.310, and who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for medical assistance through the period of pregnancy, including labor and delivery, and 60 days postpartum, to the extent federal funds are available under title XXI of the Social Security Act, and the state children's health insurance program.
(j) Beginning October 1, 2003, persons who are receiving care and rehabilitation services from a nonprofit center established to serve victims of torture and are otherwise ineligible for medical assistance under this chapter are eligible for medical assistance without federal financial participation. These individuals are eligible only for the period during which they are receiving services from the center. Individuals eligible under this paragraph shall not be required to participate in prepaid medical assistance. The nonprofit center referenced under this paragraph may establish itself as a provider of mental health targeted case management services through a county contract under section 256.0112, subdivision 6. If the nonprofit center is unable to secure a contract with a lead county in its service area, then, notwithstanding the requirements of section 256B.0625, subdivision 20, the commissioner may negotiate a contract with the nonprofit center for provision of mental health targeted case management services. When serving clients who are not the financial responsibility of their contracted lead county, the nonprofit center must gain the concurrence of the county of financial responsibility prior to providing mental health targeted case management services for those clients.
(k) Notwithstanding paragraph (h), clause (2), the following services are covered as emergency medical conditions under paragraph (f) except where coverage is prohibited under federal law for services under clauses (1) and (2):
(1) dialysis services provided in a hospital or freestanding dialysis facility;
(2) surgery and the administration of chemotherapy, radiation, and related services necessary to treat cancer if the recipient has a cancer diagnosis that is not in remission and requires surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment; and
(3) kidney transplant if the person has been diagnosed with end stage renal disease, is currently receiving dialysis services, and is a potential candidate for a kidney transplant.
(l) Effective July 1, 2013, recipients of emergency medical assistance under this subdivision are eligible for coverage of the elderly waiver services provided under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , and coverage of rehabilitative services provided in a nursing facility. The age limit for elderly waiver services does not apply. In order to qualify for coverage, a recipient of emergency medical assistance is subject to the assessment and reassessment requirements of section 256B.0911. Initial and continued enrollment under this paragraph is subject to the limits of available funding.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in paragraphs (b) to (r) have the meanings given unless otherwise provided in text.
(b) "Activities of daily living" means grooming, dressing, bathing, transferring, mobility, positioning, eating, and toileting.
(c) "Behavior," effective January 1, 2010, means a category to determine the home care rating and is based on the criteria found in this section. "Level I behavior" means physical aggression towards self, others, or destruction of property that requires the immediate response of another person.
(d) "Complex health-related needs," effective January 1, 2010, means a category to determine the home care rating and is based on the criteria found in this section.
(e) "Critical activities of daily living," effective January 1, 2010, means transferring, mobility, eating, and toileting.
(f) "Dependency in activities of daily living" means a person requires assistance to begin and complete one or more of the activities of daily living.
(g) "Extended personal care assistance service" means personal care assistance services included in a service plan under one of the home and community-based services waivers authorized under deleted text begin sections 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S and sectionsnew text end 256B.092, subdivision 5, and 256B.49, which exceed the amount, duration, and frequency of the state plan personal care assistance services for participants who:
(1) need assistance provided periodically during a week, but less than daily will not be able to remain in their homes without the assistance, and other replacement services are more expensive or are not available when personal care assistance services are to be reduced; or
(2) need additional personal care assistance services beyond the amount authorized by the state plan personal care assistance assessment in order to ensure that their safety, health, and welfare are provided for in their homes.
(h) "Health-related procedures and tasks" means procedures and tasks that can be delegated or assigned by a licensed health care professional under state law to be performed by a personal care assistant.
(i) "Instrumental activities of daily living" means activities to include meal planning and preparation; basic assistance with paying bills; shopping for food, clothing, and other essential items; performing household tasks integral to the personal care assistance services; communication by telephone and other media; and traveling, including to medical appointments and to participate in the community.
(j) "Managing employee" has the same definition as Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 455.
(k) "Qualified professional" means a professional providing supervision of personal care assistance services and staff as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19c.
(l) "Personal care assistance provider agency" means a medical assistance enrolled provider that provides or assists with providing personal care assistance services and includes a personal care assistance provider organization, personal care assistance choice agency, class A licensed nursing agency, and Medicare-certified home health agency.
(m) "Personal care assistant" or "PCA" means an individual employed by a personal care assistance agency who provides personal care assistance services.
(n) "Personal care assistance care plan" means a written description of personal care assistance services developed by the personal care assistance provider according to the service plan.
(o) "Responsible party" means an individual who is capable of providing the support necessary to assist the recipient to live in the community.
(p) "Self-administered medication" means medication taken orally, by injection, nebulizer, or insertion, or applied topically without the need for assistance.
(q) "Service plan" means a written summary of the assessment and description of the services needed by the recipient.
(r) "Wages and benefits" means wages and salaries, the employer's share of FICA taxes, Medicare taxes, state and federal unemployment taxes, workers' compensation, mileage reimbursement, health and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long-term care insurance, uniform allowance, and contributions to employee retirement accounts.
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For purposes of this section:
(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services unless otherwise indicated.
(b) "Covered program" means a program to provide direct support services funded in whole or in part by the state of Minnesota, including the Community First Services and Supports program; Consumer Directed Community Supports services and extended state plan personal care assistance services available under programs established pursuant to home and community-based service waivers authorized under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, and Minnesota Statutes, including, but not limited to, deleted text begin sections 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S and sectionsnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end and 256B.49, and under the alternative care program, as offered pursuant to section 256B.0913; the personal care assistance choice program, as established pursuant to section 256B.0659, subdivisions 18 to 20; and any similar program that may provide similar services in the future.
(c) "Direct support services" means personal care assistance services covered by medical assistance under section 256B.0625, subdivisions 19a and 19c; assistance with activities of daily living as defined in section 256B.0659, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and instrumental activities of daily living as defined in section 256B.0659, subdivision 1, paragraph (i); and other similar, in-home, nonprofessional long-term services and supports provided to an elderly person or person with a disability by the person's employee or the employee of the person's representative to meet such person's daily living needs and ensure that such person may adequately function in the person's home and have safe access to the community.
(d) "Individual provider" means an individual selected by and working under the direction of a participant in a covered program, or a participant's representative, to provide direct support services to the participant, but does not include an employee of a provider agency, subject to the agency's direction and control commensurate with agency employee status.
(e) "Participant" means a person who receives direct support services through a covered program.
(f) "Participant's representative" means a participant's legal guardian or an individual having the authority and responsibility to act on behalf of a participant with respect to the provision of direct support services through a covered program.
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) Until additional requirements apply under paragraph (b), "long-term care consultation services" means:
(1) intake for and access to assistance in identifying services needed to maintain an individual in the most inclusive environment;
(2) providing recommendations for and referrals to cost-effective community services that are available to the individual;
(3) development of an individual's person-centered community support plan;
(4) providing information regarding eligibility for Minnesota health care programs;
(5) face-to-face long-term care consultation assessments, which may be completed in a hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DDs), regional treatment centers, or the person's current or planned residence;
(6) determination of home and community-based waiver and other service eligibility as required under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913deleted text begin , 256B.0915,deleted text end and 256B.49, including level of care determination for individuals who need an institutional level of care as determined under subdivision 4e, based on assessment and community support plan development, appropriate referrals to obtain necessary diagnostic information, and including an eligibility determination for consumer-directed community supports;
(7) providing recommendations for institutional placement when there are no cost-effective community services available;
(8) providing access to assistance to transition people back to community settings after institutional admission; and
(9) providing information about competitive employment, with or without supports, for school-age youth and working-age adults and referrals to the Disability Linkage Line and Disability Benefits 101 to ensure that an informed choice about competitive employment can be made. For the purposes of this subdivision, "competitive employment" means work in the competitive labor market that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis in an integrated setting, and for which an individual is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals without disabilities.
(b) Upon statewide implementation of lead agency requirements in subdivisions 2b, 2c, and 3a, "long-term care consultation services" also means:
(1) service eligibility determination for state plan home care services identified in:
(i) section 256B.0625, subdivisions 7, 19a, and 19c;
(ii) consumer support grants under section 256.476; or
(iii) section 256B.85;
(2) notwithstanding provisions in Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0004 to 9525.0024, determination of eligibility for case management services available under sections 256B.0621, subdivision 2, paragraph (4), and 256B.0924 and Minnesota Rules, part 9525.0016;
(3) determination of institutional level of care, home and community-based service waiver, and other service eligibility as required under section 256B.092, determination of eligibility for family support grants under section 252.32, semi-independent living services under section 252.275, and day training and habilitation services under section 256B.092; and
(4) obtaining necessary diagnostic information to determine eligibility under clauses (2) and (3).
(c) "Long-term care options counseling" means the services provided by the linkage lines as mandated by sections 256.01, subdivision 24, and 256.975, subdivision 7, and also includes telephone assistance and follow up once a long-term care consultation assessment has been completed.
(d) "Minnesota health care programs" means the medical assistance program under this chapter and the alternative care program under section 256B.0913.
(e) "Lead agencies" means counties administering or tribes and health plans under contract with the commissioner to administer long-term care consultation assessment and support planning services.
(f) "Person-centered planning" is a process that includes the active participation of a person in the planning of the person's services, including in making meaningful and informed choices about the person's own goals, talents, and objectives, as well as making meaningful and informed choices about the services the person receives. For the purposes of this section, "informed choice" means a voluntary choice of services by a person from all available service options based on accurate and complete information concerning all available service options and concerning the person's own preferences, abilities, goals, and objectives. In order for a person to make an informed choice, all available options must be developed and presented to the person to empower the person to make decisions.
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(a) Persons requesting assessment, services planning, or other assistance intended to support community-based living, including persons who need assessment in order to determine waiver or alternative care program eligibility, must be visited by a long-term care consultation team within 20 calendar days after the date on which an assessment was requested or recommended. Upon statewide implementation of subdivisions 2b, 2c, and 5, this requirement also applies to an assessment of a person requesting personal care assistance services and home care nursing. The commissioner shall provide at least a 90-day notice to lead agencies prior to the effective date of this requirement. Face-to-face assessments must be conducted according to paragraphs (b) to (i).
(b) Upon implementation of subdivisions 2b, 2c, and 5, lead agencies shall use certified assessors to conduct the assessment. For a person with complex health care needs, a public health or registered nurse from the team must be consulted.
(c) The MnCHOICES assessment provided by the commissioner to lead agencies must be used to complete a comprehensive, person-centered assessment. The assessment must include the health, psychological, functional, environmental, and social needs of the individual necessary to develop a community support plan that meets the individual's needs and preferences.
(d) The assessment must be conducted in a face-to-face interview with the person being assessed and the person's legal representative. At the request of the person, other individuals may participate in the assessment to provide information on the needs, strengths, and preferences of the person necessary to develop a community support plan that ensures the person's health and safety. Except for legal representatives or family members invited by the person, persons participating in the assessment may not be a provider of service or have any financial interest in the provision of services. For persons who are to be assessed for elderly waiver customized living or adult day services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , with the permission of the person being assessed or the person's designated or legal representative, the client's current or proposed provider of services may submit a copy of the provider's nursing assessment or written report outlining its recommendations regarding the client's care needs. The person conducting the assessment must notify the provider of the date by which this information is to be submitted. This information shall be provided to the person conducting the assessment prior to the assessment. For a person who is to be assessed for waiver services under section 256B.092 or 256B.49, with the permission of the person being assessed or the person's designated legal representative, the person's current provider of services may submit a written report outlining recommendations regarding the person's care needs prepared by a direct service employee with at least 20 hours of service to that client. The person conducting the assessment or reassessment must notify the provider of the date by which this information is to be submitted. This information shall be provided to the person conducting the assessment and the person or the person's legal representative, and must be considered prior to the finalization of the assessment or reassessment.
(e) The person or the person's legal representative must be provided with a written community support plan within 40 calendar days of the assessment visit, regardless of whether the individual is eligible for Minnesota health care programs.
(f) For a person being assessed for elderly waiver services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , a provider who submitted information under paragraph (d) shall receive the final written community support plan when available and the Residential Services Workbook.
(g) The written community support plan must include:
(1) a summary of assessed needs as defined in paragraphs (c) and (d);
(2) the individual's options and choices to meet identified needs, including all available options for case management services and providers, including service provided in a non-disability-specific setting;
(3) identification of health and safety risks and how those risks will be addressed, including personal risk management strategies;
(4) referral information; and
(5) informal caregiver supports, if applicable.
For a person determined eligible for state plan home care under subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1), the person or person's representative must also receive a copy of the home care service plan developed by the certified assessor.
(h) A person may request assistance in identifying community supports without participating in a complete assessment. Upon a request for assistance identifying community support, the person must be transferred or referred to long-term care options counseling services available under sections 256.975, subdivision 7, and 256.01, subdivision 24, for telephone assistance and follow up.
(i) The person has the right to make the final decision between institutional placement and community placement after the recommendations have been provided, except as provided in section 256.975, subdivision 7a, paragraph (d).
(j) The lead agency must give the person receiving assessment or support planning, or the person's legal representative, materials, and forms supplied by the commissioner containing the following information:
(1) written recommendations for community-based services and consumer-directed options;
(2) documentation that the most cost-effective alternatives available were offered to the individual. For purposes of this clause, "cost-effective" means community services and living arrangements that cost the same as or less than institutional care. For an individual found to meet eligibility criteria for home and community-based service programs under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ornew text begin sectionnew text end 256B.49, "cost-effectiveness" has the meaning found in the federally approved waiver plan for each program;
(3) the need for and purpose of preadmission screening conducted by long-term care options counselors according to section 256.975, subdivisions 7a to 7c, if the person selects nursing facility placement. If the individual selects nursing facility placement, the lead agency shall forward information needed to complete the level of care determinations and screening for developmental disability and mental illness collected during the assessment to the long-term care options counselor using forms provided by the commissioner;
(4) the role of long-term care consultation assessment and support planning in eligibility determination for waiver and alternative care programs, and state plan home care, case management, and other services as defined in subdivision 1a, paragraphs (a), clause (6), and (b);
(5) information about Minnesota health care programs;
(6) the person's freedom to accept or reject the recommendations of the team;
(7) the person's right to confidentiality under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, chapter 13;
(8) the certified assessor's decision regarding the person's need for institutional level of care as determined under criteria established in subdivision 4e and the certified assessor's decision regarding eligibility for all services and programs as defined in subdivision 1a, paragraphs (a), clause (6), and (b); and
(9) the person's right to appeal the certified assessor's decision regarding eligibility for all services and programs as defined in subdivision 1a, paragraphs (a), clauses (6), (7), and (8), and (b), and incorporating the decision regarding the need for institutional level of care or the lead agency's final decisions regarding public programs eligibility according to section 256.045, subdivision 3.
(k) Face-to-face assessment completed as part of eligibility determination for the alternative care, elderly waiver, community access for disability inclusion, community alternative care, and brain injury waiver programs under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913deleted text begin , 256B.0915,deleted text end and 256B.49 is valid to establish service eligibility for no more than 60 calendar days after the date of assessment.
(l) The effective eligibility start date for programs in paragraph (k) can never be prior to the date of assessment. If an assessment was completed more than 60 days before the effective waiver or alternative care program eligibility start date, assessment and support plan information must be updated and documented in the department's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). Notwithstanding retroactive medical assistance coverage of state plan services, the effective date of eligibility for programs included in paragraph (k) cannot be prior to the date the most recent updated assessment is completed.
(m) If an eligibility update is completed within 90 days of the previous face-to-face assessment and documented in the department's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), the effective date of eligibility for programs included in paragraph (k) is the date of the previous face-to-face assessment when all other eligibility requirements are met.
(n) At the time of reassessment, the certified assessor shall assess each person receiving waiver services currently residing in a community residential setting, or licensed adult foster care home that is not the primary residence of the license holder, or in which the license holder is not the primary caregiver, to determine if that person would prefer to be served in a community-living setting as defined in section 256B.49, subdivision 23. The certified assessor shall offer the person, through a person-centered planning process, the option to receive alternative housing and service options.
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(a) Funding for services under the alternative care program is available to persons who meet the following criteria:
(1) the person is a citizen of the United States or a United States national;
(2) the person has been determined by a community assessment under section 256B.0911 to be a person who would require the level of care provided in a nursing facility, as determined under section 256B.0911, subdivision 4e, but for the provision of services under the alternative care program;
(3) the person is age 65 or older;
(4) the person would be eligible for medical assistance within 135 days of admission to a nursing facility;
(5) the person is not ineligible for the payment of long-term care services by the medical assistance program due to an asset transfer penalty under section 256B.0595 or equity interest in the home exceeding $500,000 as stated in section 256B.056;
(6) the person needs long-term care services that are not funded through other state or federal funding, or other health insurance or other third-party insurance such as long-term care insurance;
(7) except for individuals described in clause (8), the monthly cost of the alternative care services funded by the program for this person does not exceed 75 percent of the monthly limit described under section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3adeleted text end new text begin 256S.18new text end . This monthly limit does not prohibit the alternative care client from payment for additional services, but in no case may the cost of additional services purchased under this section exceed the difference between the client's monthly service limit defined under section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3deleted text end new text begin 256S.04new text end , and the alternative care program monthly service limit defined in this paragraph. If care-related supplies and equipment or environmental modifications and adaptations are or will be purchased for an alternative care services recipient, the costs may be prorated on a monthly basis for up to 12 consecutive months beginning with the month of purchase. If the monthly cost of a recipient's other alternative care services exceeds the monthly limit established in this paragraph, the annual cost of the alternative care services shall be determined. In this event, the annual cost of alternative care services shall not exceed 12 times the monthly limit described in this paragraph;
(8) for individuals assigned a case mix classification A as described under section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3a, paragraph (a)deleted text end new text begin 256S.18new text end , with (i) no dependencies in activities of daily living, or (ii) up to two dependencies in bathing, dressing, grooming, walking, and eating when the dependency score in eating is three or greater as determined by an assessment performed under section 256B.0911, the monthly cost of alternative care services funded by the program cannot exceed $593 per month for all new participants enrolled in the program on or after July 1, 2011. This monthly limit shall be applied to all other participants who meet this criteria at reassessment. This monthly limit shall be increased annually as described in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3a, paragraphs (a) and (e)deleted text end new text begin 256S.18new text end . This monthly limit does not prohibit the alternative care client from payment for additional services, but in no case may the cost of additional services purchased exceed the difference between the client's monthly service limit defined in this clause and the limit described in clause (7) for case mix classification A; and
(9) the person is making timely payments of the assessed monthly fee.
A person is ineligible if payment of the fee is over 60 days past due, unless the person agrees to:
(i) the appointment of a representative payee;
(ii) automatic payment from a financial account;
(iii) the establishment of greater family involvement in the financial management of payments; or
(iv) another method acceptable to the lead agency to ensure prompt fee payments.
The lead agency may extend the client's eligibility as necessary while making arrangements to facilitate payment of past-due amounts and future premium payments. Following disenrollment due to nonpayment of a monthly fee, eligibility shall not be reinstated for a period of 30 days.
(b) Alternative care funding under this subdivision is not available for a person who is a medical assistance recipient or who would be eligible for medical assistance without a spenddown or waiver obligation. A person whose initial application for medical assistance and the elderly waiver program is being processed may be served under the alternative care program for a period up to 60 days. If the individual is found to be eligible for medical assistance, medical assistance must be billed for services payable under the federally approved elderly waiver plan and delivered from the date the individual was found eligible for the federally approved elderly waiver plan. Notwithstanding this provision, alternative care funds may not be used to pay for any service the cost of which: (i) is payable by medical assistance; (ii) is used by a recipient to meet a waiver obligation; or (iii) is used to pay a medical assistance income spenddown for a person who is eligible to participate in the federally approved elderly waiver program under the special income standard provision.
(c) Alternative care funding is not available for a person who resides in a licensed nursing home, certified boarding care home, hospital, or intermediate care facility, except for case management services which are provided in support of the discharge planning process for a nursing home resident or certified boarding care home resident to assist with a relocation process to a community-based setting.
(d) Alternative care funding is not available for a person whose income is greater than the maintenance needs allowance under section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 1ddeleted text end new text begin 256S.05new text end , but equal to or less than 120 percent of the federal poverty guideline effective July 1 in the fiscal year for which alternative care eligibility is determined, who would be eligible for the elderly waiver with a waiver obligation.
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(a) The provision of case management under the alternative care program is governed by requirements in deleted text begin section 256B.0915, subdivisions 1a and 1bdeleted text end new text begin sections 256S.07 to 256S.09new text end .
(b) The case manager must not approve alternative care funding for a client in any setting in which the case manager cannot reasonably ensure the client's health and safety.
(c) The case manager is responsible for the cost-effectiveness of the alternative care individual coordinated service and support plan and must not approve any plan in which the cost of services funded by alternative care and client contributions exceeds the limit specified in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3a, paragraphs (a) and (c)deleted text end new text begin 256S.18new text end .
(d) Case manager responsibilities include those in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 1a, paragraph (g)deleted text end new text begin 256S.09, subdivision 2new text end .
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(a) The case manager shall implement the coordinated service and support plan for each alternative care client and ensure that a client's service needs and eligibility are reassessed at least every 12 months. The coordinated service and support plan must meet the requirements in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6deleted text end new text begin 256S.10new text end . The plan shall include any services prescribed by the individual's attending physician as necessary to allow the individual to remain in a community setting. In developing the individual's care plan, the case manager should include the use of volunteers from families and neighbors, religious organizations, social clubs, and civic and service organizations to support the formal home care services. The lead agency shall be held harmless for damages or injuries sustained through the use of volunteers under this subdivision including workers' compensation liability. The case manager shall provide documentation in each individual's plan and, if requested, to the commissioner that the most cost-effective alternatives available have been offered to the individual and that the individual was free to choose among available qualified providers, both public and private, including qualified case management or service coordination providers other than those employed by any county; however, the county or tribe maintains responsibility for prior authorizing services in accordance with statutory and administrative requirements. The case manager must give the individual a ten-day written notice of any denial, termination, or reduction of alternative care services.
(b) The county of service or tribe must provide access to and arrange for case management services, including assuring implementation of the coordinated service and support plan. "County of service" has the meaning given it in Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0015, subpart 11. The county of service must notify the county of financial responsibility of the approved care plan and the amount of encumbered funds.
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The lead agency biennial plan for long-term care consultation services under section 256B.0911, the alternative care program under this section, and waivers for the elderly under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , shall be submitted by the lead agency as the home and community-based services quality assurance plan on a form provided by the commissioner.
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(a) Unless otherwise specified in statute, providers must be enrolled as Minnesota health care program providers and abide by the requirements for provider participation according to Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0195.
(b) Payment for provided alternative care services as approved by the client's case manager shall occur through the invoice processing procedures of the department's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). To receive payment, the lead agency or vendor must submit invoices within 12 months following the date of service. The lead agency and its vendors shall not be reimbursed for services which exceed the county allocation. Service rates are governed by section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 3gdeleted text end new text begin 256S.15new text end .
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(a) The purpose of projects selected by the commissioner of human services under this section is to make strategic changes in the long-term services and supports system for older adults including statewide capacity for local service development and technical assistance, and statewide availability of home and community-based services for older adult services, caregiver support and respite care services, and other supports in the state of Minnesota. These projects are intended to create incentives for new and expanded home and community-based services in Minnesota in order to:
(1) reach older adults early in the progression of their need for long-term services and supports, providing them with low-cost, high-impact services that will prevent or delay the use of more costly services;
(2) support older adults to live in the most integrated, least restrictive community setting;
(3) support the informal caregivers of older adults;
(4) develop and implement strategies to integrate long-term services and supports with health care services, in order to improve the quality of care and enhance the quality of life of older adults and their informal caregivers;
(5) ensure cost-effective use of financial and human resources;
(6) build community-based approaches and community commitment to delivering long-term services and supports for older adults in their own homes;
(7) achieve a broad awareness and use of lower-cost in-home services as an alternative to nursing homes and other residential services;
(8) strengthen and develop additional home and community-based services and alternatives to nursing homes and other residential services; and
(9) strengthen programs that use volunteers.
(b) The services provided by these projects are available to older adults who are eligible for medical assistance and the elderly waiver under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , the alternative care program under section 256B.0913, or essential community supports grant under section 256B.0922, and to persons who have their own funds to pay for services.
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The commissioner shall publish a request for proposals in the State Register by August 15, 2005, specifying provider eligibility requirements, provider selection criteria, program specifics, funding mechanism, and methods of evaluation. The commissioner may publish additional requests for proposals in subsequent years. Providers who provide services funded through the following programs are eligible to apply to participate in the scholarship program: home and community-based waivered services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501; home and community-based waivered services for the elderly under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49; community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46; and intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.5012.
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A person exempt from licensure under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, who provides adult foster care to a related individual age 65 and older, and who meets the requirements in Minnesota Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 9555.6265, may be certified by the county to provide adult foster care. A person certified by the county to provide adult foster care may be reimbursed for services provided and eligible for funding under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end , if the relative would suffer a financial hardship as a result of providing care. For purposes of this subdivision, financial hardship refers to a situation in which a relative incurs a substantial reduction in income as a result of resigning from a full-time job or taking a leave of absence without pay from a full-time job to care for the client.
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(a) Essential community supports under subdivision 1 are also available to an individual who:
(1) is receiving nursing facility services or home and community-based long-term services and supports under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ornew text begin sectionnew text end 256B.49 on the effective date of implementation of the revised nursing facility level of care under section 144.0724, subdivision 11;
(2) meets one of the following criteria:
(i) due to the implementation of the revised nursing facility level of care, loses eligibility for continuing medical assistance payment of nursing facility services at the first reassessment under section 144.0724, subdivision 11, paragraph (b), that occurs on or after the effective date of the revised nursing facility level of care criteria under section 144.0724, subdivision 11; or
(ii) due to the implementation of the revised nursing facility level of care, loses eligibility for continuing medical assistance payment of home and community-based long-term services and supports under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ornew text begin sectionnew text end 256B.49 at the first reassessment required under those sections that occurs on or after the effective date of implementation of the revised nursing facility level of care under section 144.0724, subdivision 11;
(3) is not eligible for personal care attendant services; and
(4) has an assessed need for one or more of the supportive services offered under essential community supports under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (6).
Individuals eligible under this paragraph includes individuals who continue to be eligible for medical assistance state plan benefits and those who are not or are no longer financially eligible for medical assistance.
(b) Additional onetime case management is available for participants under paragraph (a), not to exceed $600 per person to be used within one authorization period not to exceed 12 months. This service is provided in addition to the essential community supports benefit described under subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
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(a) If the decedent who was single or the surviving spouse of a married couple is survived by one of the following persons, a claim exists against the estate payable first from the value of the nonhomestead property included in the estate and the personal representative shall make, execute, and deliver to the county agency a lien against the homestead property in the estate for any unpaid balance of the claim to the claimant as provided under this section:
(1) a sibling who resided in the decedent medical assistance recipient's home at least one year before the decedent's institutionalization and continuously since the date of institutionalization; or
(2) a son or daughter or a grandchild who resided in the decedent medical assistance recipient's home for at least two years immediately before the parent's or grandparent's institutionalization and continuously since the date of institutionalization, and who establishes by a preponderance of the evidence having provided care to the parent or grandparent who received medical assistance, that the care was provided before institutionalization, and that the care permitted the parent or grandparent to reside at home rather than in an institution.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "institutionalization" means receiving care:
(1) in a nursing facility or swing bed, or intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities; or
(2) through home and community-based services under deleted text begin section 256B.0915,deleted text end new text begin chapter 256S or sectionnew text end 256B.092deleted text begin ,deleted text end or 256B.49.
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(a) The commissioner of human services, in cooperation with the commissioner of health, shall develop and implement quality profiles for nursing facilities and, beginning not later than July 1, 2014, for home and community-based services providers, except when the quality profile system would duplicate requirements under section 256B.5011, 256B.5012, or 256B.5013. For purposes of this section, home and community-based services providers are defined as providers of home and community-based services undernew text begin chapter 256S andnew text end sections 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a, 7, and 19a; 256B.0913; deleted text begin 256B.0915;deleted text end 256B.092; 256B.49; and 256B.85, and intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities providers under section 256B.5013. To the extent possible, quality profiles must be developed for providers of services to older adults and people with disabilities, regardless of payor source, for the purposes of providing information to consumers. The quality profiles must be developed using existing data sets maintained by the commissioners of health and human services to the extent possible. The profiles must incorporate or be coordinated with information on quality maintained by area agencies on aging, long-term care trade associations, the ombudsman offices, counties, tribes, health plans, and other entities and the long-term care database maintained under section 256.975, subdivision 7. The profiles must be designed to provide information on quality to:
(1) consumers and their families to facilitate informed choices of service providers;
(2) providers to enable them to measure the results of their quality improvement efforts and compare quality achievements with other service providers; and
(3) public and private purchasers of long-term care services to enable them to purchase high-quality care.
(b) The profiles must be developed in consultation with the long-term care task force, area agencies on aging, and representatives of consumers, providers, and labor unions. Within the limits of available appropriations, the commissioners may employ consultants to assist with this project.
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(a) For the home and community-based waivers providing services to seniors and individuals with disabilities under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913, deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092, and 256B.49, the commissioner shall establish:
(1) agreements with enrolled waiver service providers to ensure providers meet Minnesota health care program requirements;
(2) regular reviews of provider qualifications, and including requests of proof of documentation; and
(3) processes to gather the necessary information to determine provider qualifications.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2012, staff that provide direct contact, as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 11, for services specified in the federally approved waiver plans must meet the requirements of chapter 245C prior to providing waiver services and as part of ongoing enrollment. Upon federal approval, this requirement must also apply to consumer-directed community supports.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2014, service owners and managerial officials overseeing the management or policies of services that provide direct contact as specified in the federally approved waiver plans must meet the requirements of chapter 245C prior to reenrollment or revalidation or, for new providers, prior to initial enrollment if they have not already done so as a part of service licensure requirements.
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County and tribal contracts with providers of home and community-based waiver services provided under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913, deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092, and 256B.49 are eliminated effective January 1, 2014.
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An applicant or license holder for the home and community-based waivers providing services to seniors and individuals with disabilities under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections 256B.0913, deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092, and 256B.49 that is not enrolled as a Minnesota health care program home and community-based services waiver provider at the time of application must ensure that at least one controlling individual completes a onetime training on the requirements for providing home and community-based services as determined by the commissioner, before a provider is enrolled or license is issued. Within six months of enrollment, a newly enrolled home and community-based waiver service provider must ensure that at least one controlling individual has completed training on waiver and related program billing. Exemptions to new waiver provider training requirements may be granted, as determined by the commissioner.
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(a) For individuals enrolled in the Minnesota senior health options project authorized under subdivision 23, elderly waiver services shall be covered according to the terms and conditions of the federal agreement governing that demonstration project.
(b) For individuals under age 65 enrolled in demonstrations authorized under subdivision 23, home and community-based waiver services shall be covered according to the terms and conditions of the federal agreement governing that demonstration project.
(c) The commissioner of human services shall issue requests for proposals for collaborative service models between counties and managed care organizations to integrate the home and community-based elderly waiver services and additional nursing home services into the prepaid medical assistance program.
(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9500.1457, subpart 1, item C, elderly waiver services shall be covered statewide under the prepaid medical assistance program for all individuals who are eligible according to deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end . The commissioner may develop a schedule to phase in implementation of these waiver services, including collaborative service models under paragraph (c). The commissioner shall phase in implementation beginning with those counties participating under section 256B.692, and those counties where a viable collaborative service model has been developed. In consultation with counties and all managed care organizations that have expressed an interest in participating in collaborative service models, the commissioner shall evaluate the models. The commissioner shall consider the evaluation in selecting the most appropriate models for statewide implementation.
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(a) Effective July 1, 2001, within the limits of appropriations specifically for this purpose, the commissioner shall provide an annual inflation adjustment for the providers listed in paragraph (c). The index for the inflation adjustment must be based on the change in the Employment Cost Index for Private Industry Workers - Total Compensation forecasted by Data Resources, Inc., as forecasted in the fourth quarter of the calendar year preceding the fiscal year. The commissioner shall increase reimbursement or allocation rates by the percentage of this adjustment, and county boards shall adjust provider contracts as needed.
(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in reimbursement rates for the providers listed in paragraph (c) using the inflation factor specified in paragraph (a) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11.
(c) The annual adjustment under paragraph (a) shall be provided for home and community-based waiver services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501; home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under deleted text begin section 256B.0915deleted text end new text begin chapter 256Snew text end ; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49; community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46; physical therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8; occupational therapy services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 8a; speech-language therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy services under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; alternative care services under section 256B.0913; adult residential program grants under section 245.73; adult and family community support grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760; semi-independent living services under section 252.275 including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded under chapter 256I; and community support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as their primary means of communication.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given.
(b) "Activities of daily living" or "ADLs" means eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, bathing, mobility, positioning, and transferring.
(c) "Agency-provider model" means a method of CFSS under which a qualified agency provides services and supports through the agency's own employees and policies. The agency must allow the participant to have a significant role in the selection and dismissal of support workers of their choice for the delivery of their specific services and supports.
(d) "Behavior" means a description of a need for services and supports used to determine the home care rating and additional service units. The presence of Level I behavior is used to determine the home care rating.
(e) "Budget model" means a service delivery method of CFSS that allows the use of a service budget and assistance from a financial management services (FMS) provider for a participant to directly employ support workers and purchase supports and goods.
(f) "Complex health-related needs" means an intervention listed in clauses (1) to (8) that has been ordered by a physician, and is specified in a community services and support plan, including:
(1) tube feedings requiring:
(i) a gastrojejunostomy tube; or
(ii) continuous tube feeding lasting longer than 12 hours per day;
(2) wounds described as:
(i) stage III or stage IV;
(ii) multiple wounds;
(iii) requiring sterile or clean dressing changes or a wound vac; or
(iv) open lesions such as burns, fistulas, tube sites, or ostomy sites that require specialized care;
(3) parenteral therapy described as:
(i) IV therapy more than two times per week lasting longer than four hours for each treatment; or
(ii) total parenteral nutrition (TPN) daily;
(4) respiratory interventions, including:
(i) oxygen required more than eight hours per day;
(ii) respiratory vest more than one time per day;
(iii) bronchial drainage treatments more than two times per day;
(iv) sterile or clean suctioning more than six times per day;
(v) dependence on another to apply respiratory ventilation augmentation devices such as BiPAP and CPAP; and
(vi) ventilator dependence under section 256B.0651;
(5) insertion and maintenance of catheter, including:
(i) sterile catheter changes more than one time per month;
(ii) clean intermittent catheterization, and including self-catheterization more than six times per day; or
(iii) bladder irrigations;
(6) bowel program more than two times per week requiring more than 30 minutes to perform each time;
(7) neurological intervention, including:
(i) seizures more than two times per week and requiring significant physical assistance to maintain safety; or
(ii) swallowing disorders diagnosed by a physician and requiring specialized assistance from another on a daily basis; and
(8) other congenital or acquired diseases creating a need for significantly increased direct hands-on assistance and interventions in six to eight activities of daily living.
(g) "Community first services and supports" or "CFSS" means the assistance and supports program under this section needed for accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related tasks through hands-on assistance to accomplish the task or constant supervision and cueing to accomplish the task, or the purchase of goods as defined in subdivision 7, clause (3), that replace the need for human assistance.
(h) "Community first services and supports service delivery plan" or "CFSS service delivery plan" means a written document detailing the services and supports chosen by the participant to meet assessed needs that are within the approved CFSS service authorization, as determined in subdivision 8. Services and supports are based on the coordinated service and support plan identified in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6deleted text end new text begin 256S.10new text end .
(i) "Consultation services" means a Minnesota health care program enrolled provider organization that provides assistance to the participant in making informed choices about CFSS services in general and self-directed tasks in particular, and in developing a person-centered CFSS service delivery plan to achieve quality service outcomes.
(j) "Critical activities of daily living" means transferring, mobility, eating, and toileting.
(k) "Dependency" in activities of daily living means a person requires hands-on assistance or constant supervision and cueing to accomplish one or more of the activities of daily living every day or on the days during the week that the activity is performed; however, a child may not be found to be dependent in an activity of daily living if, because of the child's age, an adult would either perform the activity for the child or assist the child with the activity and the assistance needed is the assistance appropriate for a typical child of the same age.
(l) "Extended CFSS" means CFSS services and supports provided under CFSS that are included in the CFSS service delivery plan through one of the home and community-based services waivers and as approved and authorized under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections deleted text begin 256B.0915;deleted text end 256B.092, subdivision 5deleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin ,new text end and 256B.49, which exceed the amount, duration, and frequency of the state plan CFSS services for participants.
(m) "Financial management services provider" or "FMS provider" means a qualified organization required for participants using the budget model under subdivision 13 that is an enrolled provider with the department to provide vendor fiscal/employer agent financial management services (FMS).
(n) "Health-related procedures and tasks" means procedures and tasks related to the specific assessed health needs of a participant that can be taught or assigned by a state-licensed health care or mental health professional and performed by a support worker.
(o) "Instrumental activities of daily living" means activities related to living independently in the community, including but not limited to: meal planning, preparation, and cooking; shopping for food, clothing, or other essential items; laundry; housecleaning; assistance with medications; managing finances; communicating needs and preferences during activities; arranging supports; and assistance with traveling around and participating in the community.
(p) "Lead agency" has the meaning given in section 256B.0911, subdivision 1a, paragraph (e).
(q) "Legal representative" means parent of a minor, a court-appointed guardian, or another representative with legal authority to make decisions about services and supports for the participant. Other representatives with legal authority to make decisions include but are not limited to a health care agent or an attorney-in-fact authorized through a health care directive or power of attorney.
(r) "Level I behavior" means physical aggression towards self or others or destruction of property that requires the immediate response of another person.
(s) "Medication assistance" means providing verbal or visual reminders to take regularly scheduled medication, and includes any of the following supports listed in clauses (1) to (3) and other types of assistance, except that a support worker may not determine medication dose or time for medication or inject medications into veins, muscles, or skin:
(1) under the direction of the participant or the participant's representative, bringing medications to the participant including medications given through a nebulizer, opening a container of previously set-up medications, emptying the container into the participant's hand, opening and giving the medication in the original container to the participant, or bringing to the participant liquids or food to accompany the medication;
(2) organizing medications as directed by the participant or the participant's representative; and
(3) providing verbal or visual reminders to perform regularly scheduled medications.
(t) "Participant" means a person who is eligible for CFSS.
(u) "Participant's representative" means a parent, family member, advocate, or other adult authorized by the participant or participant's legal representative, if any, to serve as a representative in connection with the provision of CFSS. This authorization must be in writing or by another method that clearly indicates the participant's free choice and may be withdrawn at any time. The participant's representative must have no financial interest in the provision of any services included in the participant's CFSS service delivery plan and must be capable of providing the support necessary to assist the participant in the use of CFSS. If through the assessment process described in subdivision 5 a participant is determined to be in need of a participant's representative, one must be selected. If the participant is unable to assist in the selection of a participant's representative, the legal representative shall appoint one. Two persons may be designated as a participant's representative for reasons such as divided households and court-ordered custodies. Duties of a participant's representatives may include:
(1) being available while services are provided in a method agreed upon by the participant or the participant's legal representative and documented in the participant's CFSS service delivery plan;
(2) monitoring CFSS services to ensure the participant's CFSS service delivery plan is being followed; and
(3) reviewing and signing CFSS time sheets after services are provided to provide verification of the CFSS services.
(v) "Person-centered planning process" means a process that is directed by the participant to plan for CFSS services and supports.
(w) "Service budget" means the authorized dollar amount used for the budget model or for the purchase of goods.
(x) "Shared services" means the provision of CFSS services by the same CFSS support worker to two or three participants who voluntarily enter into an agreement to receive services at the same time and in the same setting by the same employer.
(y) "Support worker" means a qualified and trained employee of the agency-provider as required by subdivision 11b or of the participant employer under the budget model as required by subdivision 14 who has direct contact with the participant and provides services as specified within the participant's CFSS service delivery plan.
(z) "Unit" means the increment of service based on hours or minutes identified in the service agreement.
(aa) "Vendor fiscal employer agent" means an agency that provides financial management services.
(bb) "Wages and benefits" means the hourly wages and salaries, the employer's share of FICA taxes, Medicare taxes, state and federal unemployment taxes, workers' compensation, mileage reimbursement, health and dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long-term care insurance, uniform allowance, contributions to employee retirement accounts, or other forms of employee compensation and benefits.
(cc) "Worker training and development" means services provided according to subdivision 18a for developing workers' skills as required by the participant's individual CFSS service delivery plan that are arranged for or provided by the agency-provider or purchased by the participant employer. These services include training, education, direct observation and supervision, and evaluation and coaching of job skills and tasks, including supervision of health-related tasks or behavioral supports.
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(a) CFSS is available to a person who meets one of the following:
(1) is an enrollee of medical assistance as determined under section 256B.055, 256B.056, or 256B.057, subdivisions 5 and 9;
(2) is a participant in the alternative care program under section 256B.0913;
(3) is a waiver participant as defined undernew text begin chapter 256S ornew text end section deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.092, 256B.093, or 256B.49; or
(4) has medical services identified in a person's individualized education program and is eligible for services as determined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 26.
(b) In addition to meeting the eligibility criteria in paragraph (a), a person must also meet all of the following:
(1) require assistance and be determined dependent in one activity of daily living or Level I behavior based on assessment under section 256B.0911; and
(2) is not a participant under a family support grant under section 252.32.
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(a) The CFSS service delivery plan must be developed and evaluated through a person-centered planning process by the participant, or the participant's representative or legal representative who may be assisted by a consultation services provider. The CFSS service delivery plan must reflect the services and supports that are important to the participant and for the participant to meet the needs assessed by the certified assessor and identified in the coordinated service and support plan identified in section deleted text begin 256B.0915, subdivision 6deleted text end new text begin 256S.10new text end . The CFSS service delivery plan must be reviewed by the participant, the consultation services provider, and the agency-provider or FMS provider prior to starting services and at least annually upon reassessment, or when there is a significant change in the participant's condition, or a change in the need for services and supports.
(b) The commissioner shall establish the format and criteria for the CFSS service delivery plan.
(c) The CFSS service delivery plan must be person-centered and:
(1) specify the consultation services provider, agency-provider, or FMS provider selected by the participant;
(2) reflect the setting in which the participant resides that is chosen by the participant;
(3) reflect the participant's strengths and preferences;
(4) include the methods and supports used to address the needs as identified through an assessment of functional needs;
(5) include the participant's identified goals and desired outcomes;
(6) reflect the services and supports, paid and unpaid, that will assist the participant to achieve identified goals, including the costs of the services and supports, and the providers of those services and supports, including natural supports;
(7) identify the amount and frequency of face-to-face supports and amount and frequency of remote supports and technology that will be used;
(8) identify risk factors and measures in place to minimize them, including individualized backup plans;
(9) be understandable to the participant and the individuals providing support;
(10) identify the individual or entity responsible for monitoring the plan;
(11) be finalized and agreed to in writing by the participant and signed by all individuals and providers responsible for its implementation;
(12) be distributed to the participant and other people involved in the plan;
(13) prevent the provision of unnecessary or inappropriate care;
(14) include a detailed budget for expenditures for budget model participants or participants under the agency-provider model if purchasing goods; and
(15) include a plan for worker training and development provided according to subdivision 18a detailing what service components will be used, when the service components will be used, how they will be provided, and how these service components relate to the participant's individual needs and CFSS support worker services.
(d) The total units of agency-provider services or the service budget amount for the budget model include both annual totals and a monthly average amount that cover the number of months of the service agreement. The amount used each month may vary, but additional funds must not be provided above the annual service authorization amount, determined according to subdivision 8, unless a change in condition is assessed and authorized by the certified assessor and documented in the coordinated service and support plan and CFSS service delivery plan.
(e) In assisting with the development or modification of the CFSS service delivery plan during the authorization time period, the consultation services provider shall:
(1) consult with the FMS provider on the spending budget when applicable; and
(2) consult with the participant or participant's representative, agency-provider, and case manager/care coordinator.
(f) The CFSS service delivery plan must be approved by the consultation services provider for participants without a case manager or care coordinator who is responsible for authorizing services. A case manager or care coordinator must approve the plan for a waiver or alternative care program participant.
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(a) "Patient services" means inpatient and outpatient services and other goods and services provided by hospitals, surgical centers, or health care providers. They include the following health care goods and services provided to a patient or consumer:
(1) bed and board;
(2) nursing services and other related services;
(3) use of hospitals, surgical centers, or health care provider facilities;
(4) medical social services;
(5) drugs, biologicals, supplies, appliances, and equipment;
(6) other diagnostic or therapeutic items or services;
(7) medical or surgical services;
(8) items and services furnished to ambulatory patients not requiring emergency care; and
(9) emergency services.
(b) "Patient services" does not include:
(1) services provided to nursing homes licensed under chapter 144A;
(2) examinations for purposes of utilization reviews, insurance claims or eligibility, litigation, and employment, including reviews of medical records for those purposes;
(3) services provided to and by community residential mental health facilities licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0670, and to and by residential treatment programs for children with severe emotional disturbance licensed or certified under chapter 245A;
(4) services provided to and by community support programs and family community support programs approved under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760, or certified as mental health rehabilitative services under chapter 256B;
(5) services provided to and by community mental health centers as defined in section 245.62, subdivision 2;
(6) services provided to and by assisted living programs and congregate housing programs;
(7) hospice care services;
(8) home and community-based waivered services under new text begin chapter 256S and new text end sections deleted text begin 256B.0915,deleted text end 256B.49deleted text begin ,deleted text end and 256B.501;
(9) targeted case management services under sections 256B.0621; 256B.0625, subdivisions 20, 20a, 33, and 44; and 256B.094; and
(10) services provided to the following: supervised living facilities for persons with developmental disabilities licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 4665.0100 to 4665.9900; housing with services establishments required to be registered under chapter 144D; board and lodging establishments providing only custodial services that are licensed under chapter 157 and registered under section 157.17 to provide supportive services or health supervision services; adult foster homes as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9555.5105; day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities as defined in section 252.41, subdivision 3; boarding care homes as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 4655.0100; adult day care services as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 2a; and home health agencies as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0175, subpart 15, or licensed under chapter 144A.
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Presented to the governor May 22, 2019
Signed by the governor May 22, 2019, 1:47 p.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes