Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF2753

1E Relating to the operation of state government

ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH
DEPARTMENT

Providing department of health integrated licensure for a home and
community-based services designation for home care provider applicants or
licensees and providing regulations; making conforming changes

ARTICLE 2 -
HEALTH CARE

Authorizing the commissioner of human services to enter contracts
to match recipient third-party liability and claims processing for federally
qualified health centers; modifying the hospital payment system; repealing
certain payment rates, payment rates calculation transition period

ARTICLE 3
- NORTHSTAR CARE FOR CHILDREN

Modifying human services background studies
requirements, the Northstar Care for Children Act, relative custody assistance,
out-of-home juvenile placement, child foster care home studies for adoption
requirements; repealing special at-risk monthly payment for at-risk children in
guardianship and adoption assistance

ARTICLE 4 - COMMUNITY FIRST SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS

Requiring the commissioner to conduct background studies on any
person required to have a background study under the medical assistance (MA)
community first services and supports (CFSS) plan; authorizing certain charges
for costs recovery; modifying MA CFSS requirements

ARTICLE 5 - CONTINUING
CARE

Classifying home and community-based services data; modifying and
clarifying rules governing the use of positive support strategies and emergency
manual restraint and restricting or prohibiting aversive and deprivation
procedures; specifying compliance requirements for home and community-based
services license holders; modifying and clarifying home and community-based
services definitions, requirements, and protective standards; increasing
intermediate care facility for development disabilities (ICF/DD) rates; changing
the aging and adult services grants base adjustment; requiring the commissioner
to increase rates and grants; repealing restrictions when implementing emergency
use of manual restraint, certain rules for aversive and deprivation procedures,
certain home and community-based services definitions and certain agency
rules

ARTICLE 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

Requiring the commissioner of human
services to develop a payment methodology for state-operated vendors; modifying
the group residential housing rate
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