SF 3017

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/05/2016 02:12pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying the population served by residential hospice
facilities to include children who need respite care or palliative care; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota
Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 144A.75, subdivision 13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 144A.75, subdivision 13,
is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Residential hospice facility.

(a) "Residential hospice facility" means
a facility deleted text begin that resembles a single-family home located in a residential area deleted text end that directly
provides 24-hour residential and support services in a home-like setting deleted text begin for hospice patients
deleted text end as an integral part of the continuum of home care provided by a hospice new text begin ; that provides
care new text end new text begin for hospice patients, or for children who need respite care or palliative care due to a
life-threatening condition requiring care 24 hours a day, seven days a week new text end new text begin ; new text end and that houses:

(1) no more than eight hospice patients new text begin or children who need respite care or
palliative care new text end ; or

(2) at least nine and no more than 12 hospice patients new text begin or children who need respite
care or palliative care, new text end with the approval of the local governing authority, notwithstanding
section 462.357, subdivision 8.

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

(1) houses no more than 21 hospice patients;

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

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

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 13a. new text end

new text begin Respite care. new text end

new text begin "Respite care" means short-term care in an inpatient
facility such as a residential hospice facility, when necessary to relieve the hospice
patient's family; the family of a child with a life-threatening condition requiring care 24
hours a day, seven days a week; or other persons caring for the patient or child. Respite
care may be provided on an occasional basis.
new text end