Minnesota Administrative Rules

9525.1890 ALLOCATION OF HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES MONEY.

Subpart 1.

Allocation of diversions.

To allocate home and community-based services money for diversions, the commissioner shall project the number of diversions for the county based on the average of the projected utilization of state regional treatment centers and community-based ICF/DD beds using historical utilization for the county; and the projected per capita utilization of state regional treatment centers and community-based ICF/DD beds for the county, both of which are adjusted to conform with the number of diversions projected in the waiver. The projection shall be adjusted based on the county board's actual use of allocated diversions during the previous fiscal year. If the county board uses less than the number of diversions allocated for the fiscal year, the commissioner may decrease the number of diversions projected by the commissioner for the county for the next fiscal year. The county board's allocation of money for diversions shall be based on the lesser of the number of diversions in the approved county proposal and the number of diversions projected for the county by the commissioner.

Subp. 2.

Allocation of conversions.

The county board's allocation of money for conversions shall be based on the number of conversions in the approved county proposal and the extent to which the conversions result in an overall reduction in the county board's historical utilization of state regional treatment centers and community-based ICF/DD beds.

Subp. 3.

Notification of allocation.

The commissioner shall notify all county boards, in writing, of the amount of home and community-based services money allocated to each county board or, if the proposal was submitted jointly, to the group of county boards.

Subp. 4.

Review of allocation; reallocation.

The commissioner shall review the projected and actual use of home and community-based services by all county boards participating in the program at least semiannually, and report the findings to all the county boards in the state. The commissioner may reduce the allocation to a county board if the commissioner determines, in consultation with the county board, that the initial allocation to the county board will not be used during the allocation period. The commissioner may reallocate the unused portion of the county board's initial allocation to another county board, or other county boards, in the same geographic region that plan to expand home and community-based services or provide home and community-based services for the first time. If there is not a sufficient number of projections to use the unused allocation from county boards within the geographic region, the commissioner may reallocate the remainder to another county board or other county boards in other geographic regions that plan to expand home and community-based services or provide home and community-based services for the first time.

Subp. 5.

Preference given.

The commissioner may give preference during the reallocation process and in the allocation of money for subsequent fiscal years to proposals submitted by county boards that have not previously provided home and community-based services. In allocating money for each fiscal year, the commissioner shall give priority to the continued funding of home and community-based services for persons who received home and community-based services in the previous fiscal year and continue to be eligible for home and community-based services.

Subp. 6.

Special projects.

The commissioner may reallocate or reserve available home and community-based service money to fund special projects designed to serve very dependent persons with special needs who meet the criteria in parts 9525.1820 and 9510.1050, subpart 2, items C and D. The reallocated or reserved money may be used to provide additional money to county boards that are unable to fund home and community-based services for very dependent persons with special needs within the statewide reimbursement rate as required in part 9525.1910, subpart 2. The commissioner shall develop procedures and criteria for allocating home and community-based program funds for each target group identified as a special project under this subpart.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 256B.092; 256B.501; 256B.502; 256B.503

History:

10 SR 838; 16 SR 2238; L 2005 c 56 s 2

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2013