2002 Minnesota Statutes

     144A.36 Transition planning grants. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  "Eligible nursing home" 
 means any nursing home licensed under sections 144A.01 to 
 144A.155 or any boarding care facility, certified by the 
 appropriate authority under United States Code, title 42, 
 sections 1396-1396p, to participate as a vendor in the medical 
 assistance program established under chapter 256B. 

    Subd. 2.    Grants authorized.  (a) The commissioner 
 shall establish a program of transition planning grants to 
 assist eligible nursing homes in implementing the provisions in 
 paragraphs (b) and (c).  

    (b) Transition planning grants may be used by nursing homes 
 to develop strategic plans which identify the appropriate 
 institutional and noninstitutional settings necessary to meet 
 the older adult service needs of the community.  

    (c) At a minimum, a strategic plan must consist of: 

    (1) a needs assessment to determine what older adult 
 services are needed and desired by the community; 

    (2) an assessment of the appropriate settings in which to 
 provide needed older adult services; 

    (3) an assessment identifying currently available services 
 and their settings in the community; and 

    (4) a transition plan to achieve the needed outcome 
 identified by the assessment. 

    Subd. 3.    Allocation of grants.  (a) Eligible nursing 
 homes must apply to the commissioner no later than September 1 
 of each fiscal year for grants awarded in that fiscal year.  A 
 grant shall be awarded upon signing of a grant contract. 

    (b) The commissioner must make a final decision on the 
 funding of each application within 60 days of the deadline for 
 receiving applications. 

    Subd. 4.    Evaluation.  The commissioner shall evaluate 
 the overall effectiveness of the grant program.  The 
 commissioner may collect, from the nursing homes receiving 
 grants, the information necessary to evaluate the grant program. 
 Information related to the financial condition of individual 
 nursing homes shall be classified as nonpublic data. 

    HIST: 1Sp2001 c 9 art 5 s 12,40; 2002 c 375 art 2 s 2; 2002 c 
 379 art 1 s 113