2003 Minnesota Statutes

     256B.31 Continued hospital care for long-term polio 
  patient. 

    A medical assistance recipient who has been a polio patient 
 in an acute care hospital for a period of not less than 25 
 consecutive years is eligible to continue receiving hospital 
 care, whether or not the care is medically necessary for 
 purposes of federal reimbursement.  The cost of continued 
 hospital care not reimbursable by the federal government must be 
 paid with state money allocated for the medical assistance 
 program.  The rate paid to the hospital is the rate per day 
 established using Medicare principles for the hospital's fiscal 
 year ending December 31, 1981, adjusted each year by the annual 
 hospital cost index established under section 256.969, 
 subdivision 1, or by other limits in effect at the time of the 
 adjustment.  This section does not prohibit a voluntary move to 
 another living arrangement by a recipient whose care is 
 reimbursed under this section. 

    HIST: 1988 c 689 art 2 s 152