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Section 256B.4912

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256B.4912 HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVERS; PROVIDERS AND PAYMENT.

Subdivision 1.Provider qualifications.

For the home and community-based waivers providing services to seniors and individuals with disabilities, the commissioner shall establish:

(1) agreements with enrolled waiver service providers to ensure providers meet Minnesota health care program requirements;

(2) regular reviews of provider qualifications, and including requests of proof of documentation; and

(3) processes to gather the necessary information to determine provider qualifications.

Beginning July 1, 2012, staff that provide direct contact, as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 11, for services specified in the federally approved waiver plans must meet the requirements of chapter 245C prior to providing waiver services and as part of ongoing enrollment. Upon federal approval, this requirement must also apply to consumer-directed community supports.

Subd. 2.Payment methodologies.

(a) The commissioner shall establish statewide payment methodologies that meet federal waiver requirements for home and community-based waiver services for individuals with disabilities. The payment methodologies must abide by the principles of transparency and equitability across the state. The methodologies must involve a uniform process of structuring rates for each service and must promote quality and participant choice.

(b) As of January 1, 2012, counties shall not implement changes to established processes for rate-setting methodologies for individuals using components of or data from research rates.

Subd. 3.Payment requirements.

The payment methodologies established under this section shall accommodate:

(1) supervision costs;

(2) staffing patterns;

(3) program-related expenses;

(4) general and administrative expenses; and

(5) consideration of recipient intensity.

Subd. 4.Payment rate criteria.

(a) The payment methodologies under this section shall reflect the payment rate criteria in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d).

(b) Payment rates shall reflect the reasonable, ordinary, and necessary costs of service delivery.

(c) Payment rates shall be sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area as required by section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Social Security Act.

(d) The commissioner must not reimburse:

(1) unauthorized service delivery;

(2) services provided under a receipt of a special grant;

(3) services provided under contract to a local school district;

(4) extended employment services under Minnesota Rules, parts 3300.2005 to 3300.3100, or vocational rehabilitation services provided under the federal Rehabilitation Act, as amended, Title I, section 110, or Title VI-C, and not through use of medical assistance or county social service funds; or

(5) services provided to a client by a licensed medical, therapeutic, or rehabilitation practitioner or any other vendor of medical care which are billed separately on a fee-for-service basis.

Subd. 5.County and tribal provider contract elimination.

County and tribal contracts with providers of home and community-based waiver services provided under sections 256B.0913, 256B.0915, 256B.092, and 256B.49 are eliminated effective January 1, 2014.

Subd. 6.Program standards.

The commissioner of human services must establish uniform program standards for services identified in chapter 245D for persons with disabilities and people age 65 and older. The commissioner must grant licenses according to the provisions of chapter 245A.

Subd. 7.Applicant and license holder training.

An applicant or license holder that is not enrolled as a Minnesota health care program home and community-based services waiver provider at the time of application must ensure that at least one controlling individual completes a onetime training on the requirements for providing home and community-based services from a qualified source as determined by the commissioner, before a provider is enrolled or license is issued.

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