2016 Minnesota Statutes

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

Subdivision 1.Provider qualifications.

(a) For the home and community-based waivers providing services to seniors and individuals with disabilities under sections 256B.0913, 256B.0915, 256B.092, and 256B.49, 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.

(b) 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.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2014, service owners and managerial officials overseeing the management or policies of services that provide direct contact as specified in the federally approved waiver plans must meet the requirements of chapter 245C prior to reenrollment or revalidation or, for new providers, prior to initial enrollment if they have not already done so as a part of service licensure requirements.

Subd. 2.Payment methodologies.

(a) The commissioner shall establish, as defined under section 256B.4914, 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) staff compensation;

(3) staffing and supervisory patterns;

(4) program-related expenses;

(5) general and administrative expenses; and

(6) 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 for the home and community-based waivers providing services to seniors and individuals with disabilities under sections 256B.0913, 256B.0915, 256B.092, and 256B.49 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 as determined by the commissioner, before a provider is enrolled or license is issued. Within six months of enrollment, a newly enrolled home and community-based waiver service provider must ensure that at least one controlling individual has completed training on waiver and related program billing. Exemptions to new waiver provider training requirements may be granted, as determined by the commissioner.

Subd. 8.Data on use of emergency use of manual restraint.

Beginning July 1, 2013, facilities and services to be licensed under chapter 245D shall submit data regarding the use of emergency use of manual restraint as identified in section 245D.061 in a format and at a frequency identified by the commissioner.

Subd. 9.Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them.

(b) "Controlling individual" means a public body, governmental agency, business entity, officer, owner, or managerial official whose responsibilities include the direction of the management or policies of a program.

(c) "Managerial official" means an individual who has decision-making authority related to the operation of the program and responsibility for the ongoing management of or direction of the policies, services, or employees of the program.

(d) "Owner" means an individual who has direct or indirect ownership interest in a corporation or partnership, or business association enrolling with the Department of Human Services as a provider of waiver services.

Subd. 10.Enrollment requirements.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the following home and community-based waiver providers must provide, at the time of enrollment and within 30 days of a request, in a format determined by the commissioner, information and documentation that includes proof of liability insurance:

(1) waiver services providers required to meet the provider standards in chapter 245D;

(2) foster care providers whose services are funded by the elderly waiver or alternative care program;

(3) fiscal support entities;

(4) adult day care providers;

(5) providers of customized living services; and

(6) residential care providers.

(b) Providers of foster care services covered by section 245.814 are exempt from this subdivision.

History:

2009 c 79 art 8 s 69; 2012 c 216 art 18 s 26; 2013 c 108 art 8 s 52-56; art 13 s 7,8; 2014 c 291 art 8 s 9; 2014 c 312 art 27 s 60