2000 Minnesota Statutes

     144.0721 Assessments of care and services to nursing 
  home residents. 

    Subdivision 1.    Appropriateness and quality.  The 
 commissioner of health shall assess the appropriateness and 
 quality of care and services furnished to private paying 
 residents in nursing homes and boarding care homes that are 
 certified for participation in the medical assistance program 
 under United States Code, title 42, sections 1396-1396p.  These 
 assessments shall be conducted in accordance with section 
 144.072, with the exception of provisions requiring 
 recommendations for changes in the level of care provided to the 
 private paying residents.  

    Subd. 2.    Access to data.  With the exception of 
 summary data, data on individuals that is collected, maintained, 
 used, or disseminated by the commissioner of health under 
 subdivision 1 is private data on individuals and shall not be 
 disclosed to others except:  

    (1) under section 13.05; 

    (2) under a valid court order; 

    (3) to the nursing home or boarding care home in which the 
 individual resided at the time the assessment was completed; 

    (4) to the commissioner of human services; or 

    (5) to county home care staff for the purpose of assisting 
 the individual to be discharged from a nursing home or boarding 
 care home and returned to the community.  

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 4 s 69 

    Subd. 3a. Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 4 s 69 

    HIST: 1984 c 641 s 11; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1995 c 207 art 6 
 s 1,2; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 31; 1997 c 203 art 4 s 3