2007 Minnesota Statutes

144A.753 LICENSURE.
    Subdivision 1. License required; application. (a) A hospice provider may not operate in
the state without a valid license issued by the commissioner.
(b) Within ten days after receiving an application for a license, the commissioner shall
acknowledge receipt of the application in writing. The acknowledgment must indicate whether
the application appears to be complete or whether additional information is required before the
application is considered complete. Within 90 days after receiving a complete application, the
commissioner shall either grant or deny the license. If an applicant is not granted or denied a
license within 90 days after submitting a complete application, the license must be deemed
granted. An applicant whose license has been deemed granted must provide written notice to the
commissioner before providing hospice care.
(c) Each application for a hospice provider license, or for a renewal of a license, shall be
accompanied by a fee as follows:
(1) for revenues no more than $25,000, $125;
(2) for revenues greater than $25,000 and no more than $100,000, $312.50;
(3) for revenues greater than $100,000 and no more than $250,000, $625;
(4) for revenues greater than $250,000 and no more than $350,000, $937.50;
(5) for revenues greater than $350,000 and no more than $450,000, $1,250;
(6) for revenues greater than $450,000 and no more than $550,000, $1,562.50;
(7) for revenues greater than $550,000 and no more than $650,000, $1,875;
(8) for revenues greater than $650,000 and no more than $750,000, $2,187.50;
(9) for revenues greater then $750,000 and no more than $850,000, $2,500;
(10) for revenues greater than $850,000 and no more than $950,000, $2,812.50;
(11) for revenues greater than $950,000 and no more than $1,100,000, $3,125;
(12) for revenues greater than $1,100,000 and no more than $1,275,000, $3,750;
(13) for revenues greater than $1,275,000 and no more than $1,500,000, $4,375; and
(14) for revenues greater than $1,500,000, $5,000.
    Subd. 2. Licensing requirements. The commissioner shall license hospice providers using
the authorities under sections 144A.75 to 144A.755. To receive a license, a hospice provider must:
(1) provide centrally coordinated core services in the home and inpatient settings and make
other services available, which may be provided by employees or contracted staff;
(2) require that the medical components of the hospice care program be under the direction
of a licensed physician who serves as medical director;
(3) require that the palliative care provided to a hospice patient be under the direction of
a licensed physician;
(4) utilize an interdisciplinary team that meets regularly to develop, implement, and evaluate
the hospice provider's plan of care for each hospice patient and the patient's family. Within 48
hours of admission, a licensee must enter a written service agreement with the patient or the
patient's responsible person describing the cost of services. Services are provided in accordance to
the plan of care developed by the interdisciplinary team. Changes in the services provided which
do not cause a change in fees do not require a written modification of the service plan agreed to by
the patient or the patient's responsible person;
(5) provide accessible hospice care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
(6) utilize an ongoing system of quality assurance;
(7) require that volunteer services be provided by individuals who have completed a hospice
volunteer training program and are trained to provide the services required;
(8) provide a planned program of supportive services and bereavement counseling available
to patients and families during hospice care and the bereavement period following the death
of the hospice patient; and
(9) require that inpatient services be provided directly or by arrangement in a licensed
hospital or nursing home or residential hospice.
    Subd. 3. Nomenclature. A hospice provider may not operate in the state or use the words
"hospice," "hospice care," "hospice care program," or "hospice provider" without a valid license
issued by the commissioner. St. Anne Hospice in Winona County may continue to use the name
"hospice."
History: 2002 c 252 s 16,24