2005 Minnesota Statutes

     144A.755 Information and referral services. 

    The commissioner shall ensure that information and referral 
 services relating to hospice care are available in all regions 
 of the state.  The commissioner shall collect and make available 
 information about available hospice care, sources of payment, 
 providers, and the rights of patients.  The commissioner shall, 
 as a condition of licensure, require a hospice provider to 
 complete the sections entitled Identification and Contact 
 Information, Program Demographics, Patient Volume, Patient 
 Demographics, and Inpatient and Residential Facilities in the 
 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Data 
 Set Survey and to submit the survey to the National Hospice and 
 Palliative Care Organization once in the 12 calendar months 
 before the hospice provider's license renewal date.  If the 
 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires hospice 
 providers to complete a different data set as a condition of 
 certification, the commissioner shall accept the completion and 
 submittal of such data set as compliance with this requirement.  
 The commissioner shall not use any data or information about any 
 hospice provider submitted to the National Hospice and 
 Palliative Care Organization in connection with this data set in 
 any regulatory function with respect to the hospice provider.  
 The commissioner may publish and make available: 

    (1) general information describing hospice care in the 
 state; 

    (2) limitations on hours, availability of services, and 
 eligibility for third-party payments, applicable to individual 
 providers; and 

    (3) other information the commissioner determines to be 
 appropriate.  

    HIST: 2002 c 252 s 18,24; 2005 c 122 s 3 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to this section by Laws 2005, chapter 
*122, section 3, is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to 
*licenses renewed beginning January 1, 2006, for hospices serving 
*more than 400 patients a year; licenses renewed beginning 
*January 1, 2007, for hospices serving at least 300 patients a 
*year; and licenses renewed beginning January 1, 2008, for 
*hospices serving fewer than 300 patients a year.  Laws 2005, 
*chapter 122, section 5.