2006 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.
History: 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.