2025 Minnesota Statutes

254B.214 MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT OF CERTIFIED RECOVERY RESIDENCES.

Subdivision 1.Monitoring and inspections.

(a) The commissioner must conduct an on-site certification review of the certified recovery residence every three years to determine the certification holder's compliance with applicable rules and statutes.

(b) The commissioner must offer the certification holder a choice of dates for an announced certification review. A certification review must occur during regular business hours.

(c) The commissioner must make the results of certification reviews and the results of investigations that result in a correction order publicly available on the department's website.

Subd. 2.Commissioner's right of access.

(a) When the commissioner is exercising the powers conferred to the commissioner under this section, if the recovery residence is in operation and the information is relevant to the commissioner's inspection or investigation, the certification holder must provide the commissioner access to:

(1) the physical facility and grounds where the residence is located;

(2) documentation and records, including electronically maintained records;

(3) residents served by the recovery residence;

(4) staff persons of the recovery residence; and

(5) personnel records of current and former staff of the recovery residence.

(b) The applicant or certification holder must provide the commissioner with access to the facility and grounds, documentation and records, residents, and staff without prior notice and as often as the commissioner considers necessary if the commissioner is conducting an inspection or investigating alleged maltreatment or a violation of a law or rule. When conducting an inspection, the commissioner may request assistance from other state, county, and municipal governmental agencies and departments. The applicant or certification holder must allow the commissioner, at the commissioner's expense, to photocopy, photograph, and make audio and video recordings during an inspection.

Subd. 3.Correction orders.

(a) If the applicant or certification holder fails to comply with a law or rule, the commissioner may issue a correction order. The correction order must state:

(1) the condition that constitutes a violation of the law or rule;

(2) the specific law or rule that the applicant or certification holder has violated; and

(3) the time that the applicant or certification holder is allowed to correct each violation.

(b) If the applicant or certification holder believes that the commissioner's correction order is erroneous, the applicant or certification holder may ask the commissioner to reconsider the correction order. An applicant or certification holder must make a request for reconsideration in writing. The request must be sent via electronic communication to the commissioner within 20 calendar days after the applicant or certification holder received the correction order and must:

(1) specify the part of the correction order that is allegedly erroneous;

(2) explain why the specified part is erroneous; and

(3) include documentation to support the allegation of error.

(c) A request for reconsideration does not stay any provision or requirement of the correction order. The commissioner's disposition of a request for reconsideration is final and not subject to appeal.

(d) If the commissioner finds that the applicant or certification holder failed to correct the violation specified in the correction order, the commissioner may decertify the certified recovery residence according to subdivision 4.

(e) Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the commissioner from decertifying a recovery residence according to subdivision 4.

Subd. 4.Decertification.

(a) The commissioner may decertify a recovery residence if a certification holder:

(1) failed to comply with an applicable law or rule; or

(2) knowingly withheld relevant information from or gave false or misleading information to the commissioner in connection with an application for certification, during an investigation, or regarding compliance with applicable laws or rules.

(b) When considering decertification of a recovery residence, the commissioner must consider the nature, chronicity, or severity of the violation of law or rule and the effect of the violation on the health, safety, or rights of residents.

(c) If the commissioner decertifies a recovery residence, the order of decertification must inform the certification holder of the right to have a contested case hearing under chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612. The certification holder may appeal the decertification. The certification holder must appeal a decertification in writing and send or deliver the appeal to the commissioner by certified mail or personal service. If the certification holder mails the appeal, the appeal must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within ten calendar days after the certification holder receives the order of decertification. If the certification holder delivers an appeal by personal service, the commissioner must receive the appeal within ten calendar days after the certification holder received the order. If the certification holder submits a timely appeal of an order of decertification, the certification holder may continue to operate the program until the commissioner issues a final order on the decertification.

(d) If the commissioner decertifies a recovery residence pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (1), based on a determination that the recovery residence was responsible for maltreatment under chapter 260E or section 626.557, the final decertification determination is stayed until the commissioner issues a final decision regarding the maltreatment appeal if the certification holder appeals the decertification according to paragraph (c) and appeals the maltreatment determination pursuant to chapter 260E or section 626.557.

Subd. 5.Notifications required and noncompliance.

(a) Changes in recovery residence organization, staffing, services, or quality assurance procedures that affect the ability of the certification holder to comply with the minimum standards of this chapter must be reported in writing by the certification holder to the commissioner, in a manner approved by the commissioner, within 15 days of the occurrence. The commissioner must review the change. If the change would result in noncompliance in minimum standards, the commissioner must give the recovery residence written notice and up to 180 days to correct the areas of noncompliance before being decertified. The recovery residence must develop interim procedures to resolve the noncompliance on a temporary basis and submit the interim procedures in writing to the commissioner for approval within 30 days of the commissioner's determination of the noncompliance. The commissioner must immediately decertify a recovery residence that fails to report a change that results in noncompliance within 15 days, fails to develop an approved interim procedure within 30 days of the determination of the noncompliance, or does not resolve the noncompliance within 180 days.

(b) The commissioner may require the recovery residence to submit written information to document that the recovery residence has maintained compliance with this section.

History:

1Sp2025 c 9 art 4 s 42

NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 42, is effective January 1, 2027. Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 42, the effective date.