Housing supports absent days 2021, 1st Special Session HF33/SF37 Chapter 7, Article 13, Section 57 HHS omnibus bill Effective: July 1, 2021 Short description If a person is temporarily absent due to admission at a residential behavioral health facility, inpatient hospital, or nursing facility for a period of time exceeding the limits of absent days, an agency may request an absence day limit exception, not to exceed 92 days, in order to continue housing support payments until the person is discharged. Summary Housing support payment for absence days is limited to 18 calendar days per incident, not to exceed 60 days in a calendar year. With this bill, for persons temporarily absent due to admission at a residential behavioral health facility, inpatient hospital, or nursing facility, an agency must continue to pay an additional 74 days per incident, not to exceed a total of 92 days in a calendar year. Agencies are allowed to request an absence day limit exception in certain circumstances. Implications Housing support settings should incorporate the expansion of the client absent days benefit into their policies and procedures. Bill language https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2021/1/Session+Law/Chapter/7/ Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256I.05, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: Subd. 2a. Absent days. (a) When a person receiving housing support is temporarily absent and the absence is reported in advance to the agency's social service staff, the agency must continue to pay on behalf of the person the applicable rate for housing support. Advance reporting is not required for absences due to crisis, illness, or injury. The limit on payments for absence days under this paragraph is 18 calendar days per incident, not to exceed 60 days in a calendar year. (b) An agency must continue to pay an additional 74 days per incident, not to exceed a total of 92 days in a calendar year, for a person who is temporarily absent due to admission at a residential behavioral health facility, inpatient hospital, or nursing facility.
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