2021 Legislative Update

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Residential supports customized living report 2021, 1st Special Session HF33/SF37 Chapter 7, Article 13, Section 76 HHS omnibus bill Effective: July 1, 2021 Short description Data must now be collected the implementation of residential support services under the Medical Assistance disability waivers, and a report must be submitted back to the legislature with outlined data. Summary The commissioner is now required to collect data on the implementation of residential support services under the Medical Assistance disability waivers and by January 15, 2024, or 18 months after federal approval, whichever is later. Then, a report is to be submitted to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services containing an analysis of the collected data and recommendations. The bill outlines specific information that must be included in the report. Implications Care Providers of Minnesota has not identified any implications and will watch for any that may arise. Bill language https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2021/1/Session+Law/Chapter/7/ Sec. 76. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES CRITERIA REPORT. The commissioner must collect data on the implementation of residential support services criteria under Minnesota Statutes, sections 256B.092, subdivision 11a, and 256B.49, subdivision 29, and by January 15, 2024, or 18 months following federal approval, whichever is later, submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over health and human services a report containing an analysis of the collected data and recommendations. The report must include data on shifts in the home and community-based service system for people who access services in their own home and in nonprovider-controlled settings. The report must also include recommended modifications to the criteria that align with disability waiver reconfiguration and individual support range implementation.

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m. More changes for community first services & supports (also known as PCA/CFSS

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page 155

l. Tribes included in supplemental service rate definition

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pages 153-154

j. Tax conformity

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pages 149-150

k. Medical cannabis—Smoking raw plant

1min
pages 151-152

i. Service & support animals

3min
pages 145-148

h. Mental health summary

1min
pages 143-144

g. Age-friendly Minnesota

3min
pages 139-142

f. American Indian Community-Specific Board

1min
pages 137-138

e. Ombudsperson for American Indian families

3min
pages 135-136

a. MA dental benefit added

2min
pages 125-126

d. DHS to proceed with Phase 2 of Waiver Reimagine for under 65

2min
pages 133-134

b. 90-day medication

1min
pages 127-128

c. Telemedicine for county processes

6min
pages 119-122

c. Regional quality councils for disabilities

4min
pages 129-132

b. Telehealth coverage policy

3min
pages 117-118

a. Telemedicine

1min
pages 115-116

a. Workers’ compensation

5min
pages 101-104

d. Background study fees increase for some DHS-enrolled providers

2min
pages 109-110

licensure

1min
pages 97-98

b. Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council recommendations

2min
pages 105-106

l. Technical language on HWS conversion to assisted living m. LTC ombudsman & customized living settings exempted from assisted living

3min
pages 95-96

c. Unemployment insurance

3min
pages 107-108

e. Background studies—Waivers & modifications; legislative task force

2min
pages 111-112

k. Outdoor space requirements for assisted living with dementia licenses

3min
pages 91-94

j. Eviction moratorium phaseout

3min
pages 89-90

i. Prorated rent

1min
pages 87-88

h. Residential supports customized living report

1min
pages 85-86

f. Customized living report

2min
pages 81-82

g. Study of exempt facilities

1min
pages 83-84

policies

12min
pages 63-70

e. Consumer protections for facilities exempt from assisted living licensure

12min
pages 73-80

d. Resident experience surveys in assisted living

1min
pages 71-72

a. Assisted living licensure technical changes

10min
pages 55-60

b. Background studies for licensed assisted living facilities c. CADI customized living providers bear the brunt of unfriendly & restrictive DHS

2min
pages 61-62

f. LTC assessment may be temporarily waived for HCBS waiver clients returning from a healthcare facility

2min
pages 51-52

c. Permanent nursing facility moratorium funding appropriated

4min
pages 33-36

c. Housing supports absent days d. AL facilities with 80% EW may apply for disproportionate share rate increases ...................................................................................................................................................... 45

6min
pages 43-48

e. Legislature increases rates for Elderly Waiver customized living, excludes CADI-CL

3min
pages 49-50

improvement grants b. Home health agency services & home care nursing services to receive annual

1min
pages 39-40

increases

1min
pages 41-42

a. Nursing facility MDS assessment requirements modified b. Significant change in status assessment required when therapy (and isolation)

17min
pages 19-28

ends

6min
pages 29-32

I. Session summary

8min
pages 9-16
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