Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Nursing Homes and Care Facilities' in Minnesota

1E Relating to human services; requiring the board on aging in cooperation with area agencies on aging and local service providers to establish a home modification program, a volunteer transportation program and an evidenced based caregiver support program for certain low to moderate income older adults; requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a statewide priority to enhance the mobility of older adults; providing for a Minnesota home care income tax credit, specifying certain credit allowances and limitations, requiring certain caregiver training requirements, requiring certification of a caregiver by a long term care consultation team; requiring the commissioner in cooperation with the Minnesota board of aging and other stakeholders, to evaluate the adequacy of and make recommendations for improving the elder abuse prevention program, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring [...]

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2E Relating to human services; providing long term care rate adjustments for nursing facility operating costs under the alternative payment demonstration system; requiring the commissioner of human services to provide certain nursing facilities and ICF/MR facilities a health insurance per diem to the total operating payment rate for employee purchases of private sector health insurance coverage, limitation, specifying certain reporting requirements; prohibiting the commissioner from rebasing nursing facility payment rates without specific authority; increasing the total operating payment rate for ICF/MR facilities; modifying certain MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements relating to employer subsidized insurance; modifying certain prior provider rate increases and use requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide a rate adjustment for employee health insurance costs for the providers of the services, specifying [...]

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"Freedom to Breath Act of 2005"; modifying certain provisions under the clean indoor air act; prohibiting smoking in places of employment and in public transportation vehicles, defining smoking, indoor area, places of employment and public transportation and modifying the definition of public place; requiring family home or group family day care providers to disclose to parents or guardians of children cared for on the premises of the existence of smoking on the premises outside the hours of operation; expanding the prohibition on smoking in health care facilities to licensed residential facilities for children and modifying the prohibition on smoking in nursing and boarding care homes; authorizing smoking in public transportation vehicles used for personal purposes by the driver, passengers disclosure requirement; strengthening the responsibility of proprietors in charge of public places to prevent smoking; authorizing [...]

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1E "Minnesota Health Records Act"; defining certain terms; specifying certain patients rights regarding access of a patient to patients health records; requiring a provider to provide patients a written notice concerning practices and rights with respect to health records, specifying certain duties of the commissioner of health relating to the development of notice requirements, specifying certain cost requirements, authorizing providers to withhold health records from patients under certain conditions; providing for release or disclosure of health records under certain conditions, specifying certain consent requirements and exceptions; specifying certain conditions for the disclosure of health records relating to mental health by a provider, limitations; permitting a provider or group purchaser to send patient identifying information and information about the location of the patient's health records to a record locator [...]

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1E Reducing the annual county license fees to a family or group family child care applicant for background studies and licensing inspections under the human services licensing act; specifying certain adult foster care, family adult day services and child foster care background study duties by the commissioner of human services; requiring the commissioner to conduct a background study at the time of reapplication for a family child care license and to conduct a background study of an individual newly affiliated with a family care license holder; requiring county agencies to collect family child care background information and forward the information to the commissioner; requiring the commissioner to implement a system for the electronic transmission of family child care background study results to county agencies for studies conducted by the commissioner; eliminating family child care homes from the background studies [...]

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Relating to health; modifying the application and renewal provisions procedures for essential community provider status, setting the application fee; requiring health plan companies to cover interpreter services; requiring the commissioner of health to award grants to community clinics, federally qualified heal centers, community mental health centers, community dental clinics and nonprofit organizations provide public health nursing services to uninsured patients to improve the implementation and use of certain interoperable electronic health records; requiring the commissioner of human services to reimburse providers for administration of the influenza vaccine; requiring the commissioner to award grants to federally qualified heal centers, community clinics, community mental health centers, other safety net clinics and hospitals to provide information on the importance of maintaining insurance coverage and how to obtain [...]

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Relating to human services; modifying certain provisions relating to health care services; specifying certain Medicaid reimbursement requirements for lead risk assessment services; modifying certain eligibility requirements relating to homestead exclusions for individuals residing in a long term care facility; providing home equity limits for medical assistance (MA) payment of long term care services and modifying certain form and statement requirements for the treatment of annuities; expanding MA coverage for certain pregnant women; providing for exchange of long term care partnership policy and addition of a policy rider or endorsements under certain conditions; modifying application and request requirements for MA eligibility; modifying certain provisions relating to the treatment of income and assets of an institutionalized spouse, defining continuous period of institutionalization; modifying the payment of benefits [...]

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TICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE Authorizing licensed physicians, advanced practice nurses and licensed psychologists to make a diagnosis and determination of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for the purpose of identifying a child with a disability and eligible for and in need of special education instruction and services; requiring the commissioner of health to modify regulations for home care service providers to include certain home care aide tasks; "Grieving Parents Act", requiring hospitals, clinics and medical facilities having custody of a fetus following a miscarriage to provide written notification to the mother of the right to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetus; permitting graduates of nonaccredited dental programs completing a clinical licensure examination and meeting certain applicant requirements to be granted a limited general dentist license [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Creating the public health improvement fund; providing for a statewide health improvement program with a goal to substantially reduce the percentage of obese or overweight people, people using tobacco or people misusing alcohol; requiring the commissioner of health to provide local community grants; requiring the commissioner to set measurable outcomes and provide technical assistance and oversight; requiring the commissioner to conduct biennial evaluations and submit a biennial report to the legislature; providing for community health boards and tribal governments to use funds to develop new programs and expand current programs; defining certain terms relating to the public health improvement fund, requiring hospitals and nonprofit health plan companies by a certain date to contribute a certain percent of net patient revenue to the public health improvement fund, specifying assessment [...]

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