Bill Text: MN HF2449 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Group residential housing agreements modified.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF2449 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2449-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human services; modifying group residential housing agreements;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256I.04, subdivision 2b.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256I.04, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
1.6    Subd. 2b. Group residential housing agreements. (a) Agreements between county
1.7agencies and providers of group residential housing must be in writing and must specify
1.8the name and address under which the establishment subject to the agreement does
1.9business and under which the establishment, or service provider, if different from the
1.10group residential housing establishment, is licensed by the Department of Health or the
1.11Department of Human Services; the specific license or registration from the Department
1.12of Health or the Department of Human Services held by the provider and the number
1.13of beds subject to that license; the address of the location or locations at which group
1.14residential housing is provided under this agreement; the per diem and monthly rates that
1.15are to be paid from group residential housing funds for each eligible resident at each
1.16location; the number of beds at each location which are subject to the group residential
1.17housing agreement; whether the license holder is a not-for-profit corporation under section
1.18501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and a statement that the agreement is subject to
1.19the provisions of sections 256I.01 to 256I.06 and subject to any changes to those sections.
1.20Group residential housing agreements may be terminated with or without cause by either
1.21the county or the provider with two calendar months prior notice.
1.22(b) The commissioner may enter directly into an agreement with a provider serving
1.23veterans who meet the eligibility criteria of this section and reside in a setting according to
1.24subdivision 2a, located in Stearns County. Responsibility for monitoring and oversight of
2.1this setting shall remain with Stearns County. This agreement may be terminated with
2.2or without cause by either the commissioner or the provider with two calendar months
2.3prior notice. This agreement shall be subject to the requirements of county agreements
2.4and negotiated rates in subdivisions 1, paragraphs (a) and (b), and 2, and sections 256I.05,
2.5subdivisions 1 and 1c, and 256I.06, subdivision 7.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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