Bill Text: MN SF2699 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Veterans homes cost of care calculations modifications and annual adjustments authorization
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - General Orders: Stricken and returned to author [SF2699 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2699-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Veterans homes cost of care calculations modifications and annual adjustments authorization
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - General Orders: Stricken and returned to author [SF2699 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2699-Introduced.html
1.2relating to veterans homes; modifying cost of care calculations; providing
1.3for annual adjustmentsamending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03,
1.4subdivisions 2, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Cost of care. (a) The commissioner shall set out in rules the method of
1.8calculating the average cost of care for the domiciliary and nursing care residents. The cost
1.9must be determined yearly based upon the average cost per resident taking into account,
1.10but not limited to, administrative cost of the homes, the cost of service available to the
1.11resident, and food and lodging costs. These average costs must be calculated separately for
1.12domiciliary and nursing care residents. The amount charged each resident for maintenance,
1.13if anything, must be based on the appropriate average cost of care calculation and the
1.14assets and income of the resident but must not exceed the appropriate average cost of care.
1.15(b) The commissioner shall set out in rules the method of calculating each
1.16domiciliary resident's maintenance charge. This maintenance charge shall establish a
1.17personal needs allowance based on each domiciliary resident's monthly income. For the
1.18period of January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, the personal needs allowance shall not
1.19be less than $114 per month. For the period of January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016,
1.20the personal needs allowance shall not be less than $122 per month. For the period of
1.21January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, the personal needs allowance shall not be less
1.22than $130 per month. Thereafter, the minimum personal needs allowance must be adjusted
1.23by multiplying the allowance by one-half of the percentage change of the Consumer Price
1.24Index on the first day of each calendar year.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.2 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.3 Subd. 3. Arrearages. Residents are liable for paying all of their overdue
2.4maintenance charges. Overdue maintenance charges incurred after May 1, 1990, may be
2.5charged interest according to section334.01 . A resident owing overdue maintenance to
2.6the state of Minnesotafor charges incurred prior to May 1, 1990, may continue to stay in
2.7the home if the resident enters into an agreement, including a payment schedule, with the
2.8administrator for the payment of the arrearage and abides by the agreement. Residents
2.9who do not promptly pay maintenance or who do not abide by their agreements to pay
2.10overdue maintenance to the state of Minnesota may be discharged from the home. The
2.11payment schedule agreed to between the administrator and the resident must provide for
2.12the prompt payment of the overdue maintenance owed by the resident, but it must not
2.13reduce the resident's personal needs allowance belowthat which is provided for in the
2.14administrative rules of the facility the amounts specified in subdivision 2.
2.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3for annual adjustmentsamending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03,
1.4subdivisions 2, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Cost of care. (a) The commissioner shall set out in rules the method of
1.8calculating the average cost of care for the domiciliary and nursing care residents. The cost
1.9must be determined yearly based upon the average cost per resident taking into account,
1.10but not limited to, administrative cost of the homes, the cost of service available to the
1.11resident, and food and lodging costs. These average costs must be calculated separately for
1.12domiciliary and nursing care residents. The amount charged each resident for maintenance,
1.13if anything, must be based on the appropriate average cost of care calculation and the
1.14assets and income of the resident but must not exceed the appropriate average cost of care.
1.15(b) The commissioner shall set out in rules the method of calculating each
1.16domiciliary resident's maintenance charge. This maintenance charge shall establish a
1.17personal needs allowance based on each domiciliary resident's monthly income. For the
1.18period of January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, the personal needs allowance shall not
1.19be less than $114 per month. For the period of January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016,
1.20the personal needs allowance shall not be less than $122 per month. For the period of
1.21January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, the personal needs allowance shall not be less
1.22than $130 per month. Thereafter, the minimum personal needs allowance must be adjusted
1.23by multiplying the allowance by one-half of the percentage change of the Consumer Price
1.24Index on the first day of each calendar year.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.2 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 198.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.3 Subd. 3. Arrearages. Residents are liable for paying all of their overdue
2.4maintenance charges. Overdue maintenance charges incurred after May 1, 1990, may be
2.5charged interest according to section
2.6the state of Minnesota
2.7the home if the resident enters into an agreement, including a payment schedule, with the
2.8administrator for the payment of the arrearage and abides by the agreement. Residents
2.9who do not promptly pay maintenance or who do not abide by their agreements to pay
2.10overdue maintenance to the state of Minnesota may be discharged from the home. The
2.11payment schedule agreed to between the administrator and the resident must provide for
2.12the prompt payment of the overdue maintenance owed by the resident, but it must not
2.13reduce the resident's personal needs allowance below
2.14
2.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
