HF3240 Summary

• Modifies Minnesota home care provider regulations by amending multiple sections of Chapter 144A, including licensing requirements, fee structures, and operational standards.

• Requires home care providers to conduct medication reconciliation (identifying accurate medication lists) and changes the reporting requirement for medication administration concerns to include "appropriate licensed health professionals" in addition to registered nurses.

• Establishes that home care licenses cannot be transferred; ownership changes require new license applications, but employees of previous owners are treated as having no employer change regarding orientation, training, and competency testing requirements.

• Creates tiered license renewal fees based on provider annual revenues, ranging from $200 for providers with revenues under $25,000 to $7,651 for providers with revenues over $1,500,000, with different fee schedules for different fiscal periods through 2020.

• Changes terminology throughout regulations from "service plan" to "service agreement" and repeals two sections of prior law related to tuberculosis prevention requirements and licensing implementation provisions.