MN HF481

Adds definition of "complex personal care assistance services" for individuals qualifying for 10+ hours of personal care assistance per day, provided by specially trained personal care assistants.

Requires personal care assistants providing complex personal care assistance services to satisfy Medicare training and competency requirements for home health aides or nursing assistants by July 1, 2018, or alternative comparable state-approved training.

Establishes payment rate for complex personal care assistance services at 120 percent of the standard personal care assistance services rate.

Requires personal care assistance provider agencies to document that staff have completed all training required by the section, including complex personal care assistance training, before submitting claims for payment.

Renumbers and reorganizes existing definitions in the personal care assistance program statute without substantive changes to most covered services and provider requirements.