MN SF2995

Licenses no more than two prescribed pediatric extended care (PPEC) centers during the January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020 licensure period, with applicants required to hold a current comprehensive home care license and demonstrate experience serving medically complex or technologically dependent children.

Beginning January 1, 2021, the commissioner shall license additional PPEC centers if applicants meet all licensing requirements under Minnesota Statutes chapter 144H.

Medical assistance covers PPEC center basic services at a $250 half-day rate per child attending less than four hours per day and a $500 full-day rate per child attending four or more hours per day, effective January 1, 2019 or upon federal approval, whichever occurs later.

Commissioner of health shall develop quality measures for PPEC centers and procedures for reporting results to the public in consultation with centers licensed during the 2019-2020 period.

Commissioner of human services must submit medical assistance state plan amendments to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by August 15, 2018 to enable MA coverage of PPEC center basic services.