MN HF4070

Requires nursing facilities to complete significant change in status assessments within 14 days of rehabilitation therapy ending (effective January 1, 2021), with assessment reference date set as the eighth day after all speech, occupational, and physical therapies conclude.

Allows facilities to elect annually to accept a short stay rate with case mix index of 1.0 for residents staying 14 days or less instead of submitting admission assessments (effective July 1, 2020).

Requires nursing facilities to disclose ownership or control interests of 5 percent or more in related parties providing services worth $10,000 or more annually, including related party profit and loss statements and payroll data.

Establishes interim payment rates (effective upon new license, not to exceed 26 months) and settle-up payment rates (retroactive from new license effective date) for facilities experiencing change of ownership or operator (effective January 1, 2021).

Appropriates $333,000 in fiscal year 2021 to hire additional auditing staff at the Commissioner of Human Services to improve financial integrity of nursing facility rates and payments, with base funding of $283,000 in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.