Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF4047

Introduced
2/22/24  

Caption

Pilot program grant established for pediatric hospital discharge to home care nursing services, report required, and money appropriated.

Impact

The impact of HF4047 is significant in that it aims to reduce delays in hospital discharges, unnecessary rehospitalizations, and emergency department visits among pediatric patients. These improvements are expected to enhance the quality of healthcare delivery for children dependent on home care services after hospitalization. Furthermore, the bill mandates an outcome report due by December 15, 2026, which will assess various performance metrics, including the success of reducing delayed discharge days and the economic implications of the pilot program.

Summary

House File 4047 establishes a pilot program aimed at facilitating the transition of pediatric patients from hospitals to home care nursing services. This initiative aims to address delays in hospital discharges attributed to the unavailability of staffing for home care nursing, particularly for complex pediatric cases. A total of $1,040,000 has been appropriated from the state's general fund for this single competitive grant, which will support various administrative and auxiliary services necessary for improved discharge processes. The late-year deadline of June 30, 2027, places a timeframe on this initiative, signaling the state's commitment to enhancing pediatric care services.

Contention

While HF4047 may have broad support for its focus on improving pediatric healthcare transitions, there might be concerns regarding its funding mechanisms and the specific criteria for awarding the competitive grant. Stakeholders may debate the appropriateness of the funding allocation, the level of oversight required to ensure that the resources are effectively utilized, and how the pilot program's outcomes will influence future state healthcare policies and funding for pediatric services.

Companion Bills

MN SF4094

Similar To Grant establishment for a pilot program for pediatric hospital discharge to home care nursing services

Previously Filed As

MN SF4094

Grant establishment for a pilot program for pediatric hospital discharge to home care nursing services

MN HF4667

Loan forgiveness and grants for home care worker education established, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.

MN HF729

Medical assistance services expanded to include coverage of care evaluations; medical assistance rates modified for homemaker services, home health agency services, and home care nursing services; home care preceptor grant program established; report required; and money appropriated.

MN HF1700

Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act of 2023; hospital nurse staffing and nurse workload committees requirements established, core staffing plan requirements modified, commissioner required to grade and publicly disclose hospital compliance, hospital preparedness and incident response action plan requirements modified, nursing facility employee scholarship eligibility modified, hospital nursing and health professional education loan forgiveness programs established/modified, and money appropriated.

MN HF2848

Temporary funding established for settings that receive high-acuity patients discharged from hospitals, grants established to reimburse hospitals for avoidable nonacute patient days, and money appropriated.

MN HF1043

Task Force on Disability Services Accessibility and pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.

MN HF1436

Programs to address health and human services workforce shortage expanded and established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN HF4140

Hospital nursing educational loan forgiveness program modified, and money appropriated.

MN HF671

Grant programs established for various purposes related to children's mental health, provisions governing long-term care consultation services modified, children's mental health service rates modified, psychiatric residential treatment facility working group established, reports required, and money appropriated.

MN HF1742

Direct support professional certification pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.

Similar Bills

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