Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to health; modifying a provision governing fees assessed by the
3	3	1.3 commissioner of health; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.122.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.122, is amended to read:
6	6	1.6 144.122 LICENSE, PERMIT, AND SURVEY FEES.
7	7	1.7 (a) The state commissioner of health, by rule, may prescribe procedures and fees for
8	8	1.8filing with the commissioner as prescribed by statute and for the issuance of original and
9	9	1.9renewal permits, licenses, registrations, and certifications issued under authority of the
10	10	1.10commissioner. The expiration dates of the various licenses, permits, registrations, and
11	11	1.11certifications as prescribed by the rules shall be plainly marked thereon. Fees may include
12	12	1.12application and examination fees and a penalty fee for renewal applications submitted after
13	13	1.13the expiration date of the previously issued permit, license, registration, and certification.
14	14	1.14The commissioner may also prescribe, by rule, reduced fees for permits, licenses,
15	15	1.15registrations, and certifications when the application therefor is submitted during the last
16	16	1.16three months of the permit, license, registration, or certification period. Fees proposed to
17	17	1.17be prescribed in the rules shall be first approved by the Department of Management and
18	18	1.18Budget. All fees proposed to be prescribed in rules shall be reasonable. The fees shall be
19	19	1.19in an amount so that the total fees collected by the commissioner will, where practical,
20	20	1.20approximate the cost to the commissioner in administering the program. All fees collected
21	21	1.21shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state government special revenue
22	22	1.22fund unless otherwise specifically appropriated by law for specific purposes.
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0487703/12/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 2465
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Backer03/17/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1 (b) The commissioner may charge a fee for voluntary certification of medical laboratories
33	33	2.2and environmental laboratories, and for environmental and medical laboratory services
34	34	2.3provided by the department, without complying with paragraph (a) or chapter 14. Fees
35	35	2.4charged for environment and medical laboratory services provided by the department must
36	36	2.5be approximately equal to the costs of providing the services.
37	37	2.6 (c) The commissioner may develop a schedule of fees for diagnostic evaluations
38	38	2.7conducted at clinics held by the services for children with disabilities program. All receipts
39	39	2.8generated by the program are annually appropriated to the commissioner for use in the
40	40	2.9maternal and child health program.
41	41	2.10 (d) The commissioner shall set license fees for hospitals and nursing homes that are not
42	42	2.11boarding care homes at the following levels:
43	43	$7,655 plus $16 per bed2.12Joint Commission on Accreditation of
44	44	2.13Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and
45	45	2.14American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
46	46	2.15hospitals
47	47	$5,280 plus $250 per bed2.16Non-JCAHO and non-AOA hospitals
48	48	$183 plus $91 per bed until June 30, 2018.
49	49	2.18 $183 plus $100 per bed between July 1, 2018,
50	50	2.17Nursing home
51	51	2.19 and June 30, 2020. $183 plus $105 per bed
52	52	2.20 beginning July 1, 2020.
53	53	2.21 The commissioner shall set license fees for outpatient surgical centers, boarding care
54	54	2.22homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living facilities, and assisted living facilities
55	55	2.23with dementia care at the following levels:
56	56	$3,7122.24Outpatient surgical centers
57	57	$183 plus $91 per bed2.25Boarding care homes
58	58	$183 plus $91 per bed.2.26Supervised living facilities
59	59	$3,000 plus $100 per resident.2.27Assisted living facilities with dementia care
60	60	$2,000 plus $75 per resident.2.28Assisted living facilities
61	61	2.29Fees collected under this paragraph are nonrefundable. The fees are nonrefundable even if
62	62	2.30received before July 1, 2017, for licenses or registrations being issued effective July 1, 2017,
63	63	2.31or later.
64	64	2.32 (e) Unless prohibited by federal law, the commissioner of health shall charge applicants
65	65	2.33the following fees to cover the cost of any initial certification surveys required to determine
66	66	2.34a provider's eligibility to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid program:
67	67	900$2.35Prospective payment surveys for hospitals
68	68	1,200$2.36Swing bed surveys for nursing homes
69	69	2Section 1.
70	70	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0487703/12/25 1,400$3.1Psychiatric hospitals
71	71	1,100$3.2Rural health facilities
72	72	500$3.3Portable x-ray providers
73	73	1,800$3.4Home health agencies
74	74	800$3.5Outpatient therapy agencies
75	75	2,100$3.6End stage renal dialysis providers
76	76	800$3.7Independent therapists
77	77	1,200$3.8Comprehensive rehabilitation outpatient facilities
78	78	1,700$3.9Hospice providers
79	79	1,800$3.10Ambulatory surgical providers
80	80	4,200$3.11Hospitals
81	81	Actual surveyor costs: average
82	82	surveyor cost x number of hours for
83	83	the survey process.
84	84	3.12Other provider categories or additional
85	85	3.13resurveys required to complete initial
86	86	3.14certification
87	87	3.15 These fees shall be submitted at the time of the application for federal certification and
88	88	3.16shall not be refunded. All fees collected after the date that the imposition of fees is not
89	89	3.17prohibited by federal law shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state
90	90	3.18government special revenue fund.
91	91	3.19 (f) Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may adjust the fees assessed
92	92	3.20on assisted living facilities and assisted living facilities with dementia care under paragraph
93	93	3.21(d), in a revenue-neutral manner in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph:
94	94	3.22 (1) a facility seeking to renew a license shall pay a renewal fee in an amount that is up
95	95	3.23to ten percent lower than the applicable fee in paragraph (d) if residents who receive home
96	96	3.24and community-based waiver services under chapter 256S and section 256B.49 comprise
97	97	3.25more than 50 percent of the facility's capacity in the calendar year prior to the year in which
98	98	3.26the renewal application is submitted; and
99	99	3.27 (2) a facility seeking to renew a license shall pay a renewal fee in an amount that is up
100	100	3.28to ten percent higher than the applicable fee in paragraph (d) if residents who receive home
101	101	3.29and community-based waiver services under chapter 256S and section 256B.49 comprise
102	102	3.30less than 50 percent of the facility's capacity during the calendar year prior to the year in
103	103	3.31which the renewal application is submitted.
104	104	3.32The commissioner may annually adjust the percentages in clauses (1) and (2), to ensure this
105	105	3.33paragraph is implemented in a revenue-neutral manner. The commissioner shall develop a
106	106	3.34method for determining capacity thresholds in this paragraph in consultation with the
107	107	3.35commissioner of human services and must coordinate the administration of this paragraph
108	108	3.36with the commissioner of human services for purposes of verification.
109	109	3Section 1.
110	110	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0487703/12/25 4.1 (g) The commissioner shall charge hospitals an annual licensing base fee of $1,826 per
111	111	4.2hospital, plus an additional $23 per licensed bed or bassinet fee. Revenue shall be deposited
112	112	4.3to the state government special revenue fund and credited toward trauma hospital designations
113	113	4.4under sections 144.605 and 144.6071.
114	114	4Section 1.
115	115	REVISOR SGS/AD 25-0487703/12/25