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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to human services; expanding medical assistance hospice service coverage | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 to include room and board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 subdivision 22. | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 22, is amended to | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7read: | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8 Subd. 22.Hospice care.(a) Medical assistance covers hospice care services under Public | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9Law 99-272, section 9505, to the extent authorized by rule, except that: | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10 (1) a recipient age 21 or under who elects to receive hospice services does not waive | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11coverage for services that are related to the treatment of the condition for which a diagnosis | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12of terminal illness has been made.; and | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13 (2) room and board expenses are covered for persons receiving hospice services in a | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14community-based setting, to the extent room and board expenses are not otherwise covered | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15under this chapter or chapter 256I. | |
| 16 | 16 | 1.16 (b) Hospice respite and end-of-life care under subdivision 22a are not hospice care | |
| 17 | 17 | 1.17services under this subdivision. | |
| 18 | 18 | 1Section 1. | |
| 19 | 19 | REVISOR AGW/KR 25-0152012/19/24 | |
| 20 | 20 | State of Minnesota | |
| 21 | 21 | This Document can be made available | |
| 22 | 22 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 23 | 23 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 24 | 24 | H. F. No. 672 | |
| 25 | 25 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 26 | 26 | Authored by Hicks02/13/2025 | |
| 27 | 27 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy |