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