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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

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Minn. Stat. § 256R.01 GENERAL.
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256R.01 GENERAL. § Subdivision 1.Payment rates. Payment rates paid to any nursing facility receiving medical assistance payments must be those rates established pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted under it. § Subd. 1a.Payment rates for nursing care provided to a patient in…
Minn. Stat. § 256R.02 DEFINITIONS.
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256R.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. For purposes of this chapter, the terms in this section have the meanings given unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. § Subd. 2.Active beds. "Active beds" means licensed beds that are not currently in layaway status. § Su…
Minn. Stat. § 256R.03 CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING.
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256R.03 CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING. § Subdivision 1.Requirements for funding. (a) No medical assistance payments shall be made to any nursing facility unless the nursing facility is certified to participate in the medical assistance program under title XIX of the federal Social Secur…
Minn. Stat. § 256R.04 PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
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256R.04 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Financial exploitation. A nursing facility is not eligible to receive medical assistance payments unless it refrains from all of the following: (1) charging, soliciting, accepting, or receiving from an applicant for admission to the f…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.05 REQUIRED PRACTICES.

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256R.05 REQUIRED PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Preadmission screening. (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for nursing facilities shall be authorized for a medical assistance recipient only if a preadmission screening has been conducted prior to admission or the county has authoriz…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.06 PRIVATE PAY RESIDENTS; REQUIRED PRACTICES.

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256R.06 PRIVATE PAY RESIDENTS; REQUIRED PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Medical assistance rates not to exceed private pay residents' rates. (a) The total payment rate must not exceed the rate paid by private paying residents for similar services for the same period. (b) The medical a…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.07 ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION.

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256R.07 ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION. § Subdivision 1.Criteria. A nursing facility must keep adequate documentation. In order to be adequate, documentation must: (1) be maintained in orderly, well-organized files; (2) not include documentation of more than one nursing facility in one s…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.08 REPORTING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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256R.08 REPORTING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Reporting of financial statements. (a) No later than February 1 of each year, a nursing facility must: (1) provide the state agency with a copy of its working trial balance; (2) provide the state agency with a copy of its…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.09 REPORTING OF STATISTICAL AND COST REPORTS.

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256R.09 REPORTING OF STATISTICAL AND COST REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Reporting timeline. Each nursing facility shall file a statistical and cost report for the prior reporting period by February 1 in a form and manner specified by the commissioner. Notice of rates shall be distribu…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.10 ALLOWED COSTS.

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256R.10 ALLOWED COSTS. § Subdivision 1.General cost principles. Only costs determined to be allowable shall be used to compute the total payment rate for nursing facilities participating in the medical assistance program. To be considered an allowable cost for rate-setting purpos…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.11 NONALLOWED COSTS.

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256R.11 NONALLOWED COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The following costs shall not be recognized as allowable: (1) political contributions; (2) salaries or expenses of a lobbyist, as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 21, for lobbying activities; (3) advertising designed …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.12 COST ALLOCATION.

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256R.12 COST ALLOCATION. § Subdivision 1.Allocation; direct identification of costs; management agreement. All costs that can be directly identified with a specific nursing facility that is a related organization to the central, affiliated, or corporate office, or that is control…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.13 AUDITING REQUIREMENTS.

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256R.13 AUDITING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Audit authority. (a) The commissioner shall provide for an audit of the cost and statistical data of nursing facilities participating as vendors of medical assistance. The commissioner shall select for audit at least 15 percent of th…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.16 QUALITY OF CARE.

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256R.16 QUALITY OF CARE. § Subdivision 1.Calculation of a quality score. (a) The commissioner shall determine a quality score for each nursing facility using quality measures established in section 256B.439, according to methods determined by the commissioner in consultation with…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.17 CASE MIX.

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256R.17 CASE MIX. § Subdivision 1.Case mix classifications. The case mix classifications shall be those established under section 144.0724. § Subd. 2.Case mix indices. (a) The commissioner shall assign a case mix index to each case mix classification as determined by the commissi…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.21 TOTAL PAYMENT RATE.

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256R.21 TOTAL PAYMENT RATE. § Subdivision 1.Total payment rates. For each facility, the commissioner shall calculate a total payment rate using the statistical and cost report filed by each nursing facility for the reporting period ending 15 months prior to the rate year. The tot…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.22 CASE MIX ADJUSTED TOTAL PAYMENT RATE.

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256R.22 CASE MIX ADJUSTED TOTAL PAYMENT RATE. § Subdivision 1.Case mix adjusted payment rates generally. For each facility, the commissioner shall calculate case mix adjusted payment rates for each case mix classification. § Subd. 2.Determination of case mix adjusted total care-r…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.23 TOTAL CARE-RELATED PAYMENT RATES.

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256R.23 TOTAL CARE-RELATED PAYMENT RATES. § Subdivision 1.Determination of total care-related cost per day. Each facility's total care-related cost per day is the sum of its direct care cost per standardized day and its other care-related cost per resident day. § Subd. 2.Calculat…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.24 OTHER OPERATING PAYMENT RATE.

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256R.24 OTHER OPERATING PAYMENT RATE. § Subdivision 1.Determination of other operating cost per day. Each facility's other operating cost per day is its other operating costs divided by the sum of the facility's resident days. § Subd. 2.Determination of the median other operating…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.25 EXTERNAL FIXED COSTS PAYMENT RATE.

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256R.25 EXTERNAL FIXED COSTS PAYMENT RATE. § Subdivision 1.Determination of external fixed cost payment rate. The payment rate for external fixed costs is the sum of the amounts in subdivisions 2 to 17. [See Note.] § Subd. 2.Provider surcharges. (a) For a facility licensed as a n…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.26 PROPERTY PAYMENT RATE.

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256R.26 PROPERTY PAYMENT RATE. § Subdivision 1.Determination of limited undepreciated replacement cost. A facility's limited URC is the lesser of: (1) the facility's recognized URC from the appraisal; or (2) the product of (i) the number of the facility's licensed beds three mont…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.261 PROPERTY RATE DEFINITIONS.

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256R.261 PROPERTY RATE DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 256R.26 to 256R.267, the terms in this section have the meanings given unless otherwise provided for in this chapter. § Subd. 2.Addition. "Addition" means an extension, enlargement, or expan…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.265 APPRAISALS AND DETERMINATION OF REPLACEMENT COSTS.

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256R.265 APPRAISALS AND DETERMINATION OF REPLACEMENT COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Selection of valuation system and appraisal firms. The commissioner shall select a commercial valuation system that property appraisal firms selected by the commissioner must utilize for all nursing facil…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.267 THRESHOLD PROJECT PROPERTY PAYMENT RATE INTERIM ADJUSTMENTS.

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256R.267 THRESHOLD PROJECT PROPERTY PAYMENT RATE INTERIM ADJUSTMENTS. (a) A facility reimbursed under section 256R.26, subdivisions 1 to 8, may receive a property payment rate interim adjustment for threshold projects the cumulative cost of which during the three years between ph…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.27 INTERIM AND SETTLE-UP PAYMENT RATES.

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256R.27 INTERIM AND SETTLE-UP PAYMENT RATES. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The commissioner shall determine the interim payment rates and settle-up payment rates for a newly constructed nursing facility, or a nursing facility with an increase in licensed capacity of 50 percent o…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.32 APPEALS.

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256R.32 APPEALS. Nursing facilities may appeal, as described under section 256B.50, the determination of a payment rate established under this chapter. History: 2016 c 99 art 1 s 22

Minn. Stat. § 256R.37 SCHOLARSHIPS.

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256R.37 SCHOLARSHIPS. (a) The commissioner shall provide a scholarship per diem rate calculated using the criteria in paragraphs (b) to (d). The per diem rate must be based on the allowable costs the facility paid for employee scholarships for any eligible employee, except the fa…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.38 PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

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256R.38 PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. The commissioner shall develop additional incentive-based payments of up to five percent above a facility's operating payment rate for achieving outcomes specified in a contract. The commissioner may solicit proposals and select those…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.39 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

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256R.39 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. The commissioner shall develop a quality improvement incentive program in consultation with stakeholders. The annual funding pool available for quality improvement incentive payments must be equal to 0.8 percent of all operating paym…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.40 NURSING FACILITY VOLUNTARY CLOSURE; ALTERNATIVES.

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256R.40 NURSING FACILITY VOLUNTARY CLOSURE; ALTERNATIVES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Closure" means the cessation of operations of a nursing facility and delicensure and decertification of all beds within the f…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.405 CONSOLIDATION RATES.

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256R.405 CONSOLIDATION RATES. § Subdivision 1.Consolidation rates; generally. The external fixed costs payment rate for nursing facilities that have completed a state-approved consolidation project must include a consolidation rate adjustment. A facility's consolidation rate adju…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.41 SINGLE-BED ROOM INCENTIVE.

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256R.41 SINGLE-BED ROOM INCENTIVE. § Subdivision 1.Single-bed incentive. The operating payment rate for nursing facilities reimbursed under this chapter shall be increased by 20 percent multiplied by the ratio of the number of new single-bed rooms created divided by the number of…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.42 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS.

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256R.42 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS. (a) During the first 30 calendar days after admission, the total payment rate for a case mix classification must be increased by 20 percent. Beginning with the 31st calendar day after admission, the total payment rate is the rate oth…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.43 BED HOLDS.

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256R.43 BED HOLDS. The commissioner shall limit payment for leave days in a nursing facility to 30 percent of that nursing facility's total payment rate for the involved resident, and shall allow this payment only when the occupancy of the nursing facility, inclusive of bed hold …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.44 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIVATE ROOMS FOR MEDICAL NECESSITY.

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256R.44 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIVATE ROOMS FOR MEDICAL NECESSITY. (a) The amount paid for a private room is 111.5 percent of the established total payment rate for a resident if the resident is a medical assistance recipient and the private room is considered a medical necessity f…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.45 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR VENTILATOR-DEPENDENT PERSONS.

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256R.45 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR VENTILATOR-DEPENDENT PERSONS. The commissioner may negotiate with a nursing facility eligible to receive medical assistance payments to provide services to a ventilator-dependent person identified by the commissioner according to criteria developed by …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.46 SPECIALIZED CARE FACILITIES.

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256R.46 SPECIALIZED CARE FACILITIES. (a) The total care-related payment rate limit for specialized care facilities shall be increased by 50 percent. (b) "Specialized care facilities" are defined as a facility having a program licensed under chapter 245A and Minnesota Rules, chapt…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.47 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR CRITICAL ACCESS NURSING FACILITIES.

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256R.47 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR CRITICAL ACCESS NURSING FACILITIES. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, may designate certain nursing facilities as critical access nursing facilities. The designation shall be granted on a competitive basis, within t…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.48 PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES.

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256R.48 PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES. (a) The commissioner shall allow nursing facilities whose physical plant is owned or whose license is held by a city, county, or hospital district to apply for a higher payment rate under this section if the local governmental entity agrees to p…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.481 RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR BORDER CITY FACILITIES.

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256R.481 RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR BORDER CITY FACILITIES. (a) The commissioner shall allow each nonprofit nursing facility located within the boundaries of the city of Breckenridge or Moorhead prior to January 1, 2015, to apply once annually for a rate add-on to the facility's extern…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.495 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR NURSING HOME EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS.

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256R.495 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR NURSING HOME EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Nursing home employment standards rate adjustment. For each rate year for which section 181.213, subdivision 2b, is in effect, and for which the legislature appropriates money to fund a rate increase …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.50 BED RELOCATIONS.

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256R.50 BED RELOCATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Method for determining budget-neutral nursing facility rates for relocated beds. Nursing facility rates for bed relocations must be calculated by comparing the estimated medical assistance costs prior to and after the proposed bed relocati…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.51 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS.

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256R.51 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS. (a) The commissioner shall adjust the rates of a nursing facility that meets the criteria for the special dietary needs of its residents and the requirements in section 31.651 or 31.658. The adjustment for raw food cost shall be …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.52 NURSING FACILITY RECEIVERSHIP FEES.

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256R.52 NURSING FACILITY RECEIVERSHIP FEES. § Subdivision 1.Payment of receivership fees. (a) When the commissioner of health notifies the commissioner of human services that a nursing facility is subject to the receivership provisions under section 144A.15 and provides a recomme…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.53 FACILITY SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS.

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256R.53 FACILITY SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Nursing facility in Golden Valley. The operating payment rate for a facility located in the city of Golden Valley at 3915 Golden Valley Road with 44 licensed rehabilitation beds as of January 7, 2015, is the sum of its direct …

Minn. Stat. § 256R.531 PATIENT DRIVEN PAYMENT MODEL PHASE-IN.

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256R.531 PATIENT DRIVEN PAYMENT MODEL PHASE-IN. § Subdivision 1.PDPM phase-in. Effective October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028, for each facility, the commissioner must determine an adjustment to its total payment rate as determined under sections 256R.21 and 256R.27 to phas…

Minn. Stat. § 256R.54 ANCILLARY SERVICES.

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256R.54 ANCILLARY SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Setting payment; monitoring use of therapy services. (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to set the amount and method of payment for ancillary materials and services provided to recipients resid…