Subdivision 1. Process components. (a) The quality assurance licensing process consists of an evaluation by a quality assurance team of the facility, program, or service according to outcome-based measurements. The process must include an evaluation of a random sample of program consumers. The sample must be representative of each service provided. The sample size must be at least five percent of consumers but not less than two consumers.
(b) All consumers must be given the opportunity to be included in the quality assurance process in addition to those chosen for the random sample.
Subd. 2. Licensure periods. (a) In order to be licensed under the alternative quality assurance licensing system, a facility, program, or service must satisfy the health and safety outcomes approved for the alternative quality assurance licensing system.
(b) Licensure shall be approved for periods of one to three years for a facility, program, or service that satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a) and achieves the outcome measurements in the categories of consumer evaluation, education and training, providers, and systems.
Subd. 3. Appeals process. A facility, program, or service may contest a licensing decision of the quality assurance team as permitted under chapter 245A.
1997 c 203 art 7 s 21; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 41; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 7 s 27
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons
Section 256B.011 — Policy For Childbirth And Abortion Funding.
Section 256B.02 — Definitions.
Section 256B.021 — Medical Assistance Reform Waiver.
Section 256B.03 — Payments To Vendors.
Section 256B.035 — Managed Care.
Section 256B.037 — Prospective Payment Of Dental Services.
Section 256B.0371 — Performance Benchmarks For Dental Access; Contingent Dental Administrator.
Section 256B.038 — Provider Rate Increases After June 30, 1999.
Section 256B.04 — Duties Of State Agency.
Section 256B.041 — Centralized Disbursement Of Medical Assistance Payments.
Section 256B.042 — Third-party Liability.
Section 256B.043 — Cost-containment Efforts.
Section 256B.05 — Administration By County Agencies.
Section 256B.051 — Housing Stabilization Services.
Section 256B.055 — Eligibility Categories.
Section 256B.056 — Eligibility Requirements For Medical Assistance.
Section 256B.0561 — Periodic Data Matching To Evaluate Continued Eligibility.
Section 256B.057 — Eligibility Requirements For Special Categories.
Section 256B.0571 — Long-term Care Partnership Program.
Section 256B.0575 — Availability Of Income For Institutionalized Persons.
Section 256B.058 — Treatment Of Income Of Institutionalized Spouse.
Section 256B.059 — Treatment Of Assets When A Spouse Is Institutionalized.
Section 256B.0594 — Payment Of Benefits From An Annuity.
Section 256B.0595 — Prohibitions On Transfer; Exceptions.
Section 256B.06 — Eligibility; Migrant Workers; Citizenship.
Section 256B.061 — Eligibility; Retroactive Effect; Restrictions.
Section 256B.0615 — Mental Health Certified Peer Specialist.
Section 256B.0616 — Mental Health Certified Family Peer Specialist.
Section 256B.0621 — Covered Services: Targeted Case Management Services.
Section 256B.0622 — Assertive Community Treatment And Intensive Residential Treatment Services.
Section 256B.0623 — Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services Covered.
Section 256B.0624 — Crisis Response Services Covered.
Section 256B.0625 — Covered Services.
Section 256B.0626 — Estimation Of 50th Percentile Of Prevailing Charges.
Section 256B.063 — Cost Sharing.
Section 256B.0631 — Medical Assistance Co-payments.
Section 256B.0635 — Continued Eligibility In Special Circumstances.
Section 256B.0636 — Controlled Substance Prescriptions; Abuse Prevention.
Section 256B.0637 — Presumptive Eligibility; Treatment For Breast Or Cervical Cancer.
Section 256B.0638 — Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program.
Section 256B.064 — Sanctions; Monetary Recovery.
Section 256B.0641 — Recovery Of Overpayments.
Section 256B.0642 — Federal Financial Participation.
Section 256B.0643 — Vendor Request For Contested Case Proceeding.
Section 256B.0644 — Reimbursement Under Other State Health Care Programs.
Section 256B.0646 — Minnesota Restricted Recipient Program; Personal Care Assistance Services.
Section 256B.065 — Social Security Amendments.
Section 256B.0651 — Home Care Services.
Section 256B.0652 — Authorization And Review Of Home Care Services.
Section 256B.0653 — Home Health Agency Services.
Section 256B.0654 — Home Care Nursing.
Section 256B.0658 — Housing Access Grants.
Section 256B.0659 — Personal Care Assistance Program.
Section 256B.0671 — Covered Mental Health Services.
Section 256B.0711 — Quality Self-directed Services Workforce.
Section 256B.072 — Performance Reporting And Quality Improvement System.
Section 256B.073 — Electronic Visit Verification.
Section 256B.075 — Disease Management Programs.
Section 256B.0751 — Health Care Homes.
Section 256B.0753 — Payment Restructuring; Care Coordination Payments.
Section 256B.0754 — Payment Reform.
Section 256B.0755 — Integrated Health Partnership Demonstration Project.
Section 256B.0756 — Hennepin And Ramsey Counties Pilot Program.
Section 256B.0757 — Coordinated Care Through A Health Home.
Section 256B.0758 — Health Care Delivery Pilot Program.
Section 256B.0759 — Substance Use Disorder Demonstration Project.
Section 256B.076 — Case Management Services.
Section 256B.08 — Application.
Section 256B.09 — Investigations.
Section 256B.0911 — Long-term Care Consultation Services.
Section 256B.0913 — Alternative Care Program.
Section 256B.0914 — Conflicts Of Interest Related To Medicaid Expenditures.
Section 256B.0916 — Expansion Of Home And Community-based Services.
Section 256B.0917 — Home And Community-based Services For Older Adults.
Section 256B.0918 — Employee Scholarship Costs.
Section 256B.0919 — Adult Foster Care And Family Adult Day Care.
Section 256B.092 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities.
Section 256B.0921 — Home And Community-based Services Innovation Pool.
Section 256B.0922 — Essential Community Supports.
Section 256B.0924 — Targeted Case Management Services.
Section 256B.0926 — Admission Review Team; Intermediate Care Facilities.
Section 256B.093 — Services For Persons With Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Section 256B.094 — Child Welfare Targeted Case Management Services.
Section 256B.0943 — Children's Therapeutic Services And Supports.
Section 256B.0945 — Services For Children With Severe Emotional Disturbance.
Section 256B.0946 — Children's Intensive Behavioral Health Services.
Section 256B.0947 — Intensive Rehabilitative Mental Health Services.
Section 256B.0948 — Foster Care Rate Limits.
Section 256B.0949 — Early Intensive Developmental And Behavioral Intervention Benefit.
Section 256B.095 — Quality Assurance System Established.
Section 256B.0951 — Quality Assurance Commission.
Section 256B.0952 — County Duties; Quality Assurance Teams.
Section 256B.0953 — Quality Assurance Process.
Section 256B.0954 — Certain Persons Defined As Mandated Reporters.
Section 256B.0955 — Duties Of The Commissioner Of Human Services.
Section 256B.097 — Regional And Systems Improvement For Minnesotans Who Have Disabilities.
Section 256B.12 — Legal Representation.
Section 256B.121 — Treble Damages.
Section 256B.14 — Relative's Responsibility.
Section 256B.15 — Claims Against Estates.
Section 256B.17 — Transfers Of Property.
Section 256B.18 — Methods Of Administration.
Section 256B.19 — Division Of Cost.
Section 256B.194 — Federal Payments.
Section 256B.196 — Intergovernmental Transfers; Hospital And Physician Payments.
Section 256B.197 — Intergovernmental Transfers; Inpatient Hospital Payments.
Section 256B.1973 — Directed Payment Arrangements.
Section 256B.198 — Payments For Non-hospital-based Governmental Health Centers.
Section 256B.199 — Payments Reported By Governmental Entities.
Section 256B.20 — County Appropriations.
Section 256B.21 — Change Of Residence.
Section 256B.22 — Compliance With Social Security Act.
Section 256B.23 — Use Of Federal Funds.
Section 256B.24 — Prohibitions.
Section 256B.25 — Payments To Certified Facilities.
Section 256B.26 — Agreements With Other State Departments.
Section 256B.27 — Medical Assistance; Cost Reports.
Section 256B.30 — Health Care Facility Report.
Section 256B.32 — Facility Fee Payment.
Section 256B.35 — Personal Needs Allowance; Persons In Certain Facilities.
Section 256B.36 — Special Personal Allowance For Certain Individuals.
Section 256B.37 — Private Insurance Policies, Causes Of Action.
Section 256B.39 — Avoidance Of Duplicate Payments.
Section 256B.40 — Subsidy For Abortions Prohibited.
Section 256B.421 — Definitions.
Section 256B.431 — Rate Determination.
Section 256B.434 — Payment Rates And Procedures; Contracts And Agreements.
Section 256B.439 — Long-term Care Quality Profiles.
Section 256B.48 — Conditions For Participation.
Section 256B.49 — Home And Community-based Service Waivers For Persons With Disabilities.
Section 256B.4905 — Home And Community-based Services Policy Statement.
Section 256B.4911 — Consumer-directed Community Supports.
Section 256B.4912 — Home And Community-based Waivers; Providers And Payment.
Section 256B.4914 — Home And Community-based Services Waivers; Rate Setting.
Section 256B.492 — Home And Community-based Settings For People With Disabilities.
Section 256B.493 — Adult Foster Care Planned Closure.
Section 256B.501 — Rates For Community-based Services For Persons With Disabilities.
Section 256B.5011 — Icf/dd Reimbursement System Effective October 1, 2000.
Section 256B.5012 — Icf/dd Payment System Implementation.
Section 256B.5013 — Payment Rate Adjustments.
Section 256B.5014 — Reporting Requirements.
Section 256B.5015 — Pass-through Of Other Services Costs.
Section 256B.51 — Nursing Homes; Cost Of Home Care.
Section 256B.69 — Prepaid Health Plans.
Section 256B.6903 — Ombudsperson For Managed Care.
Section 256B.691 — Risk-based Transportation Payments.
Section 256B.692 — County-based Purchasing.
Section 256B.6925 — Enrollee Information.
Section 256B.6926 — State Monitoring.
Section 256B.6927 — Quality Assessment And Performance.
Section 256B.6928 — Managed Care Rates And Payments.
Section 256B.693 — State-operated Services; Managed Care.
Section 256B.694 — Sole-source Or Single-plan Managed Care Contract.
Section 256B.70 — Demonstration Project Waiver.
Section 256B.71 — Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration.
Section 256B.72 — Commissioner's Recovery Of Overpayments.
Section 256B.73 — Demonstration Project For Uninsured Low-income Persons.
Section 256B.74 — Special Payments.
Section 256B.75 — Hospital Outpatient Reimbursement.
Section 256B.756 — Reimbursement Rates For Births.
Section 256B.758 — Reimbursement For Doula Services.
Section 256B.76 — Physician And Dental Reimbursement.
Section 256B.761 — Reimbursement For Mental Health Services.
Section 256B.762 — Reimbursement For Health Care Services.
Section 256B.763 — Critical Access Mental Health Rate Increase.
Section 256B.7635 — Reimbursement For Evidence-based Public Health Nurse Home Visits.
Section 256B.764 — Reimbursement For Family Planning Services.
Section 256B.765 — Provider Rate Increases.
Section 256B.766 — Reimbursement For Basic Care Services.
Section 256B.767 — Medicare Payment Limit.
Section 256B.77 — Coordinated Service Delivery System For Persons With Disabilities.
Section 256B.771 — Complementary And Alternative Medicine Demonstration Project.
Section 256B.78 — Demonstration Project For Family Planning Services.
Section 256B.79 — Integrated Care For High-risk Pregnant Women.
Section 256B.795 — Maternal And Infant Health Report.
Section 256B.81 — Mental Health Provider Appeal Process.
Section 256B.82 — Prepaid Plans And Mental Health Rehabilitative Services.
Section 256B.84 — American Indian Contracting Provisions.
Section 256B.85 — Community First Services And Supports.
Section 256B.851 — Community First Services And Supports; Payment Rates.