Laserfiche WebLink
House Research Department Revised: June 2010 <br />Regulation of Health and Human Services Facilities Page 6 <br />Noncertified Boarding Care Homes <br />Services <br />Client Eligibility <br />Facilities in Minnesota <br />Beds in Minnesota <br />MDH Facility License <br />DHS Program License <br />MA Certification <br />Reimbursement <br />Provisions Governing <br />Reimbursement <br />Special Notes <br />Provide personal or custodial care, such as assistance with eating <br />and grooming and supervision of self-administered medication. <br />Nursing services are not required but are usually provided. <br />Serve five or more elderly, physically disabled, or mentally i11 <br />persons <br />13, as of March 15, 2009 <br />847, as of March 15, 2009 <br />Boarding care home (Minn. Rules, parts 4655.0090 to 4655.9342 <br />and 4660.0090 to 4660.9940; Minn. Stat. § § 144A.01 to 144A.10; <br />144A.11; 144A.115) <br />None required. Some facilities have Rule 36, Residential programs <br />for adult mentallytll persons (Minn. Rules parts 9520.0500 to <br />9520.0670; Minn. Stat. chapter 245A)4 <br />None <br />Room and board: Group Residential Housing (GRH)5 or private pay <br />Services: Rule 12 or private pay <br />The facilities with Rule 36 licenses, Residential programs for adult <br />mentally ill persons (Minn. Rules parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0670; <br />Minn. Stat. ch. 245A), may receive state grants for programs through <br />Rule 12, Residential services for adult mentally ill persons (Minn. <br />Rules parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000; Minn. Stat. § 245.73) <br />Room and board may be paid for under GRH (Minn. Stat. ch. 256I). <br />As of June 2009, nine facilities had GRH rate agreements with <br />county agencies. <br />Noncertified boarding care homes are not certified for participation <br />in the MA program. Residents of these facilities are also ineligible <br />to receive home and community -based waiver services and home <br />care services because these facilities are licensed by MDH and are <br />considered institutional or health care facilities.6 <br />4 MA classifies noncertified boarding care homes with Rule 361icensure as Institutions for Mental Diseases <br />(IMDs) and does not reimburse for services provided in these facilities. <br />5 Refer to the glossary for short descriptions of the programs and services referred to in the text. <br />6 MDH also classifies nursing homes, certified boarding care homes, and supervised living facilities as <br />institutional or health care facilities. Residents of these facilities are also ineligible to receive home and community - <br />based waiver services and home care services. <br />53 <br />