1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; modifying the definition of residential hospice facility;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 13.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 13, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 13.Residential hospice facility. (a) "Residential hospice facility" means 
1.8 	a facility that resembles a single-family home located in a residential area that directly 
1.9 	provides 24-hour residential and support services in a home-like setting for hospice patients 
1.10 	as an integral part of the continuum of home care provided by a hospice and that houses:
1.11 	(1) no more than eight hospice patients; or
1.12 	(2) at least nine and no more than 12 hospice patients with the approval of the local 
1.13 	governing authority, notwithstanding section 462.357, subdivision 8.
1.14 	(b) Residential hospice facility also means a facility that directly provides 24-hour 
1.15 	residential and support services for hospice patients and that:
1.16 	(1) houses no more than 21 hospice patients;
1.17 	(2) meets hospice certification regulations adopted pursuant to title XVIII of the 
1.18 	federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1395, et seq.; and
1.19 	(3) is located on St. Anthony Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was licensed as a 
1.20 	40-bed non-Medicare certified nursing home as of January 1, 2015.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.