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Chapter 256B
Section 256B.0919
Recent History
- 2019 Subd. 3 Amended 2019 c 54 art 2 s 31
- 2010 Subd. 4 Repealed 2010 c 352 art 2 s 16
- 2010 Subd. 4 Repealed 2010 c 329 art 1 s 24
- 2007 Subd. 3 Amended 2007 c 147 art 6 s 39
- 2007 Subd. 4 New 2007 c 112 s 49
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256B.0919 ADULT FOSTER CARE AND FAMILY ADULT DAY CARE.
Subdivision 1. Adult foster care licensure capacity. Notwithstanding contrary provisions
of the Human Services Licensing Act and rules adopted under it, an adult foster care license
holder may care for five adults age 60 years or older who do not have serious and persistent
mental illness or a developmental disability.
Subd. 2. Adult foster care; family adult day care. An adult foster care license holder who
is not providing care to persons with serious and persistent mental illness or developmental
disabilities may also provide family adult day care for adults age 60 years or older who do not
have serious and persistent mental illness or a developmental disability. The maximum combined
license capacity for adult foster care and family adult day care is five adults. A separate license is
not required to provide family adult day care under this subdivision. Foster care homes providing
services to five adults shall not be subject to licensure by the commissioner of health under
the provisions of chapter 144, 144A, 157, or any other law requiring facility licensure by the
commissioner of health.
Subd. 3. County certification of persons providing adult foster care to related persons.
A person exempt from licensure under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, who provides adult foster
care to a related individual age 65 and older, and who meets the requirements in Minnesota
Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 9555.6265, may be certified by the county to provide adult foster care.
A person certified by the county to provide adult foster care may be reimbursed for services
provided and eligible for funding under sections 256B.0913 and 256B.0915, if the relative
would suffer a financial hardship as a result of providing care. For purposes of this subdivision,
financial hardship refers to a situation in which a relative incurs a substantial reduction in income
as a result of resigning from a full-time job or taking a leave of absence without pay from a
full-time job to care for the client.
History: 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292 art 7 s 18; 1992 c 513 art 7 s 73
Subdivision 1. Adult foster care licensure capacity. Notwithstanding contrary provisions
of the Human Services Licensing Act and rules adopted under it, an adult foster care license
holder may care for five adults age 60 years or older who do not have serious and persistent
mental illness or a developmental disability.
Subd. 2. Adult foster care; family adult day care. An adult foster care license holder who
is not providing care to persons with serious and persistent mental illness or developmental
disabilities may also provide family adult day care for adults age 60 years or older who do not
have serious and persistent mental illness or a developmental disability. The maximum combined
license capacity for adult foster care and family adult day care is five adults. A separate license is
not required to provide family adult day care under this subdivision. Foster care homes providing
services to five adults shall not be subject to licensure by the commissioner of health under
the provisions of chapter 144, 144A, 157, or any other law requiring facility licensure by the
commissioner of health.
Subd. 3. County certification of persons providing adult foster care to related persons.
A person exempt from licensure under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, who provides adult foster
care to a related individual age 65 and older, and who meets the requirements in Minnesota
Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 9555.6265, may be certified by the county to provide adult foster care.
A person certified by the county to provide adult foster care may be reimbursed for services
provided and eligible for funding under sections 256B.0913 and 256B.0915, if the relative
would suffer a financial hardship as a result of providing care. For purposes of this subdivision,
financial hardship refers to a situation in which a relative incurs a substantial reduction in income
as a result of resigning from a full-time job or taking a leave of absence without pay from a
full-time job to care for the client.
History: 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292 art 7 s 18; 1992 c 513 art 7 s 73
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