Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification

A bill for an act

relating to human services; modifying the due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home

transition pilot program report; amending Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 1, section

47.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 1, section 47, is amended to read:

Sec. 47.
DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL-TO-HOME

TRANSITION PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) The commissioner of human services must award a single competitive grant to a

home care nursing provider to develop and implement, in coordination with the commissioner

of health, Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare,

and Children's Minnesota of St. Paul and Minneapolis, a pilot program to expedite and

facilitate pediatric hospital-to-home discharges for patients receiving services in this state

under medical assistance, including under the community alternative care waiver, community

access for disability inclusion waiver, and developmental disabilities waiver.

(b) Grant money awarded under this section must be used only to support the

administrative, training, and auxiliary services necessary to reduce:

(1) delayed discharge days due to unavailability of home care nursing staffing to

accommodate complex pediatric patients;

(2) avoidable rehospitalization days for pediatric patients;

(3) unnecessary emergency department utilization by pediatric patients following

discharge;

(4) long-term nursing needs for pediatric patients; and

(5) the number of school days missed by pediatric patients.

(c) Grant money must not be used to supplant payment rates for services covered under

Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

(d) No later than December 15,
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2026
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2027
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, the commissioner must prepare a report

summarizing the impact of the pilot program that includes but is not limited to: (1) the

number of delayed discharge days eliminated; (2) the number of rehospitalization days

eliminated; (3) the number of unnecessary emergency department admissions eliminated;

(4) the number of missed school days eliminated; and (5) an estimate of the return on

investment of the pilot program.

(e) The commissioner must submit the report under paragraph (d) to the chairs and

ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and

human services finance and policy.