Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2010/cite/256B.0917
Timestamp: 2020-07-02 13:10:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 7', 'art 7', 'art 5', 'art 8', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 9', 'art 4', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 8']

Subd. 14.Essential community supports grants.
(a) The purpose of the essential community supports grant program is to provide targeted services to persons 65 years and older who need essential community support, but whose needs do not meet the level of care required for nursing facility placement under section 144.0724, subdivision 11.
(b) Within the limits of the appropriation and not to exceed $400 per person per month, funding must be available to a person who:
(3) would otherwise be financially eligible for the alternative care program under section 256B.0913, subdivision 4;
(4) has received a community assessment under section 256B.0911, subdivision 3a or 3b, and does not require the level of care provided in a nursing facility;
(i) caregiver support;
(ii) homemaker;
(iii) chore; or
(iv) a personal emergency response device or system.
(c) The person receiving any of the essential community supports in this subdivision must also receive service coordination as part of their community support plan.
(d) A person who has been determined to be eligible for an essential community support grant must be reassessed at least annually and continue to meet the criteria in paragraph (b) to remain eligible for an essential community support grant.
(e) The commissioner shall allocate grants to counties and tribes under contract with the department based upon the historic use of the medical assistance elderly waiver and alternative care grant programs and other criteria as determined by the commissioner.
1991 c 292 art 7 s 17; 1992 c 513 art 7 s 65-72; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 5 s 73-79; 1994 c 625 art 8 s 63; 1997 c 203 art 4 s 44,45; 1999 c 245 art 4 s 62; 2000 c 488 art 9 s 36; 2001 c 161 s 46,47; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 4 s 31,32; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 51,52; 2005 c 98 art 3 s 24; 2006 c 212 art 3 s 19; 2009 c 79 art 8 s 51
NOTE: Subdivision 14, as added by Laws 2009, chapter 79, article 8, section 51, is effective July 1, 2011. Laws 2009, chapter 79, article 8, section 51, the effective date, as amended by Laws 2010, First Special Session chapter 1, article 17, section 15.