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HF2651 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Home care nursing hardship criteria modified.

Related bill: SF3071

AI Generated Summary

Purpose of the Bill

This bill aims to update the criteria and conditions under which family members can be compensated for providing home care nursing to relatives with significant medical needs in Minnesota.

Main Provisions

  • Expanded Hardship Criteria: The bill allows family members—specifically parents, spouses, family foster parents, and legal guardians—to receive payment for nursing care if they meet certain hardship conditions. These include resigning from employment, reducing work hours, or providing care due to special language needs or difficult labor conditions.

  • Licensing Requirements: Family members must be nurses licensed in Minnesota to be eligible for compensation.

  • Service Limits: Nursing services by family members cannot exceed 50% of the total approved nursing hours or more than 12 hours per day, with a maximum of 60 hours per week.

  • Third-Party Payor Provision: Services provided by family members cannot replace nursing services covered by third-party payors like Medicare.

  • Employment Flexibility: Family members can be employed by multiple home care agencies simultaneously.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Increased Hour Limits: The bill increases the maximum allowed nursing service hours from 40 to 60 per week for family members.

  • Comprehensive Background Checks: Family members are ineligible to provide paid nursing care if they fail a criminal background check.

  • Safety and Medical Compliance: Nursing care must be safe and follow medical orders. If deemed unsafe by medical professionals or agencies, payment for services can be denied.

Relevant Terms

  • Home care nursing
  • Hardship criteria
  • Licensed nurses
  • Third-party payors
  • Background check
  • Medical compliance

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 23, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toHuman Services Finance and Policy

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Criteria for parents, spouses, or legal guardians resigning or reducing work hours to qualify for nursing payments.",
        "Provisions for licensed nurses who are family members to provide up to 60 hours per week."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "Restriction limiting the nursing services to 40 hours per week."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill modifies the hardship criteria for home care nursing payments as per section 256B.0654 subdivision 4.",
      "modified": [
        "Expanded hours and conditions under which family members can be compensated for nursing care.",
        "Adjustments to employment possibilities for family members with multiple agencies."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256B.0654",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 4"
  }
]

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