Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Voluntary relinquishment; notifying commissioner and ombudsman.
Before relinquishing an assisted living facility with dementia care license, a
licensee shall submit to the commissioner and ombudsman in writing:
A. the transition plan; and
B. the name and contact information of
another individual, in addition to the facility director, responsible for the
daily operation and management of the facility during the relinquishment
process.
Subp. 2.
Transitional plan; contents. In addition to the requirements under
Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.80,
subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), the transition plan must include:
A. the reason for relinquishing the license
and the proposed date of relinquishment;
B. the proposed timetable for resident
transitions, the resources that the facility will provide, and how the facility
will facilitate resident transitions;
C. a list of residents who may require a
change in service plan because of the relinquishment and a description of the
residents respective levels of care, special needs, or conditions;
and
D. a list identifying each
resident, if any, to whom the facility expects to issue a notice of termination
of housing or assisted living services because of relinquishment.
Subp. 3
Notice to
residents.
A. Along with the notice to
residents required under Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.80,
subdivision 3, the facility shall:
(1) notify
all residents and their representatives and case managers, if any, in writing
of the license relinquishment, the proposed date that the license will be
relinquished, and the reason for the license relinquishment; and
(2) provide a primary facility contact that
the resident and the residents representative and case manager, if any, can
contact to discuss transitioning the resident out of the
facility
B. Once the
facility has notified residents according to item A, the facility must revise
advertising materials and disclosure information to remove any reference that
the facility is an assisted living facility with dementia care and communicate
to all potential residents and new residents entering the facility that the
licensee will be relinquishing its license.
Subp. 4.
Resident-relocation
evaluation.
A. For each resident
identified according to subpart 2, item D, whose contract the facility
terminates, the facility must prepare a resident-relocation evaluation and
comply with part 4659.0120, subpart 6.
B. The relocation evaluation under item A may
include recommendations for continuing to receive housing and assisted living
services from the assisted living facility that is relinquishing its assisted
living facility with dementia care license.
Subp. 5
Resident-relocation
plan. For each resident identified in subpart 2, item D, whose contract
the facility terminates, the facility must hold a planning conference to
develop a relocation plan and comply with part 4659.0120, subpart 7.
Subp. 6.
Verifying resident
relocation. Within 14 calendar days of all residents identified in
subpart 2, item D, whose contracts the facility terminates, having left the
facility, the licensee, based on information provided by each resident or
residents representative, case manager, or family member, shall verify to the
commissioner in writing that the residents are safely relocated according to
this part and the coordinated move requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.55.
Subp. 7.
Information regarding resident
relocation to receiving provider. The facility must comply with part
4659.0120, subpart 8, for all residents who relocate due to the license
relinquishment.
Subp. 8.
Disbursement of resident funds. Within 30 calendar days of the
effective date of the license relinquishment, the facility must follow the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
144G.42,
subdivision 5, for all residents who relocate due to the license
relinquishment,
Subp. 9.
Resident discharge summary. When a resident moves out of the
facility, the facility must provide the resident with a written discharge
summary that complies with part 4659.0120, subpart 9.
Subp. 10.
Assisted living facility with
dementia care license forfeiture.
A.
The licensee forfeits its assisted living facility with a dementia care license
upon the proposed date of license relinquishment under subpart 2, item A,
unless the commissioner has approved an extension to that date in
writing,
B. The commissioner shall
reclassify the license to the assisted living facility license category as of
the date of relinquishment.
C. A
licensee shall not reapply for an assisted living facility with dementia care
license until one year after the date of license
relinquishment.
