Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 9510 - RATES FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
SPECIAL NEEDS RATE EXCEPTION FOR VERY DEPENDENT PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Part 9510.1030 - APPLICABILITY AND PURPOSE

Subpart 1. Applicability.

Parts 9510.1020 to 9510.1140 establish procedures for counties and providers to follow to seek authorization for a special needs rate exception for very dependent persons with special needs and establish procedures for determining the special needs rate exception payments for training and habilitation services and for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled. Parts 9510.1020 to 9510.1140 do not apply to persons with developmental disabilities who reside in a regional treatment center.

Subp. 2. Purpose.

The purpose of the special needs rate exception is to provide to a specific client those staff interventions or equipment whose costs are not included in the per diem rate of the intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled or the per diem rate of the training and habilitation service. The special needs rate exception payment is intended to fund short-term special needs for a specific client in order to prevent the placement or retention of the client in a regional treatment center. The special needs rate exception is only to be allowed after all other funding sources or alternatives have been exhausted.