{"id":5791,"date":"2021-10-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2021-10-26T13:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T20:52:01","slug":"ralna-legislative-regulatory-update-october-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/ralna-legislative-regulatory-update-october-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"RALNA Legislative\/Regulatory Update October 21, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Minnesota<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota S.F. 1098 is a workforce and business development bill. Among other things, this bill designates staff working in a housing with services establishment licensed under 144D and 144G as essential workers. As such, they would be entitled to certain benefits, including emergency paid sick leave due to symptoms of or exposure to COVID-19 or vaccination side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MN S.F.982 is a bill that will require background studies of all staff in assisted living facilities. If a staff person is disqualified through a background check, that person is not allowed to have direct contact or access to residents. \u201cAccess\u201d means physical access to a client or the client\u2019s property without continuous and direct supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Montana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Montana has a new law allowing a hospice or residential care facility to adopt a policy that allows use of marijuana by a registered cardholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nebraska<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
RALNA does not normally track Medicaid-related legislation, but an important bill has been introduced in Nebraska to study the adequacy of current aged and disabled Medicaid waiver assisted-living provider rates. The state set provider rates 30 years ago and this bill recognizes that it is time to ensure that the rates are adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProviders of assisted-living services serve an important function in meeting the home and community-based care needs of some of the most vulnerable Nebraskans due to age or disability. To continue providing access, the payment rates for these services must be sufficient to cover the cost of the care and services required by the participants in the aged and disabled medicaid waiver program.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n