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     144.0721 Assessments of care and services to nursing 
  home residents. 

    Subdivision 1.    Appropriateness and quality.  Until 
 the date of implementation of the revised case mix system based 
 on the minimum data set, the commissioner of health shall assess 
 the appropriateness and quality of care and services furnished 
 to private paying residents in nursing homes and boarding care 
 homes that are certified for participation in the medical 
 assistance program under United States Code, title 42, sections 
 1396-1396p.  These assessments shall be conducted until the date 
 of implementation of the revised case mix system based on the 
 minimum data set, in accordance with section 144.072, with the 
 exception of provisions requiring recommendations for changes in 
 the level of care provided to the private paying residents. 

    Subd. 2.    Access to data.  With the exception of 
 summary data, data on individuals that is collected, maintained, 
 used, or disseminated by the commissioner of health under 
 subdivision 1 is private data on individuals and shall not be 
 disclosed to others except:  

    (1) under section 13.05; 

    (2) under a valid court order; 

    (3) to the nursing home or boarding care home in which the 
 individual resided at the time the assessment was completed; 

    (4) to the commissioner of human services; or 

    (5) to county home care staff for the purpose of assisting 
 the individual to be discharged from a nursing home or boarding 
 care home and returned to the community.  

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 4 s 69 

    Subd. 3a. Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 4 s 69 

    HIST: 1984 c 641 s 11; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1995 c 207 art 6 
 s 1,2; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 31; 1997 c 203 art 4 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 9 
 art 5 s 1; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.