Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates made effective.
St. Paul; funding provided for construction mitigation grants to businesses affected by construction on Arcade Street and East 7th Street, report required, and money appropriated.
Health plans required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, medical assistance and MinnesotaCare required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, and money appropriated.
Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-direct community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.
State rapid start program established; operation of local rapid start programs to treat patients who are HIV-positive provided; prior authorization, cost sharing, and step therapy for antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention services prohibited; and money appropriated.