HF 1345

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/02/2013 12:18pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying provisions related to health care and health
disparities; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes
2012, sections 62Q.19, subdivision 3; 62U.02, subdivisions 1, 3; 145.928,
by adding a subdivision; 256B.06, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision;
256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0651, by adding subdivisions;
256B.76, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 256B.763; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62Q.19, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

deleted text begin Health plan company deleted text end new text begin Essential community provider new text end affiliation.

A
health plan company new text begin , MinnesotaCare participating entity, or health carrier offering a
qualified health plan through the Minnesota Insurance Marketplace new text end must offer a provider
contract to any designated essential community provider located within the area served
by the health plan company. A health plan company shall not restrict enrollee access to
services designated to be provided by the essential community provider for the population
that the essential community provider is certified to serve. A health plan company may
also make other providers available for these services. A health plan company may require
an essential community provider to meet all data requirements, utilization review, and
quality assurance requirements on the same basis as other health plan providers.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62U.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Development.

(a) The commissioner of health shall develop a
standardized set of measures by which to assess the quality of health care services offered
by health care providers, including health care providers certified as health care homes
under section 256B.0751. Quality measures must be based on medical evidence and be
developed through a process in which providers participate. The measures shall be used
for the quality incentive payment system developed in subdivision 2 and must:

(1) include uniform definitions, measures, and forms for submission of data, to the
greatest extent possible;

(2) seek to avoid increasing the administrative burden on health care providers;

(3) be initially based on existing quality indicators for physician and hospital
services, which are measured and reported publicly by quality measurement organizations,
including, but not limited to, Minnesota Community Measurement and specialty societies;

(4) place a priority on measures of health care outcomes, rather than process
measures, wherever possible; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(5) incorporate measures for primary care, including preventive services, coronary
artery and heart disease, diabetes, asthma, depression, and other measures as determined
by the commissioner new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (6) ensure that measures are collected and reported by categories of race, ethnicity,
language, and other patient characteristics that are known to be correlated with poorer
health, access, and quality of care for particular groups of patients, so that the data is
useful in identifying and eliminating health disparities; and
new text end

new text begin (7) ensure that measures used for public reporting or payment incentives are
adjusted for patient characteristics that are known to be correlated with poorer health,
access, and quality of care, so that quality reports and payment incentives do not create a
disadvantage for providers who serve high concentrations of patients who experience the
greatest health disparities new text end .

(b) The measures shall be reviewed at least annually by the commissioner.

new text begin (c) The commissioner shall ensure that the data collected is sufficient to allow for
the calculation and reporting of measures by categories of race, ethnicity, language, and
other relevant variables.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62U.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Quality transparency.

The commissioner shall establish standards for
measuring health outcomes, establish a system for risk adjusting quality measures, and
issue annual public reports on provider quality beginning July 1, 2010. new text begin The risk adjustment
system for quality measures must include patient characteristics known to be correlated
with poorer health, access, quality of care, and other relevant variables. new text end By January 1,
2010, physician clinics and hospitals shall submit standardized electronic information
on the outcomes and processes associated with patient care to the commissioner or the
commissioner's designee. In addition to measures of care processes and outcomes, the
report may include other measures designated by the commissioner, including, but not
limited to, care infrastructure and patient satisfaction. The commissioner shall ensure
that any quality data reporting requirements established under this subdivision are not
duplicative of publicly reported, communitywide quality reporting activities currently
under way in Minnesota. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to replace or duplicate
current privately supported activities related to quality measurement and reporting in
Minnesota.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 145.928, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end

new text begin Health disparities. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health, in consultation with
the commissioner of human services, shall complete an assessment of the methods used
by state agencies and the legislature to obtain advice and input from the public on health
care programs, policies, and legislation to determine the extent to which the methods
used are effective in obtaining advice and input from those patients and populations that
experience the greatest health disparities, compared to other patients and populations. The
commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature by December 15, 2013, that includes
the assessment and comparison of existing public input activities and identifies a range
of options for ways of improving public input and advice from patients and populations
experiencing the greatest health disparities.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Citizenship requirements.

(a) Eligibility for medical assistance is limited
to citizens of the United States, qualified noncitizens as defined in this subdivision, and
other persons residing lawfully in the United States. Citizens or nationals of the United
States must cooperate in obtaining satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or
nationality according to the requirements of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005,
Public Law 109-171.

(b) "Qualified noncitizen" means a person who meets one of the following
immigration criteria:

(1) admitted for lawful permanent residence according to United States Code, title 8;

(2) admitted to the United States as a refugee according to United States Code,
title 8, section 1157;

(3) granted asylum according to United States Code, title 8, section 1158;

(4) granted withholding of deportation according to United States Code, title 8,
section 1253(h);

(5) paroled for a period of at least one year according to United States Code, title 8,
section 1182(d)(5);

(6) granted conditional entrant status according to United States Code, title 8,
section 1153(a)(7);

(7) determined to be a battered noncitizen by the United States Attorney General
according to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
title V of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Bill, Public Law 104-200;

(8) is a child of a noncitizen determined to be a battered noncitizen by the United
States Attorney General according to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996, title V, of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Bill,
Public Law 104-200; or

(9) determined to be a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined in section 501(e) of Public
Law 96-422, the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.

(c) All qualified noncitizens who were residing in the United States before August
22, 1996, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for
medical assistance with federal financial participation.

(d) Beginning December 1, 1996, qualified noncitizens who entered the United
States on or after August 22, 1996, and who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements
of this chapter are eligible for medical assistance with federal participation for five years
if they meet one of the following criteria:

(1) refugees admitted to the United States according to United States Code, title 8,
section 1157;

(2) persons granted asylum according to United States Code, title 8, section 1158;

(3) persons granted withholding of deportation according to United States Code,
title 8, section 1253(h);

(4) veterans of the United States armed forces with an honorable discharge for
a reason other than noncitizen status, their spouses and unmarried minor dependent
children; or

(5) persons on active duty in the United States armed forces, other than for training,
their spouses and unmarried minor dependent children.

Beginning July 1, 2010, children and pregnant women who are noncitizens
described in paragraph (b) or who are lawfully present in the United States as defined
in Code of Federal Regulations, title 8, section 103.12, and who otherwise meet
eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for medical assistance with federal
financial participation as provided by the federal Children's Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009, Public Law 111-3.

(e) Nonimmigrants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter
are eligible for the benefits as provided in paragraphs (f) to (h). For purposes of this
subdivision, a "nonimmigrant" is a person in one of the classes listed in United States
Code, title 8, section 1101(a)(15).

(f) Payment shall also be made for care and services that are furnished to noncitizens,
regardless of immigration status, who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of
this chapter, if such care and services are necessary for the treatment of an emergency
medical condition.

(g) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "emergency medical condition" means
a medical condition that meets the requirements of United States Code, title 42, section
1396b(v).

(h)(1) Notwithstanding paragraph (g), services that are necessary for the treatment
of an emergency medical condition are limited to the following:

(i) services delivered in an emergency room or by an ambulance service licensed
under chapter 144E that are directly related to the treatment of an emergency medical
condition;

(ii) services delivered in an inpatient hospital setting following admission from an
emergency room or clinic for an acute emergency condition; and

(iii) follow-up services deleted text begin that are directly related to the original service provided to
treat the emergency medical condition and are covered by the global payment made to the
provider deleted text end new text begin provided after discharge from an emergency room or inpatient hospital setting
that are necessary to prevent recurrence of a medical emergency new text end .

(2) Services for the treatment of emergency medical conditions do not include:

(i) services delivered in an emergency room or inpatient setting to treat a
nonemergency condition;

(ii) organ transplants, stem cell transplants, and related care;

(iii) services for routine prenatal care;

(iv) continuing care, including long-term care, nursing facility services, home
health care, adult day care, day training, or supportive living services new text begin , except follow-up
services in these categories that are covered if they are provided after discharge from an
emergency room or inpatient hospital setting and are necessary to prevent recurrence
of a medical emergency new text end ;

(v) elective surgery;

(vi) outpatient prescription drugs, unless the drugs are administered or dispensed as
part of an emergency room visit;

(vii) preventative health care and family planning services;

(viii) dialysis new text begin , except as medically necessary after discharge from an emergency
room or inpatient hospital setting to prevent recurrence of a medical emergency new text end ;

(ix) chemotherapy or therapeutic radiation services new text begin , except as medically necessary
after discharge from an emergency room or inpatient hospital setting to prevent recurrence
of a medical emergency new text end ;

(x) rehabilitation services;

(xi) physical, occupational, or speech therapy;

(xii) transportation services;

(xiii) case management;

(xiv) prosthetics, orthotics, durable medical equipment, or medical supplies;

(xv) dental services new text begin , except as medically necessary after discharge from an
emergency room or inpatient hospital setting to prevent recurrence of a medical emergency new text end ;

(xvi) hospice care;

(xvii) audiology services and hearing aids;

(xviii) podiatry services;

(xix) chiropractic services;

(xx) immunizations;

(xxi) vision services and eyeglasses;

(xxii) waiver services;

(xxiii) individualized education programs; or

(xxiv) chemical dependency treatment.

new text begin (3) Following treatment for an emergency medical condition treated in an emergency
room or inpatient hospital setting, the patient's physician or dentist may submit a care plan
certification request for necessary follow-up care to the commissioner of human services
medical review agent for approval.
new text end

(i) Beginning July 1, 2009, pregnant noncitizens who are undocumented,
nonimmigrants, or lawfully present in the United States as defined in Code of Federal
Regulations, title 8, section 103.12, are not covered by a group health plan or health
insurance coverage according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 457.310,
and who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of this chapter, are eligible for
medical assistance through the period of pregnancy, including labor and delivery, and 60
days postpartum, to the extent federal funds are available under title XXI of the Social
Security Act, and the state children's health insurance program.

(j) Beginning October 1, 2003, persons who are receiving care and rehabilitation
services from a nonprofit center established to serve victims of torture and are otherwise
ineligible for medical assistance under this chapter are eligible for medical assistance
without federal financial participation. These individuals are eligible only for the period
during which they are receiving services from the center. Individuals eligible under this
paragraph shall not be required to participate in prepaid medical assistance.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.06, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Enrollment in coverage program. new text end

new text begin Persons who are eligible for payment
under subdivision 4, paragraphs (e) and (f), are eligible to enroll in a coverage program
administered by the commissioner under section 256B.0612.
new text end

Sec. 7.

new text begin [256B.0612] HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED PERSONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Enrollment; services. new text end

new text begin Persons who are eligible for payment under
section 256B.06, subdivision 4, paragraphs (e) and (f), are eligible to enroll in the Voyager
health coverage program administered by the commissioner, through which payment shall
be made to enrolled providers for the services authorized in section 256B.06, subdivision 4,
and in this subdivision and subdivision 2, that are medically necessary for treatment of an
emergency medical condition, as defined in section 256B.06, subdivision 4, paragraph (g),
to the extent these services are not otherwise covered under section 256B.06, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin (1) physician services;
new text end

new text begin (2) federally qualified health center services;
new text end

new text begin (3) rural health clinic services;
new text end

new text begin (4) nursing facility services;
new text end

new text begin (5) home and community-based waiver services;
new text end

new text begin (6) dental services;
new text end

new text begin (7) prescription drugs and pharmacy services;
new text end

new text begin (8) mental health services; and
new text end

new text begin (9) care coordination provided by a certified health care home.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Additional services. new text end

new text begin In addition to services that are covered under
subdivision 1 and section 256B.06, subdivision 4, the commissioner may authorize
payment for the additional services listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section
440.225, if determined by the commissioner to be medically necessary for the treatment
of an emergency medical condition after a case review process administered by the
commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Required coverage. new text end

new text begin The services covered under subdivisions 1 and 2 are
covered whether or not the patient previously was treated in an emergency department
or inpatient hospital for the emergency medical condition, if the services are medically
necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition, and the absence of the
services could reasonably be expected to result in:
new text end

new text begin (1) placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy;
new text end

new text begin (2) serious impairment to bodily functions; or
new text end

new text begin (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Contract. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner may contract with a health plan,
provider network, nonprofit coverage program, county or group of counties, or health
care delivery system established under sections 256B.0755 or 256B.0756 to administer
the coverage program authorized under this section, and may delegate to the contractor
the responsibility to perform case reviews and authorize payment. The commissioner
may contract under this subdivision on a capitated or fixed budget basis under which the
contractor is responsible for providing the covered services to eligible persons within
the limits of the capitation or payment amount. The commissioner may also contract
using gain-sharing and risk-sharing methods authorized for demonstration projects
established under sections 256B.0755 and 256B.0756. If the commissioner contracts on a
capitated, fixed-fee payment, or gain-sharing or risk-sharing method, the commissioner
shall withhold up to five percent of the payment amount, to be paid only if the contractor
achieves standards for quality and cost that are comparable to those required of health care
delivery system projects under sections 256B.0755 and 256B.0756.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner shall separate nursing facility services and pharmacy services
from other covered services in order to provide payment for these services under the
commissioner's fee-for-service payment system instead of payment to the contracted
entity. The commissioner may administer the program through a fee-for-service payment
system without a health plan, provider network, coverage program, county or group of
counties, or health care delivery system in rural areas and other regions where these
options are not feasible or appropriate.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner shall ensure that in every case an eligible person is able to
choose to receive covered services, including services covered under subdivision 2, from
an essential community provider, as defined in section 62Q.19, and that the terms of
participation of the essential community provider in the health plan, provider network,
nonprofit coverage program, county or group of counties, or health care delivery system
that has a contract to administer the program under this section are in conformance with
the requirements of section 62Q.19.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Federal match. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall seek federal financial participation
on all services covered under section 256B.06, subdivision 4, and this section to the extent
permitted under federal law. Services for which federal financial participation is not
available shall be paid for through state appropriations provided for this purpose.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Coverage subject to appropriation. new text end

new text begin Coverage under this section shall be
authorized by the commissioner to the extent that appropriations made for this purpose are
sufficient to cover all services. If appropriations are not sufficient to cover all services, the
commissioner may exclude certain services from coverage or limit the number of persons
eligible to receive payment for certain services, or both.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 61. new text end

new text begin Payment for multiple services provided on the same day. new text end

new text begin The
commissioner shall not prohibit payment, including supplemental payments, for mental
health services or dental services provided to a patient by a clinic or health care
professional solely because the mental health or dental services were provided on the same
day as other covered health services furnished by the same provider.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0651, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

new text begin Critical access home care services payment rate. new text end

new text begin Effective for
home care services delivered on or after July 1, 2013, the commissioner shall increase
reimbursements for home care service providers designated by the commissioner to be
critical access home care providers by 30 percent above the reimbursement rate that would
otherwise be paid to the critical access home care provider. The commissioner shall pay
the managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans in an amount sufficient to
reflect increased reimbursement to critical access home care providers as approved by the
commissioner. The commissioner shall designate a home care provider to be a critical
access home care provider if more than 50 percent of the provider's home care patient
encounters per year are with patients who are low-income and uninsured or covered
by medical assistance or MinnesotaCare.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0651, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Critical access provider payment rates. new text end

new text begin Payments for covered services
provided under the MinnesotaCare program shall include critical access and community
health center payment rates and enhancements and special rate methodologies established
under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 30; 256B.0651, subdivision 18; 256B.76,
subdivision 4; and 256B.763.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.76, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Critical access dental providers.

(a) Effective for dental services rendered
on or after January 1, 2002, the commissioner shall increase reimbursements to dentists
and dental clinics deemed by the commissioner to be critical access dental providers.
For dental services rendered on or after July 1, 2007, the commissioner shall increase
reimbursement by deleted text begin 30 deleted text end new text begin 40 new text end percent above the reimbursement rate that would otherwise be
paid to the critical access dental provider. The commissioner shall pay the managed
care plans and county-based purchasing plans in amounts sufficient to reflect increased
reimbursements to critical access dental providers as approved by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner shall designate the following dentists and dental clinics as
critical access dental providers:

(1) nonprofit community clinics that:

(i) have nonprofit status in accordance with chapter 317A;

(ii) have tax exempt status in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, section
501(c)(3);

(iii) are established to provide oral health services to patients who are low income,
uninsured, have special needs, and are underserved;

(iv) have professional staff familiar with the cultural background of the clinic's
patients;

(v) charge for services on a sliding fee scale designed to provide assistance to
low-income patients based on current poverty income guidelines and family size;

(vi) do not restrict access or services because of a patient's financial limitations
or public assistance status; and

(vii) have free care available as needed;

(2) federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and public health clinics;

(3) new text begin city or new text end county owned and operated hospital-based dental clinics;

(4) a dental clinic or dental group owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation in
accordance with chapter 317A with more than 10,000 patient encounters per year with
patients who are uninsured or covered by medical assistance, general assistance medical
care, or MinnesotaCare; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(5) a dental clinic owned and operated by the University of Minnesota or the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (6) privately owned dental clinics or practices, if:
new text end

new text begin (i) the clinic or practice is located within a dental professional shortage area under
Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 5, and United States Code, title 42, section
254E, and is located outside the seven-county metropolitan area;
new text end

new text begin (ii) more than 50 percent of the clinic or practice's patient encounters per year are
with patients who are low-income and uninsured or covered by medical assistance or
MinnesotaCare; and
new text end

new text begin (iii) the level of service provided by the clinic or practice is critical to maintaining
adequate levels of patient access within the service area in which the dentist operates.
new text end

(c) The commissioner may designate a dentist or dental clinic as a critical access
dental provider if the dentist or dental clinic is willing to provide care to patients covered
by medical assistance deleted text begin , general assistance medical care, deleted text end or MinnesotaCare at a level which
significantly increases access to dental care in the service area.

(d) A designated critical access clinic shall receive the reimbursement rate specified
in paragraph (a) for dental services provided off site at a private dental office if the
following requirements are met:

(1) the designated critical access dental clinic is located within a health professional
shortage area as defined under Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 5, and United
States Code, title 42, section 254E, and is located outside the seven-county metropolitan
area;

(2) the designated critical access dental clinic is not able to provide the service
and refers the patient to the off-site dentist;

(3) the service, if provided at the critical access dental clinic, would be reimbursed
at the critical access reimbursement rate;

(4) the dentist and allied dental professionals providing the services off site are
licensed and in good standing under chapter 150A;

(5) the dentist providing the services is enrolled as a medical assistance provider;

(6) the critical access dental clinic submits the claim for services provided off site
and receives the payment for the services; and

(7) the critical access dental clinic maintains dental records for each claim submitted
under this paragraph, including the name of the dentist, the off-site location, and the
license number of the dentist and allied dental professionals providing the services.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.76, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Teledentistry and mobile services. new text end

new text begin Covered dental services provided
remotely using telecommunications equipment or provided in settings outside of a dental
clinic using portable or mobile dental equipment shall be reimbursed at the same rate as if
the service were provided in-person or in a dental clinic.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.763, is amended to read:

256B.763 CRITICAL ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH RATE INCREASE.

(a) For services defined in paragraph (b) and rendered on or after July 1, 2007,
payment rates shall be increased by 23.7 percent over the rates in effect on January 1,
2006, for:

(1) psychiatrists and advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialty;

(2) community mental health centers under section 256B.0625, subdivision 5; and

(3) mental health clinics and centers certified under Minnesota Rules, parts
9520.0750 to 9520.0870, or hospital outpatient psychiatric departments that are designated
as essential community providers under section 62Q.19.

(b) This increase applies to group skills training when provided as a component of
children's therapeutic services and support, psychotherapy, medication management,
evaluation and management, diagnostic assessment, explanation of findings, psychological
testing, neuropsychological services, direction of behavioral aides, and inpatient
consultation.

(c) This increase does not apply to rates that are governed by section 256B.0625,
subdivision 30, or 256B.761, paragraph (b), other cost-based rates, rates that are
negotiated with the county, rates that are established by the federal government, or rates
that increased between January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2005.

(d) The commissioner shall adjust rates paid to prepaid health plans under contract
with the commissioner to reflect the rate increases provided in paragraphs (a), (e), and
(f). The prepaid health plan must pass this rate increase to the providers identified in
paragraphs (a), (e), (f), and (g).

(e) Payment rates shall be increased by 23.7 percent over the rates in effect on
December 31, 2007, for:

(1) medication education services provided on or after January 1, 2008, by adult
rehabilitative mental health services providers certified under section 256B.0623; and

(2) mental health behavioral aide services provided on or after January 1, 2008, by
children's therapeutic services and support providers certified under section 256B.0943.

(f) For services defined in paragraph (b) and rendered on or after January 1, 2008, by
children's therapeutic services and support providers certified under section 256B.0943
and not already included in paragraph (a), payment rates shall be increased by 23.7 percent
over the rates in effect on December 31, 2007.

(g) Payment rates shall be increased by 2.3 percent over the rates in effect on
December 31, 2007, for individual and family skills training provided on or after January
1, 2008, by children's therapeutic services and support providers certified under section
256B.0943.

new text begin (h) In addition to increases provided under paragraphs (a) through (g), payment
rates shall be increased by ten percent for services rendered on or after July 1, 2013, by
community mental health centers under section 256B.0625, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin (i) In addition to the rate increases authorized in this section, payment rates for
services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, shall be increased by ten percent over
the rate in effect on December 31, 2013, for services by psychiatrists and advanced
practice registered nurses with a mental health specialty delivered through a community
mental health center as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 5, or through essential
community providers who are licensed or certified as mental health providers under
section 256B.0623 or 256B.0943, or Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0750 to 9520.0870.
new text end

Sec. 14. new text begin OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE.
new text end

new text begin For the biennium ending June 30, 2015, the payment for outreach and enrollment
assistance services resulting in a successful enrollment in medical assistance or
MinnesotaCare is $250.
new text end

Sec. 15. new text begin FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SUBSIDY.
new text end

new text begin For the biennium ending June 30, 2015, $5,000,000 per year is appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of health for subsidies for federally qualified health
centers under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9269.
new text end

Sec. 16. new text begin MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COSTS.
new text end

new text begin For the biennium ending June 30, 2015, $....... per year is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of health for distribution under Minnesota Statutes,
section 62J.692, subdivision 4.
new text end

Sec. 17. new text begin HEALTH DISPARITIES PAYMENT ENHANCEMENT.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of human services shall develop a methodology to pay a higher
payment rate for health care providers and services that takes into consideration the higher
cost, complexity, and resources needed to serve patients and populations who experience
the greatest health disparities in order to achieve the same health and quality outcomes that
are achieved for other patients and populations. The commissioner shall submit a report
and recommendations to the legislature by December 15, 2013, including the proposed
methodology for providing a health disparities payment adjustment.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and $....... for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2015, are appropriated from the health care access fund to the commissioner
of human services for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, sections 256B.06, subdivision
4, and 256B.0612.
new text end