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HF 3588

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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A bill for an act
 relating to human services; increasing rates for medical assistance coverage
of special transportation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
256B.0625, subdivision 17.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17, is amended to
read:


Subd. 17.

Transportation costs.

(a) Medical assistance covers transportation costs
incurred solely for obtaining emergency medical care or transportation costs incurred
by eligible persons in obtaining emergency or nonemergency medical care when paid
directly to an ambulance company, common carrier, or other recognized providers of
transportation services.

(b) Medical assistance covers special transportation, as defined in Minnesota Rules,
part 9505.0315, subpart 1, item F, if the recipient has a physical or mental impairment that
would prohibit the recipient from safely accessing and using a bus, taxi, other commercial
transportation, or private automobile.

The commissioner may use an order by the recipient's attending physician to certify that
the recipient requires special transportation services. Special transportation includes
driver-assisted service to eligible individuals. Driver-assisted service includes passenger
pickup at and return to the individual's residence or place of business, assistance with
admittance of the individual to the medical facility, and assistance in passenger securement
or in securing of wheelchairs or stretchers in the vehicle. Special transportation providers
must obtain written documentation from the health care service provider who is serving
the recipient being transported, identifying the time that the recipient arrived. Special
transportation providers may not bill for separate base rates for the continuation of a trip
beyond the original destination. Special transportation providers must take recipients
to the nearest appropriate health care provider, using the deleted text begin most directdeleted text end new text begin quickestnew text end route
availablenew text begin as determined by a commercially available mileage software program approved
by the commissionernew text end . The maximum medical assistance reimbursement rates for special
transportation services are:

(1) deleted text begin $17deleted text end new text begin $18new text end for the base rate and deleted text begin $1.35deleted text end new text begin $1.55new text end per mile for services to eligible persons
who need a wheelchair-accessible van;

(2) deleted text begin $11.50deleted text end new text begin $12.50new text end for the base rate and deleted text begin $1.30deleted text end new text begin $1.45new text end per mile for services to eligible
persons who do not need a wheelchair-accessible van; and

(3) deleted text begin $60deleted text end new text begin $65new text end for the base rate and deleted text begin $2.40deleted text end new text begin $3new text end per mile, and an attendant rate of deleted text begin $9deleted text end new text begin $12new text end
per trip, for services to eligible persons who need a stretcher-accessible vehicle.