HF 802 THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Article 1 General Assistance Medical Care

Section 1. Mental health urgent care and psychiatric consultation services included in re-design of behavioral health hospitals and Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center, and terms defined.

Section 2. Payments date changed.

Section 3. Quarterly payment adjustment provisions modified.

Section 4. Prior authorization of drugs exemption provided.

Section 5. Antipsychotic and attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications regulations provided for pediatric patients.

Section 6. Refusal of care to general assistance medical care patients prohibited by hospitals or providers in a coordinated care delivery system.

Section 7. Scope date of medical assistance extended.

Section 8. Hennepin County and Ramsey County intergovernmental transfers provisions modified, and medical assistance capitation payments provisions modified.

Section 9. Federal approval required to expand definition of eligible nonstate government hospitals in intergovernmental transfers program, and inpatient hospital payments provisions modified.

Section 10. Ombudsperson designation required to advocate for persons enrolled in a coordinated care delivery system.

Section 11. General assistance medical care prescription drug eligibility provisions modified.

Section 12. General assistance medical care eligibility provisions modified, ineligible groups defined, enrollment procedures described, services described, payment rates and contracts modified, coordinated care delivery system hospitals contract provisions and requirements provided, rate set, temporary uncompensated care pool established, prescription drug pool established, and assistance for veterans provided.

Section 13. Effective date of coverage modified.

Section 14. Renewal of eligibility provisions modified.

Section 15. General assistance medical care retroactive coverage provisions modified.

Section 16. Marriage license fee disposition provisions modified.

Section 17. Drug rebate program administration continued for general assistance medical care eligible persons.

Section 18. Transitional MinnesotaCare phaseout provisions modified.

Section 19. Certain Minnesota statutes edited to remove references to the general assistance medical care program.

Section 20. Statutes repealed.

Article 2 Appropriations

Section 1. Human services appropriations provided for 2010 and 2011.

Section 2. Human services general and health care access fund appropriations provided.
Subd 2. Children support enforcement grants funding provided.
Subd 3. Children and economic assistance operations funding provided.
Subd 4. Basic health care grants funding provided for MinnesotaCare, Medical
Assistance basic health care, and General Assistance Medical Care.
Subd 5. Health care management funding provided and health care administration base
reduced.
Subd 6. Continuing care grants funding provided.
a) Mental health grants provided.
b) HIV grants provided.
Subd 7. Continuing care management funding provided.
Subd 8. Onetime transfer from health care access fund to the general fund provided, and transfer from consolidated chemical dependency fund to the general fund provided.