Minnesota Legislature
HF 1703
1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/09/2017 10:58am
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A bill for an act
relating to health care; increasing the medical assistance reimbursement rate for
public health nurse home visits; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 256B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[256B.7635] REIMBURSEMENT FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSE HOME VISITS.
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Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2018, prenatal and postpartum
follow-up home visits provided by public health nurses or registered nurses supervised by
a public health nurse using evidence-based models shall be paid a minimum of $140 per
visit. Evidence-based postpartum follow-up home visits must be administered by home
visiting programs that meet the United States Department of Health and Human Services
criteria for evidence-based models and are identified by the commissioner of health as
eligible to be implemented under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
program. Home visits must target mothers and their children beginning with prenatal visits
through age three for the child.
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