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SF 2754

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/25/2016 08:32am

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A bill for an act
 relating to human services; increasing the payment rates for primary care services
for medical assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 256B.76, subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.76, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Payment for deleted text begin certaindeleted text end primary care services deleted text begin and immunization
administrationdeleted text end .

new text begin (a) new text end Payment new text begin rates new text end for deleted text begin certaindeleted text end primary care services deleted text begin and immunization
administration servicesdeleted text end rendered on or after deleted text begin January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2014,
shall be made in accordance with section 1902(a)(13) of the Social Security Actdeleted text end new text begin July 1,
2016, shall be increased by five percent over the payment rate in effect on June 30, 2016.
Payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans for primary
care services identified in paragraph (b), rendered on or after January 1, 2017, shall be
increased by five percent to reflect this increase, and the plans are required to pass on the
full amount of the rate increase for the primary care services identified in paragraph (b)new text end .

new text begin (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "primary care services" means services
provided at preventive medicine visits or family planning visits that are billed by a
physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who is in a family
planning agency, general practice, general internal medicine practice, general pediatric
practice, general geriatric practice, or family medicine practice.
 new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the health care access fund to the
commissioner of human services for the payment increase to primary care services under
Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.76, subdivision 7. The base for this appropriation is
$....... in fiscal year 2018 and $....... in fiscal year 2019.
 new text end