SF 3079

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/05/2020 09:05am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; prohibiting the commissioner of human services from
imposing new or additional reporting requirements on community-based mental
health service providers unless the commissioner first increases reimbursement
rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245.4682, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245.4682, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

General provisions.

(a) In the design and implementation of reforms to the
mental health system, the commissioner shall:

(1) consult with consumers, families, counties, tribes, advocates, providers, and other
stakeholders;

(2) bring to the legislature, and the State Advisory Council on Mental Health, by January
15, 2008, recommendations for legislation to update the role of counties and to clarify the
case management roles, functions, and decision-making authority of health plans and
counties, and to clarify county retention of the responsibility for the delivery of social
services as required under subdivision 3, paragraph (a);

(3) withhold implementation of any recommended changes in case management roles,
functions, and decision-making authority until after the release of the report due January
15, 2008;

(4) ensure continuity of care for persons affected by these reforms including ensuring
client choice of provider by requiring broad provider networks and developing mechanisms
to facilitate a smooth transition of service responsibilities;

(5) provide accountability for the efficient and effective use of public and private
resources in achieving positive outcomes for consumers;

(6) ensure client access to applicable protections and appeals; and

(7) make budget transfers necessary to implement the reallocation of services and client
responsibilities between counties and health care programs that do not increase the state
and county costs and efficiently allocate state funds.

(b) When making transfers under paragraph (a) necessary to implement movement of
responsibility for clients and services between counties and health care programs, the
commissioner, in consultation with counties, shall ensure that any transfer of state grants
to health care programs, including the value of case management transfer grants under
section 256B.0625, subdivision 20, does not exceed the value of the services being transferred
for the latest 12-month period for which data is available. The commissioner may make
quarterly adjustments based on the availability of additional data during the first four quarters
after the transfers first occur. If case management transfer grants under section 256B.0625,
subdivision 20, are repealed and the value, based on the last year prior to repeal, exceeds
the value of the services being transferred, the difference becomes an ongoing part of each
county's adult mental health grants under sections 245.4661 and 256E.12.

(c) This appropriation is not authorized to be expended after December 31, 2010, unless
approved by the legislature.

new text begin (d) Beginning July 1, 2020, the commissioner of human services shall not impose new
or additional state reporting requirements to those existing in law as of July 1, 2020, for
community-based mental health service providers as a condition for reimbursement for
mental health services provided through medical assistance or MinnesotaCare, unless the
corresponding service reimbursement rates are first increased. This provision does not apply
to any new services offered by community-based mental health service providers after July
1, 2020.
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