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SF 3196

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to health; specifying criteria for coverage of medical assistance special
transportation services; increasing special transportation reimbursement rates;
extending the prohibition on the use of brokers or coordinators to manage special
transportation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section
256B.0625, subdivision 17.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, 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 available.
The maximum medical assistance reimbursement rates for special transportation services
are:

(1) deleted text begin $17deleted text end new text begin $.......new text end for the base rate and deleted text begin $1.35deleted text end new text begin $.......new 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 $.......new text end for the base rate and deleted text begin $1.30deleted text end new text begin $.......new text end per mile for services to eligible
persons who do not need a wheelchair-accessible van; and

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