Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 191-H.F.No. 1221 
           An act relating to education; allowing school 
          districts to be considered providers under the state 
          medical assistance plan; proposing coding for new law 
          in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  [124.90] [MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBILITY.] A school district may enroll 
as a provider in the medical assistance program and receive 
medical assistance payments for covered special education 
services provided to persons eligible for medical assistance 
under chapter 256B.  To receive medical assistance payments, the 
school district must comply with relevant provisions of state 
and federal statutes and regulations governing the medical 
assistance program. 
    Subd. 2.  [FUNDING.] A school district that provides a 
covered service to an eligible person and complies with relevant 
requirements of the medical assistance program shall be entitled 
to receive payment for the service provided, including that 
portion of the payment that will subsequently be reimbursed by 
the federal government, in the same manner as other medical 
assistance providers.  The school district is not required to 
provide matching funds or pay part of the costs of the service, 
as long as the rate charged for the service does not exceed 
medical assistance limits that apply to all medical assistance 
providers. 
    Subd. 3.  [CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.] A school district may 
contract for the provision of medical assistance-covered 
services, and may contract with a third party agency to assist 
in administering and billing for these services. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective July 1, 1989. 
    Presented to the governor May 18, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 19, 1989, 8:46 p.m.