1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing a reimbursement option for federally qualified 
1.3 	health centers and rural health clinics for dual eligibles; appropriating money for 
1.4 	subsidies to federally qualified health centers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.5 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 57.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, subdivision 57, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 57.Payment for Part B Medicare crossover claims. (a) Effective for services 
1.10 	provided on or after January 1, 2012, medical assistance payment for an enrollee's 
1.11 	cost-sharing associated with Medicare Part B is limited to an amount up to the medical 
1.12 	assistance total allowed, when the medical assistance rate exceeds the amount paid by 
1.13 	Medicare.
1.14 	(b) Excluded from this limitation are payments for mental health services and payments 
1.15 	for dialysis services provided to end-stage renal disease patients. The exclusion for mental 
1.16 	health services does not apply to payments for physician services provided by psychiatrists 
1.17 	and advanced practice nurses with a specialty in mental health.
1.18 	(c) Excluded from this limitation are payments to federally qualified health centers and 
1.19 	rural health clinics.
1.20 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a federally qualified health center or rural health 
1.21 	clinic may elect to be paid for services provided on or after January 1, 2018, according to 
1.22 	paragraph (a) or under the system described in subdivision 30.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 are appropriated from 
2.3 	the general fund to the commissioner of health to distribute as subsidies to federally qualified 
2.4 	health centers under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.9269.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.