1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; changing mental health diagnostic assessment 
1.3 	payments into a three-tier budget-neutral rate structure for medical assistance 
1.4 	reimbursement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.761.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.761, is amended to read:
1.7 	256B.761 REIMBURSEMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
1.8 	(a) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 2001, payment for medication 
1.9 	management provided to psychiatric patients, outpatient mental health services, day 
1.10 	treatment services, home-based mental health services, and family community support 
1.11 	services shall be paid at the lower of (1) submitted charges, or (2) 75.6 percent of the 
1.12 	50th percentile of 1999 charges.
1.13 	(b) Effective July 1, 2001, the medical assistance rates for outpatient mental health 
1.14 	services provided by an entity that operates: (1) a Medicare-certified comprehensive 
1.15 	outpatient rehabilitation facility; and (2) a facility that was certified prior to January 1, 
1.16 	1993, with at least 33 percent of the clients receiving rehabilitation services in the most 
1.17 	recent calendar year who are medical assistance recipients, will be increased by 38 percent, 
1.18 	when those services are provided within the comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation 
1.19 	facility and provided to residents of nursing facilities owned by the entity.
1.20 	(c) The commissioner shall establish three levels of payment for mental health 
1.21 	diagnostic assessment, based on three levels of complexity. The aggregate payment under 
1.22 	the tiered rates must not exceed the projected aggregate payments for mental health 
1.23 	diagnostic assessment under the previous single rate. The new rate structure is effective 
1.24 	January 1, 2011, or upon federal approval, whichever is later.