1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring use of generally accepted accounting 
1.3 	principles in medical assistance reporting;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 256B.69, subdivision 9.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.69, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 9.Reporting. (a) Each demonstration provider shall submit information as 
1.8 	required by the commissioner, including data required for assessing client satisfaction, 
1.9 	quality of care, cost, and utilization of services for purposes of project evaluation. The 
1.10 	commissioner shall also develop methods of data reporting and collection in order to 
1.11 	provide aggregate enrollee information on encounters and outcomes to determine access 
1.12 	and quality assurance. Required information shall be specified before the commissioner 
1.13 	contracts with a demonstration provider.
1.14 	(b) Aggregate nonpersonally identifiable health plan encounter data, aggregate 
1.15 	spending data for major categories of service as reported to the commissioners of 
1.16 	health and commerce under section 62D.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), and criteria for 
1.17 	service authorization and service use are public data that the commissioner shall make 
1.18 	available and use in public reports. The commissioner shall require each health plan and 
1.19 	county-based purchasing plan to provide:
1.20 	(1) encounter data for each service provided, using standard codes and unit of 
1.21 	service definitions set by the commissioner, in a form that the commissioner can report by 
1.22 	age, eligibility groups, and health plan; and
2.1 	(2) criteria, written policies, and procedures required to be disclosed under section 
2.2 	62M.10, subdivision 7, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 438.210(b)(1), used 
2.3 	for each type of service for which authorization is required.
2.4 	(c) All financial reporting, including administrative expenses, under this section or 
2.5 	section 256B.692 must be reported in compliance with generally accepted accounting 
2.6 	principles.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.