1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing reimbursement
1.3 	rates for community mental health centers and clinics;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5 	chapter 256B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [256B.763] MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND CLINICS
1.8 	REIMBURSEMENT.
1.9 	(a) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1,
1.10 	2005, payment rates for:  (1) community mental health center
1.11 	services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 5; and (2)
1.12 	services provided by mental health clinics and centers certified
1.13 	under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0750 to 9520.0870, or hospital
1.14 	outpatient psychiatric departments that are designated as
1.15 	essential community providers under section 62Q.19, shall be
1.16 	increased by 20 percent over the rates in effect on January 1,
1.17 	2004.  This increase does not apply to services with rates
1.18 	negotiated with the county or that received increases between
1.19 	January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2005.  This reimbursement
1.20 	increase shall be in addition to any other reimbursement
1.21 	increases enacted by the 2005 legislature.
1.22 	(b) The commissioner shall adjust rates paid to prepaid
1.23 	health plans under contract with the commissioner to reflect the
1.24 	rate increases provided in paragraph (a) effective for services
1.25 	rendered on or after January 1, 2006.  The prepaid health plan
2.1 	must pass this rate increase to the providers identified in
2.2 	paragraph (a).