2008 Minnesota Statutes

256B.0945 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE.

Subdivision 1.Residential services; provider qualifications.

Counties must arrange to provide residential services for children with severe emotional disturbance according to sections 245.4882, 245.4885, and this section. Services must be provided by a facility that is licensed according to section 245.4882 and administrative rules promulgated thereunder, and under contract with the county.

Subd. 2.Covered services.

All services must be included in a child's individualized treatment or multiagency plan of care as defined in chapter 245.

For facilities that are not institutions for mental diseases according to federal statute and regulation, medical assistance covers mental health-related services that are required to be provided by a residential facility under section 245.4882 and administrative rules promulgated thereunder, except for room and board.

Subd. 3.Centralized disbursement of medical assistance payments.

Notwithstanding section 256B.041, county payments for the cost of residential services provided under this section shall not be made to the commissioner of finance.

Subd. 4.Payment rates.

(a) Notwithstanding sections 256B.19 and 256B.041, payments to counties for residential services provided by a residential facility shall only be made of federal earnings for services provided under this section, and the nonfederal share of costs for services provided under this section shall be paid by the county from sources other than federal funds or funds used to match other federal funds. Payment to counties for services provided according to this section shall be a proportion of the per day contract rate that relates to rehabilitative mental health services and shall not include payment for costs or services that are billed to the IV-E program as room and board.

(b) Per diem rates paid to providers under this section by prepaid plans shall be the proportion of the per-day contract rate that relates to rehabilitative mental health services and shall not include payment for group foster care costs or services that are billed to the county of financial responsibility.

(c) The commissioner shall set aside a portion not to exceed five percent of the federal funds earned for county expenditures under this section to cover the state costs of administering this section. Any unexpended funds from the set-aside shall be distributed to the counties in proportion to their earnings under this section.

Subd. 5.

[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 16 s 17]

Subd. 6.

[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 16 s 17]

Subd. 7.

[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 16 s 17]

Subd. 8.

[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 16 s 17]

Subd. 9.

[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 16 s 17]

Subd. 10.

[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 4 s 24]

History:

1999 c 245 art 8 s 9; 2000 c 340 s 4-11; 2002 c 277 s 19; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 4 s 10,11; art 11 s 11; 2006 c 282 art 16 s 7; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 23