2025 Minnesota Statutes

254B.052 PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES REQUIREMENTS.

Subdivision 1.Peer recovery support services; service requirements.

(a) Peer recovery support services are face-to-face interactions between a recovery peer and a client, on a one-on-one basis, in which specific goals identified in an individual recovery plan, treatment plan, or stabilization plan are discussed and addressed. Peer recovery support services are provided to promote a client's recovery goals, self-sufficiency, self-advocacy, and development of natural supports and to support maintenance of a client's recovery.

(b) Peer recovery support services must be provided according to an individual recovery plan if provided by a recovery community organization or county, a treatment plan if provided in a substance use disorder treatment program under chapter 245G, or a stabilization plan if provided by a withdrawal management program under chapter 245F.

(c) A client receiving peer recovery support services must participate in the services voluntarily. Any program that incorporates peer recovery support services must provide written notice to the client that peer recovery support services will be provided.

(d) Peer recovery support services may not be provided to a client residing with or employed by a recovery peer from whom they receive services.

Subd. 2.Individual recovery plan.

(a) The individual recovery plan must be developed with the client and must be completed within the first three sessions with a recovery peer.

(b) The recovery peer must document how each session ties into the client's individual recovery plan. The individual recovery plan must be updated as needed. The individual recovery plan must include:

(1) the client's name;

(2) the recovery peer's name;

(3) the name of the recovery peer's supervisor;

(4) the client's recovery goals;

(5) the client's resources and assets to support recovery;

(6) activities that may support meeting identified goals; and

(7) the planned frequency of peer recovery support services sessions between the recovery peer and the client.

Subd. 3.Eligible vendor documentation requirements.

An eligible vendor of peer recovery support services under section 254B.0501 must keep a secure file for each individual receiving medical assistance peer recovery support services. The file must include, at a minimum:

(1) the client's comprehensive assessment under section 245G.05 that led to the client's referral for peer recovery support services;

(2) the client's individual recovery plan; and

(3) documentation of each billed peer recovery support services interaction between the client and the recovery peer, including the date, start and end time with a.m. and p.m. designations, the client's response, and the name of the recovery peer who provided the service.

Subd. 4.Recovery community organization vendor compliance training.

(a) Effective January 1, 2027, in order to enroll as an eligible vendor of peer recovery support services, a recovery community organization must require all owners active in day-to-day management and operations of the organization and managerial and supervisory employees to complete compliance training before applying for enrollment and every three years thereafter. Mandatory compliance training format and content must be determined by the commissioner, and must include the following topics:

(1) state and federal program billing, documentation, and service delivery requirements;

(2) eligible vendor enrollment requirements;

(3) provider program integrity, including fraud prevention, fraud detection, and penalties;

(4) fair labor standards;

(5) workplace safety requirements; and

(6) recent changes in service requirements.

(b) Any new owners active in day-to-day management and operations of the organization and managerial and supervisory employees must complete the training under this subdivision in order to be employed by or conduct management and operations activities for the organization. If the individual moves to another recovery community organization and serves in a similar ownership or employment capacity, the individual is not required to repeat the training required under this subdivision if the individual documents completion of the training within the past three years.

(c) By July 1, 2026, the commissioner must make the training required under this subdivision available in person, online, or by electronic remote connection.

(d) A recovery community organization enrolled as an eligible vendor before January 1, 2027, must document completion of the compliance training as required under this subdivision by January 1, 2028, and every three years thereafter.

Subd. 5.Complaints.

Any complaints about a recovery community organization or peer recovery support services may be made to and reviewed or investigated by the ombudsperson for behavioral health and developmental disabilities under sections 245.91 and 245.94.

Subd. 6.Monetary recovery.

Peer recovery support services not provided in accordance with this section are subject to monetary recovery under section 256B.064 as money improperly paid.

History:

2024 c 125 art 3 s 9; 2024 c 127 art 48 s 9; 1Sp2025 c 9 art 4 s 35,55