2005 Minnesota Statutes

     256B.05 Administration by county agencies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Administration of medical assistance.  
 The county agencies shall administer medical assistance in their 
 respective counties under the supervision of the state agency 
 and the commissioner of human services as specified in section 
 256.01, and shall make such reports, prepare such statistics, 
 and keep such records and accounts in relation to medical 
 assistance as the state agency may require under section 256.01, 
 subdivision 2, paragraph (17). 

    Subd. 2.    Fee or charges.  In administering the 
 medical assistance program, no local social services agency 
 shall pay a fee or charge for medical, dental, surgical, 
 hospital, nursing, licensed nursing home care, medicine, or 
 medical supplies in excess of the schedules of maximum fees and 
 charges as established by the state agency.  

    Subd. 3.    Maximum allowances.  Notwithstanding the 
 provisions of subdivision 2, the commissioner of human services 
 shall establish a schedule of maximum allowances to be paid by 
 the state on behalf of recipients of medical assistance toward 
 fees charged for services rendered such medical assistance 
 recipients.  

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 2 s 164 

    HIST: Ex1967 c 16 s 5; 1971 c 961 s 28; 1982 c 640 s 4; 1984 c 
 580 s 3; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1988 c 719 art 8 s 13; 1989 c 89 
 s 10; 1994 c 631 s 31