Minnesota SF 2542: Omnibus Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate policy bill

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to human services; modifying payment methodologies for certain enteral​
1.3 nutrition equipment and supplies; modifying processes for establishing payment​
1.4 rates for certain medical equipment and supplies; amending Minnesota Statutes​
1.5 2024, section 256B.766.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.766, is amended to read:​
1.8 256B.766 REIMBURSEMENT FOR BASIC CARE SERVICES.​
1.9 Subdivision 1.Payment reductions for base care services effective July 1, 2009.(a)​
1.10 Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2009, total payments for basic care services,​
1.11 shall be reduced by three percent, except that for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30,​
1.12 2011, total payments shall be reduced by 4.5 percent for the medical assistance and general​
1.13 assistance medical care programs, prior to third-party liability and spenddown calculation.​
1.14 Subd. 2.Classification of therapies as basic care services.Effective July 1, 2010, The​
1.15 commissioner shall classify physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, and​
1.16 speech-language pathology and related services as basic care services. The reduction in this​
1.17 paragraph subdivision 1 shall apply to physical therapy services, occupational therapy​
1.18 services, and speech-language pathology and related services provided on or after July 1,​
1.19 2010.​
1.20 Subd. 3.Payment reductions to managed care plans effective October 1, 2009.(b)​
1.21 Payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans shall be reduced​
1.22 for services provided on or after October 1, 2009, to reflect the reduction in subdivision 1​
1​Section 1.​
25-04010 as introduced​02/19/25 REVISOR AGW/CH​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2542​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​770​03/13/2025​
Referred to Human Services​
See First Special Session, HF2​

2.1 effective July 1, 2009, and payments made to the plans shall be reduced effective October​
2.2 1, 2010, to reflect the reduction in subdivision 1 effective July 1, 2010.​
2.3 Subd. 4.Temporary payment reductions effective September 1, 2011.(c) (a) Effective​
2.4 for services provided on or after September 1, 2011, through June 30, 2013, total payments​
2.5 for outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by five percent from the rates in effect​
2.6 on August 31, 2011.​
2.7 (d) (b) Effective for services provided on or after September 1, 2011, through June 30,​
2.8 2013, total payments for ambulatory surgery centers facility fees, medical supplies and​
2.9 durable medical equipment not subject to a volume purchase contract, prosthetics and​
2.10 orthotics, renal dialysis services, laboratory services, public health nursing services, physical​
2.11 therapy services, occupational therapy services, speech therapy services, eyeglasses not​
2.12 subject to a volume purchase contract, hearing aids not subject to a volume purchase contract,​
2.13 and anesthesia services shall be reduced by three percent from the rates in effect on August​
2.14 31, 2011.​
2.15 Subd. 5.Payment increases effective September 1, 2014.(e) (a) Effective for services​
2.16 provided on or after September 1, 2014, payments for ambulatory surgery centers facility​
2.17 fees, hospice services, renal dialysis services, laboratory services, public health nursing​
2.18 services, eyeglasses not subject to a volume purchase contract, and hearing aids not subject​
2.19 to a volume purchase contract shall be increased by three percent and payments for outpatient​
2.20 hospital facility fees shall be increased by three percent.​
2.21 (b) Payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans shall not​
2.22 be adjusted to reflect payments under this paragraph subdivision.​
2.23 Subd. 6.Temporary payment reductions effective July 1, 2014.(f) Payments for​
2.24 medical supplies and durable medical equipment not subject to a volume purchase contract,​
2.25 and prosthetics and orthotics, provided on or after July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, shall​
2.26 be decreased by .33 percent.​
2.27 Subd. 7.Payment increases effective July 1, 2015.(a) Payments for medical supplies​
2.28 and durable medical equipment not subject to a volume purchase contract, and prosthetics​
2.29 and orthotics, provided on or after July 1, 2015, shall be increased by three percent from​
2.30 the rates as determined under paragraphs (i) and (j) subdivisions 9 and 10.​
2.31 (g) (b) Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2015, payments for outpatient​
2.32 hospital facility fees, medical supplies and durable medical equipment not subject to a​
2.33 volume purchase contract, prosthetics, and orthotics to a hospital meeting the criteria specified​
2​Section 1.​
25-04010 as introduced​02/19/25 REVISOR AGW/CH​

3.1 in section 62Q.19, subdivision