1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; providing medical assistance coverage of psychiatric
1.3 Collaborative Care Model; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0671,
1.4 by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0671, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7to read:
1.8 Subd. 14.Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model.(a) Medical assistance covers the
1.9psychiatric Collaborative Care Model for clients.
1.10 (b) "Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model" means the evidence-based, integrated
1.11behavioral health service delivery method described at Federal Register, volume 81, page
1.1280230, provided through a formal collaborative arrangement among a primary care team
1.13consisting of a primary care provider, a care manager, and a psychiatric consultant. The
1.14psychiatric Collaborative Care Model includes but is not limited to the following elements:
1.15 (1) care directed by the primary care team;
1.16 (2) structured care management;
1.17 (3) regular assessments of clinical status using validated tools; and
1.18 (4) modification of treatment as appropriate.
1.19 (c) Medical assistance covers the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model for clients when
1.20the following Current Procedural Terminology or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
1.21System billing codes are used:
1Section 1.
25-00795 as introduced12/02/24 REVISOR AGW/BM
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 8NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (1) 99492;
2.2 (2) 99493;
2.3 (3) 99494;
2.4 (4) G2214; and
2.5 (5) G0512.
2.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, or upon federal approval,
2.7whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes
2.8when federal approval is obtained.
2Section 1.
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