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MN Stat § 256B.767 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.767 — Medicare Payment Limit.

256B.767 MEDICARE PAYMENT LIMIT. (a) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 2010, fee-for-service payment rates for physician and professional services under section 256B.76, subdivision 1, and basic care services subject to the rate reduction specified in section 256B.766, shall not exceed the Medicare payment rate for the applicable service, as adjusted for any changes in Medicare payment rates after July 1, 2010. The commissioner shall implement this section after any other rate adjustment that is effective July 1, 2010, and shall reduce rates under this section by first reducing or eliminating provider rate add-ons. (b) This section does not apply to services provided by advanced practice certified nurse midwives licensed under chapter 148 or traditional midwives licensed under chapter 147D. Notwithstanding this exemption, medical assistance fee-for-service payment rates for advanced practice certified nurse midwives and licensed traditional midwives shall equal and shall not exceed the medical assistance payment rate to physicians for the applicable service. (c) This section does not apply to mental health services or physician services billed by a psychiatrist or an advanced practice registered nurse with a specialty in mental health. (d) Effective July 1, 2015, this section shall not apply to durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies. (e) This section does not apply to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and related services, and basic care services provided by a hospital meeting the criteria specified in section 62Q.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (4). History:  1Sp2010 c 1 art 16 s 29; 2013 c 108 art 6 s 31; 2014 c 312 art 24 s 41; 2015 c 71 art 11 s 44
MN Stat § 256B.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.78 — Demonstration Project For Family Planning Services.

256B.78 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES. (a) The commissioner of human services shall establish a medical assistance demonstration project to determine whether improved access to coverage of prepregnancy family planning services reduces medical assistance and MFIP costs. (b) To be eligible for the medical assistance demonstration project, an individual must have family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, except that for an individual under age 21, only the income of the individual must be considered in determining eligibility. Services under this program must be available on a presumptive eligibility basis. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 2 s 55; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 80
MN Stat § 256B.795 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.795 — Maternal And Infant Health Report.

256B.795 MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH REPORT. (a) The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall submit a biennial report beginning April 15, 2022, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health policy and finance on the effectiveness of state maternal and infant health policies and programs addressing health disparities in prenatal and postpartum health outcomes. For each reporting period, the commissioner shall determine the number of women enrolled in the medical assistance program who are pregnant or are in the 12-month postpartum period of eligibility and the percentage of women in that group who, during each reporting period: (1) received prenatal services; (2) received doula services; (3) gave birth by primary cesarean section; (4) gave birth to an infant who received care in the neonatal intensive care unit; (5) gave birth to an infant who was premature or who had a low birth weight; (6) experienced postpartum hemorrhage; (7) received postpartum care within six weeks of giving birth; and (8) received a prenatal and postpartum follow-up home visit from a public health nurse. (b) These measurements must be determined through an analysis of the utilization data from claims submitted during each reporting period and by any other appropriate means. The measurements for each metric must be determined in the aggregate stratified by race and ethnicity. (c) The commissioner shall establish a baseline for the metrics described in paragraph (a) using calendar year 2017. The initial report due April 15, 2022, must contain the baseline metrics and the metrics data for calendar years 2019 and 2020. The following reports due biennially thereafter must contain the metrics for the preceding two calendar years. History:   1Sp2021 c 7 art 1 s 26
MN Stat § 256B.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.81 — Mental Health Provider Appeal Process.

256B.81 MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER APPEAL PROCESS. If a county contract or certification is required to enroll as an authorized provider of mental health services under medical assistance, and if a county refuses to grant the necessary contract or certification, the provider may appeal the county decision to the commissioner. A recipient may initiate an appeal on behalf of a provider who has been denied certification. The commissioner shall determine whether the provider meets applicable standards under state laws and rules based on an independent review of the facts, including comments from the county review. If the commissioner finds that the provider meets the applicable standards, the commissioner shall enroll the provider as an authorized provider. The commissioner shall develop procedures for providers and recipients to appeal a county decision to refuse to enroll a provider. After the commissioner makes a decision regarding an appeal, the county, provider, or recipient may request that the commissioner reconsider the commissioner's initial decision. The commissioner's reconsideration decision is final and not subject to further appeal. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 9 s 44; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
MN Stat § 256B.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.82 — Prepaid Plans And Mental Health Rehabilitative Services.

256B.82 PREPAID PLANS AND MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATIVE SERVICES. Medical assistance and MinnesotaCare prepaid health plans may include coverage for adult mental health rehabilitative services under section 256B.0623, intensive rehabilitative services under section 256B.0622, and adult mental health crisis response services under section 256B.0624, beginning January 1, 2005. By January 15, 2004, the commissioner shall report to the legislature how these services should be included in prepaid plans. The commissioner shall consult with mental health advocates, health plans, and counties in developing this report. The report recommendations must include a plan to ensure coordination of these services between health plans and counties, assure recipient access to essential community providers, and monitor the health plans' delivery of services through utilization review and quality standards. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 9 s 45; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 51
MN Stat § 256B.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256B — Medical Assistance For Needy Persons|Section 256B.84 — American Indian Contracting Provisions.

256B.84 AMERICAN INDIAN CONTRACTING PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding other state laws or rules, Indian health services and agencies operated by Indian tribes are not required to have a county contract or county certification to enroll as providers of adult rehabilitative mental health services under section 256B.0623; and adult mental health crisis response services under section 256B.0624. In order to enroll as providers of these services, Indian health services and agencies operated by Indian tribes must meet the vendor of medical care requirements in section 256B.02, subdivision 7. History:  2002 c 275 s 7; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 4 s 23
MN Stat § 256C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.01 — Position Of The State With Regard To People Who Are Blind And People With A Disability.

256C.01 POSITION OF THE STATE WITH REGARD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY. The state of Minnesota shall encourage and enable people who are blind, or people with a visual or physical disability to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment. People who are blind, or people with a visual or physical disability shall be employed by the state, its political subdivisions, the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved. History:  1969 c 900 s 1; 1971 c 70 s 3; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121
MN Stat § 256C.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.02 — Public Accommodations.

256C.02 PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. People who are blind or people with a visual or physical disability have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places; and are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, boats, or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation, amusement, or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons. Every person who is totally or partially blind, or person who is deaf, or person with a physical disability, or any person training a dog to be a service dog shall have the right to be accompanied by a service dog in any of the places listed in section 363A.19. The person shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog. History:  1969 c 900 s 2; 1977 c 247 s 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 141 s 1; 1989 c 108 s 1; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121; 1Sp2021 c 8 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 256C.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.025 — Housing Accommodations.

256C.025 HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS. Subdivision 1. Full and equal access. People who are blind or people with a visual or physical disability shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or compensation, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons. Subd. 2. Definition. "Housing accommodations" means any real property, or portion thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any single family residence the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein. Subd. 3. Limitation on property provision. Nothing in this section shall require any person renting, leasing, or providing for compensation real property to modify the property in any way or provide a higher degree of care for a person who is blind or a person with a visual or other physical disability than for a person without a physical disability. Subd. 4. Service dog. Every person who is totally or partially blind, or person who is deaf, or person with a physical disability who has a service dog, or who obtains a service dog, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section, and shall not be required to pay extra compensation for such service dog but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such service dog. History:  1971 c 70 s 1; 1977 c 247 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 637 s 1; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121
MN Stat § 256C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.03 — Blind Or Deaf Pedestrians; Civil Liability.

256C.03 BLIND OR DEAF PEDESTRIANS; CIVIL LIABILITY. The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a service dog, or totally or partially deaf person with a service dog identified with a burnt orange collar or leash, shall bring such vehicle to a stop and give the right-of-way at any intersection of any street, avenue, alley, or other public highway to such blind or deaf pedestrian. History:  1969 c 900 s 3; 1971 c 70 s 4; 1977 c 247 s 3; 1988 c 637 s 2
MN Stat § 256C.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.04 — Proclamation By Governor.

256C.04 PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR. Each year, the governor may take suitable public notice of October 15 as white cane safety day and may issue a proclamation in which the governor: (1) comments upon the significance of the white cane, (2) calls upon the citizens of the state to observe the provisions of the White Cane Law and to take precautions necessary to the safety of people with a disability, (3) reminds the citizens of the state of the policies with respect to people with a disability herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving effect to them, and (4) emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of people with a disability in the community and to keep safe and functional for people with a disability the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to people with a disability upon appropriate occasions. History:  1969 c 900 s 4; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121
MN Stat § 256C.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.06 — Citation.

256C.06 CITATION. Sections 256C.01 to 256C.06 shall be known and may be cited the "Minnesota White Cane Law." History:  1969 c 900 s 6; 1971 c 70 s 6
MN Stat § 256C.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.21 — Deaf And Hard-of-hearing Services Act; Citation.

256C.21 DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING SERVICES ACT; CITATION. Sections 256C.21 to 256C.26 may be cited as the "Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Act." History:  1980 c 574 s 1; 1993 c 306 s 7; 1999 c 159 s 54
MN Stat § 256C.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.23 — Definitions.

256C.23 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 256C.21 to 256C.30, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Subd. 1a. Culturally affirmative. "Culturally affirmative" describes services that are designed and delivered within the context of the culture, language, and life experiences of a person who is deaf, a person who is deafblind, and a person who is hard-of-hearing. Subd. 2. Deaf. "Deaf" means a hearing loss of such severity that the individual must depend primarily on visual communication such as American Sign Language or other signed language, visual and manual means of communication such as signing systems in English or Cued Speech, writing, speech reading, and gestures. Subd. 2a. Hard-of-hearing. "Hard-of-hearing" means a hearing loss resulting in a functional loss of hearing, but not to the extent that the individual must depend primarily upon visual communication. Subd. 2b. Deafblind. "Deafblind" means any combination of vision and hearing loss which interferes with acquiring information from the environment to the extent that compensatory strategies and skills are necessary to access that or other information. Subd. 2c. Interpreting services. "Interpreting services" means services that include: (1) interpreting between a spoken language, such as English, and a visual language, such as American Sign Language; (2) interpreting between a spoken language and a visual representation of a spoken language, such as Cued Speech and signing systems in English; (3) interpreting within one language where the interpreter uses natural gestures and silently repeats the spoken message, replacing some words or phrases to give higher visibility on the lips; (4) interpreting using low vision or tactile methods for persons who have a combined hearing and vision loss or are deafblind; and (5) interpreting from one communication mode or language into another communication mode or language that is linguistically and culturally appropriate for the participants in the communication exchange. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 6 art 1 s 54] Subd. 4.  [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 392 s 1] Subd. 5.  [Repealed by amendment, 1996 c 392 s 1] Subd. 6. Real-time captioning. "Real-time captioning" means a method of captioning in which a caption is simultaneously prepared and displayed or transmitted at the time of origination by specially trained real-time captioners. Subd. 7. Family and community intervener. "Family and community intervener" means a paraprofessional, specifically trained in deafblindness, who works one-on-one with a child who is deafblind to provide critical connections to people and the environment. History:  1980 c 574 s 3; 1993 c 306 s 9-11; 1996 c 392 s 1; 1999 c 159 s 55; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 1 s 32-35; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 55; 2019 c 23 s 1
MN Stat § 256C.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.26 — Employment Services.

256C.26 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. The commissioner of employment and economic development shall work with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division to develop and implement a plan to deal with the underemployment of deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing persons. History:  1980 c 574 s 6; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 26; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 102; 1993 c 306 s 14; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1996 c 392 s 5; 2004 c 206 s 52
MN Stat § 256C.261 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.261 — Services For Persons Who Are Deafblind.

256C.261 SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAFBLIND. (a) The commissioner of human services shall use at least 35 percent of the deafblind services biennial base level grant funding for services and other supports for a child who is deafblind and the child's family. The commissioner shall use at least 25 percent of the deafblind services biennial base level grant funding for services and other supports for an adult who is deafblind. The commissioner shall award grants for the purposes of: (1) providing services and supports to persons who are deafblind; and (2) developing and providing training to counties and the network of senior citizen service providers. The purpose of the training grants is to teach counties how to use existing programs that capture federal financial participation to meet the needs of eligible persons who are deafblind and to build capacity of senior service programs to meet the needs of seniors with a dual sensory hearing and vision loss. (b) The commissioner may make grants: (1) for services and training provided by organizations; and (2) to develop and administer consumer-directed services. (c) Consumer-directed services shall be provided in whole by grant-funded providers. The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division's regional service centers shall not provide any aspect of a grant-funded consumer-directed services program. (d) Any entity that is able to satisfy the grant criteria is eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (a). (e) Deafblind service providers may, but are not required to, provide intervenor services as part of the service package provided with grant funds under this section. Intervener services include services provided by a family and community intervener as described in paragraph (f). (f) The family and community intervener, as defined in section 256C.23, subdivision 7, provides services to open channels of communication between the child and others; facilitates the development or use of receptive and expressive communication skills by the child; and develops and maintains a trusting, interactive relationship that promotes social and emotional well-being. The family and community intervener also provides access to information and the environment, and facilitates opportunities for learning and development. A family and community intervener must have specific training in deafblindness, building language and communication skills, and intervention strategies. History:  2007 c 147 art 7 s 61; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 1 s 41; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 56; 2019 c 23 s 2
MN Stat § 256C.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities|Section 256C.30 — Duties Of Human Services Commissioner.

256C.30 DUTIES OF HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONER. (a) As described in this section, the commissioner of human services must enter into grant agreements with television stations to make live local news programming accessible to persons who are deaf, persons who are hard-of-hearing, and persons who are deafblind as defined in section 256C.23. (b) The grant agreements must provide for: (1) real-time captioning services for broadcasting that is not emergency broadcasting subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 79.2; (2) real-time captioning services for commercial broadcasters in areas of Minnesota where commercial broadcasters are not subject to the live programming closed-captioning requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 79.1(d); and (3) real-time captioning for large-market noncommercial broadcasters who produce live news programming. (c) For the purposes of this section, "real-time captioning" means a method of captioning in which captions are simultaneously prepared and transmitted at the time of origination by specially trained real-time captioners. History:  2005 c 81 s 5,7; 2008 c 171 s 1; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 138; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 1 s 42