Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 256B.0617. Mental health services provider certification

(a) The commissioner of human services shall establish an initial provider entity application and certification and recertification processes to determine whether a provider entity has administrative and clinical infrastructures that meet the certification requirements. This process applies to providers of the following services:

(b) The commissioner shall recertify a provider entity every three years using the individual provider's certification anniversary or the calendar year end. The commissioner may approve a recertification extension in the interest of sustaining services when a certain date for recertification is identified.

(c) The commissioner shall establish a process for decertification of a provider entity and shall require corrective action, medical assistance repayment, or decertification of a provider entity that no longer meets the requirements in this section or that fails to meet the clinical quality standards or administrative standards provided by the commissioner in the application and certification process.

(d) The commissioner must provide the following to provider entities for the certification, recertification, and decertification processes: