Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 256B.74. Special payments

Subdivision 1. Hospital reimbursement. Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 1991, the commissioner shall reimburse outpatient hospital facility fees at 80 percent of calendar year 1990 submitted charges, not to exceed the Medicare upper payment limit. Services excepted from this payment methodology are emergency room facility fees, clinic facility fees, and those services for which there is a federal maximum allowable payment.

Subd. 2. Repealed byLaws 1999, c. 245, art. 4, § 120.

Subd. 3. Repealed byLaws 2000, c. 449, § 15, eff. July 1, 2000.

Subd. 4. Personal needs allowance. The commissioner shall provide cost of living increases in the personal needs allowance undersection 256B.35, subdivision 1.

Subd. 5. Repealed byLaws 1999, c. 245, art. 4, § 120.

Subd. 6. Health plans. Effective for services rendered after July 1, 1991, the commissioner shall adjust the monthly medical assistance capitation rate cell established in contract by the amount necessary to accommodate the equivalent value of the reimbursement increase established under subdivisions 1, 2, and 5.

Subd. 7. Administrative cost. The commissioner may expend up to $1,700,000 for the administrative costs associated withsections 256.9657and256B.74.

Subds. 8, 9. Repealed byLaws 1992, c. 513, art. 7, § 135, eff. Oct. 1, 1992.

Subd. 10. Implementation; rulemaking. The commissioner shall implementsections 256.9657and256B.74on July 1, 1991, without complying with the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. The commissioner may adopt rules to implement Laws 1991, chapter 292, article 4. Rules adopted to implement Laws 1991, chapter 292, article 4, supersede any provisions adopted under the exemption from rulemaking requirements in this section.