Bill Text: MN HF2740 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Diagnosis related group system provided for payment of inpatient hospital services, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-05 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration [HF2740 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2740-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to workers' compensation; providing for a diagnosis related group system
1.3for payment of inpatient hospital services; appropriating money.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TRANSFER.
1.6By June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer
1.7$10,000,000 in assets of the workers' compensation assigned risk plan under Minnesota
1.8Statutes, section 79.252, to the general fund.
1.9 Sec. 2. WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED
1.10GROUP SYSTEM; APPROPRIATION.
1.11(a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to
1.12the commissioner of labor and industry for development and implementation of a
1.13Medicare-based diagnosis related group (MS-DRG) system for payment of workers'
1.14compensation inpatient hospital services. Of the amount appropriated, up to $100,000
1.15may be used by the commissioner to develop and implement the MS-DRG system. Funds
1.16available under this section may also be used by the commissioner for rebates to hospitals,
1.17insurers, and self-insured employers to defray reasonable and necessary costs related
1.18to implementation of a MS-DRG system or other related system reform. Rebates are
1.19available only after documentation of the expenditures has been submitted to and accepted
1.20by the commissioner. Individual rebates to a hospital system, insurer, or self-insured
1.21employer may not exceed $....... This is a onetime appropriation and is available until
1.22June 30, 2017. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the commissioner
2.1of management and budget shall transfer any balance of this appropriation remaining on
2.2June 30, 2017, to the assigned risk plan.
2.3(b) For the purposes of this section, reasonable and necessary system reform and
2.4implementation costs include, but are not limited to:
2.5(1) the cost of analyzing data to determine the anticipated costs and savings of
2.6implementing the MS-DRG system;
2.7(2) the cost of analyzing system or organizational changes necessary for
2.8implementation;
2.9(3) the cost of determining how an organization would implement MS-DRG grouper
2.10software;
2.11(4) the cost of upgrading existing MS-DRG software or purchasing new MS-DRG
2.12software and other technology upgrades needed for implementation;
2.13(5) the cost of educating and training staff about the MS-DRG system as applied
2.14to workers' compensation; and
2.15(6) the cost of integrating the MS-DRG grouper software with electronic billing
2.16and remittance systems.
1.3for payment of inpatient hospital services; appropriating money.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TRANSFER.
1.6By June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer
1.7$10,000,000 in assets of the workers' compensation assigned risk plan under Minnesota
1.8Statutes, section 79.252, to the general fund.
1.9 Sec. 2. WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED
1.10GROUP SYSTEM; APPROPRIATION.
1.11(a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to
1.12the commissioner of labor and industry for development and implementation of a
1.13Medicare-based diagnosis related group (MS-DRG) system for payment of workers'
1.14compensation inpatient hospital services. Of the amount appropriated, up to $100,000
1.15may be used by the commissioner to develop and implement the MS-DRG system. Funds
1.16available under this section may also be used by the commissioner for rebates to hospitals,
1.17insurers, and self-insured employers to defray reasonable and necessary costs related
1.18to implementation of a MS-DRG system or other related system reform. Rebates are
1.19available only after documentation of the expenditures has been submitted to and accepted
1.20by the commissioner. Individual rebates to a hospital system, insurer, or self-insured
1.21employer may not exceed $....... This is a onetime appropriation and is available until
1.22June 30, 2017. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the commissioner
2.1of management and budget shall transfer any balance of this appropriation remaining on
2.2June 30, 2017, to the assigned risk plan.
2.3(b) For the purposes of this section, reasonable and necessary system reform and
2.4implementation costs include, but are not limited to:
2.5(1) the cost of analyzing data to determine the anticipated costs and savings of
2.6implementing the MS-DRG system;
2.7(2) the cost of analyzing system or organizational changes necessary for
2.8implementation;
2.9(3) the cost of determining how an organization would implement MS-DRG grouper
2.10software;
2.11(4) the cost of upgrading existing MS-DRG software or purchasing new MS-DRG
2.12software and other technology upgrades needed for implementation;
2.13(5) the cost of educating and training staff about the MS-DRG system as applied
2.14to workers' compensation; and
2.15(6) the cost of integrating the MS-DRG grouper software with electronic billing
2.16and remittance systems.
