Bill Text: MN HF663 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Newborn screening fee increased, funding provided for support services for families who have a child who is deaf or has a hearing loss, hospital payment rate adjusted, funding provided, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - Author added Freiberg [HF663 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF663-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; increasing a fee for newborn screening; appropriating money
1.3for support services for families who have a child who is deaf or has a hearing loss;
1.4adjusting the hospital payment rate;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.5144.125, subdivision 1; 144.966, subdivision 3a; 256.969, subdivision 29.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.125, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Duty to perform testing. It is the duty of (1) the administrative
1.9officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less of age,
1.10(2) the person required in pursuance of the provisions of section144.215 , to register the
1.11birth of a child, or (3) the nurse midwife or midwife in attendance at the birth, to arrange
1.12to have administered to every infant or child in its care tests for heritable and congenital
1.13disorders according to subdivision 2 and rules prescribed by the state commissioner of
1.14health. Testing and the recording and reporting of test results shall be performed at the
1.15times and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner of health.The commissioner
1.16shall charge a fee so that the total of fees collected will approximate the costs of
1.17conducting the tests and implementing and maintaining a system to follow-up infants with
1.18heritable or congenital disorders, including hearing loss detected through the early hearing
1.19detection and intervention program under section
144.966. The fee to support the newborn
1.20screening program including tests administered under this section and section 144.966 is
1.21$101 $116 per specimen. Effective July 1, 2010, the fee shall be increased to $106 per
1.22specimen. The increased fee amount shall be deposited in the general fund. Of the total
1.23fee amount, $15 shall be deposited in the general fund to offset the cost of the support
1.24services provided under section 144.966, subdivision 3a. The remaining fee amount shall
1.25be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state government special revenue
2.1fund. Costs associated with capital expenditures and the development of new procedures
2.2may be prorated over a three-year period when calculating the amount of the fees.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 3a. Support services to families. The commissioner shall contract with a
2.6nonprofit organization to provide support and assistance to families with children who are
2.7deaf or have a hearing loss. The family support provided must include:
2.8(1) direct hearing loss specific parent-to-parent assistance and unbiased information
2.9on communication, educational, and medical options, preferably provided by a program
2.10that is part of a national organization; and
2.11(2) individualized deaf or hard of hearing mentors who provide education, including
2.12instruction in American Sign Language.
2.13The commissioner shall give preference to a nonprofit organization that has the ability to
2.14provide these services throughout the state.
2.15 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.969, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
2.16 Subd. 29. Reimbursement for the fee increase for the early hearing detection
2.17and intervention program. (a) For admissions occurring on or after July 1, 2010,
2.18payment rates shall be adjusted to include the increase to the fee that is effective on July 1,
2.192010, for the early hearing detection and intervention program recipients under section
2.20144.125, subdivision 1
, that is paid by the hospital for public program recipients. This
2.21payment increase shall be in effect until the increase is fully recognized in the base year
2.22cost under subdivision 2b. This payment shall be included in payments to contracted
2.23managed care organizations.
2.24(b) For admissions occurring on or after July 1, 2013, payment rates shall be
2.25adjusted to include the increase to the fee that is effective July 1, 2013, for the early
2.26hearing detection and intervention program recipients under section144.125, subdivision
2.271 , that is paid by the hospital for public program recipients. This payment increase shall
2.28be in effect until the increase is fully recognized in the base year cost under subdivision
2.292b. This payment shall be included in payments to contracted managed care organizations.
2.30 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.31(a) $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the
2.32general fund to the commissioner of health for the purpose of providing support services
3.1to families as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.966, subdivision 3a. $.......
3.2of the appropriation in each fiscal year may be used by the commissioner of health for
3.3administrative costs associated with this program.
3.4(b) $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from
3.5the general fund to the commissioner of health for home-based education in American
3.6Sign Language for families with children who are deaf or have hearing loss, as required
3.7under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.966, subdivision 3a. $....... of the appropriation
3.8in each fiscal year may be used by the commissioner of health for administrative costs
3.9associated with this program.
3.10(c) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the
3.11commissioner of human services for the hospital reimbursement increase in section 3.
1.3for support services for families who have a child who is deaf or has a hearing loss;
1.4adjusting the hospital payment rate;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.5144.125, subdivision 1; 144.966, subdivision 3a; 256.969, subdivision 29.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.125, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Duty to perform testing. It is the duty of (1) the administrative
1.9officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less of age,
1.10(2) the person required in pursuance of the provisions of section
1.11birth of a child, or (3) the nurse midwife or midwife in attendance at the birth, to arrange
1.12to have administered to every infant or child in its care tests for heritable and congenital
1.13disorders according to subdivision 2 and rules prescribed by the state commissioner of
1.14health. Testing and the recording and reporting of test results shall be performed at the
1.15times and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner of health.
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20screening program including tests administered under this section and section 144.966 is
1.21
1.22
1.23fee amount, $15 shall be deposited in the general fund to offset the cost of the support
1.24services provided under section 144.966, subdivision 3a. The remaining fee amount shall
1.25be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state government special revenue
2.1fund. Costs associated with capital expenditures and the development of new procedures
2.2may be prorated over a three-year period when calculating the amount of the fees.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.966, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 3a. Support services to families. The commissioner shall contract with a
2.6nonprofit organization to provide support and assistance to families with children who are
2.7deaf or have a hearing loss. The family support provided must include:
2.8(1) direct hearing loss specific parent-to-parent assistance and unbiased information
2.9on communication, educational, and medical options, preferably provided by a program
2.10that is part of a national organization; and
2.11(2) individualized deaf or hard of hearing mentors who provide education, including
2.12instruction in American Sign Language.
2.13The commissioner shall give preference to a nonprofit organization that has the ability to
2.14provide these services throughout the state.
2.15 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.969, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
2.16 Subd. 29. Reimbursement for the fee increase for the early hearing detection
2.17and intervention program. (a) For admissions occurring on or after July 1, 2010,
2.18payment rates shall be adjusted to include the increase to the fee that is effective on July 1,
2.192010, for the early hearing detection and intervention program recipients under section
2.21payment increase shall be in effect until the increase is fully recognized in the base year
2.22cost under subdivision 2b. This payment shall be included in payments to contracted
2.23managed care organizations.
2.24(b) For admissions occurring on or after July 1, 2013, payment rates shall be
2.25adjusted to include the increase to the fee that is effective July 1, 2013, for the early
2.26hearing detection and intervention program recipients under section
2.271
2.28be in effect until the increase is fully recognized in the base year cost under subdivision
2.292b. This payment shall be included in payments to contracted managed care organizations.
2.30 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.31(a) $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the
2.32general fund to the commissioner of health for the purpose of providing support services
3.1to families as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.966, subdivision 3a. $.......
3.2of the appropriation in each fiscal year may be used by the commissioner of health for
3.3administrative costs associated with this program.
3.4(b) $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from
3.5the general fund to the commissioner of health for home-based education in American
3.6Sign Language for families with children who are deaf or have hearing loss, as required
3.7under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.966, subdivision 3a. $....... of the appropriation
3.8in each fiscal year may be used by the commissioner of health for administrative costs
3.9associated with this program.
3.10(c) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the
3.11commissioner of human services for the hospital reimbursement increase in section 3.
