Bill Text: MN SF2196 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Autism services medical assistance (MA) coverage establishment; health department report on autism requirement; autism service providers training by health and human services departments authorization
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF2196 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2196-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public health; requiring notification of autism service options for
1.3medical assistance and MinnesotaCare recipients; requiring medical assistance to
1.4cover specified services for the treatment of autism; requiring commissioner of
1.5health to research and report on autism; requiring commissioners of health and
1.6human services to train autism service providers; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.72012, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new
1.8law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. [256.9621] AUTISM NOTIFICATION.
1.11The commissioner of human services shall develop an informational notice for
1.12parents of children with autism who are enrolled in medical assistance or MinnesotaCare
1.13to inform them that their children may qualify to receive services on a fee-for-service basis
1.14instead of through a managed care organization, explain the process of disenrolling from
1.15managed care, and inform them that fee-for-service coverage may provide access to an
1.16expanded set of providers. The commissioner shall make the informational notice available
1.17on the department's public Web site and include a copy of the notice in the next scheduled
1.18mailing to enrolled children. The commissioner shall make language translations of the
1.19notice available on the agency Web site and in the mailing to the enrolled children.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a
1.21subdivision to read:
1.22 Subd. 61. Services for the treatment of autism. Medical assistance services
1.23for the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions
1.24must include applied behavioral analysis (ABA) and neuro-developmental therapy, if
1.25determined by a physician or psychologist to be medically necessary and age appropriate,
2.1and based on current National Institute of Mental Health and Centers for Disease Control
2.2and Prevention guidelines.
2.3 Sec. 3. AUTISM RESEARCH AND REPORT.
2.4The commissioner of health shall study the prevalence and prevention of autism in
2.5Somali communities in Minnesota. The study must review and analyze the magnitude
2.6and incidence of autism-related health disparities according to age, location, potential
2.7or known toxic environmental exposures, housing conditions, poverty, nutritional
2.8factors, health care access including prescribed medical treatments, the occupational and
2.9residential history of the children's parents, and the children's current residence. The
2.10commissioner shall report results of the analysis and recommendations to the chairs and
2.11ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over public
2.12health and health and human services in the house and senate.
2.13 Sec. 4. TRAINING OF AUTISM SERVICE PROVIDERS.
2.14The commissioner of health and the commissioner of human services shall ensure
2.15that the departments' autism-related service providers receive training in culturally
2.16appropriate approaches to serving the Somali, Latino, Hmong, and Indigenous American
2.17Indian communities, and other cultural groups experiencing a disproportionate incidence
2.18of autism.
1.3medical assistance and MinnesotaCare recipients; requiring medical assistance to
1.4cover specified services for the treatment of autism; requiring commissioner of
1.5health to research and report on autism; requiring commissioners of health and
1.6human services to train autism service providers; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.72012, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new
1.8law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. [256.9621] AUTISM NOTIFICATION.
1.11The commissioner of human services shall develop an informational notice for
1.12parents of children with autism who are enrolled in medical assistance or MinnesotaCare
1.13to inform them that their children may qualify to receive services on a fee-for-service basis
1.14instead of through a managed care organization, explain the process of disenrolling from
1.15managed care, and inform them that fee-for-service coverage may provide access to an
1.16expanded set of providers. The commissioner shall make the informational notice available
1.17on the department's public Web site and include a copy of the notice in the next scheduled
1.18mailing to enrolled children. The commissioner shall make language translations of the
1.19notice available on the agency Web site and in the mailing to the enrolled children.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a
1.21subdivision to read:
1.22 Subd. 61. Services for the treatment of autism. Medical assistance services
1.23for the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions
1.24must include applied behavioral analysis (ABA) and neuro-developmental therapy, if
1.25determined by a physician or psychologist to be medically necessary and age appropriate,
2.1and based on current National Institute of Mental Health and Centers for Disease Control
2.2and Prevention guidelines.
2.3 Sec. 3. AUTISM RESEARCH AND REPORT.
2.4The commissioner of health shall study the prevalence and prevention of autism in
2.5Somali communities in Minnesota. The study must review and analyze the magnitude
2.6and incidence of autism-related health disparities according to age, location, potential
2.7or known toxic environmental exposures, housing conditions, poverty, nutritional
2.8factors, health care access including prescribed medical treatments, the occupational and
2.9residential history of the children's parents, and the children's current residence. The
2.10commissioner shall report results of the analysis and recommendations to the chairs and
2.11ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over public
2.12health and health and human services in the house and senate.
2.13 Sec. 4. TRAINING OF AUTISM SERVICE PROVIDERS.
2.14The commissioner of health and the commissioner of human services shall ensure
2.15that the departments' autism-related service providers receive training in culturally
2.16appropriate approaches to serving the Somali, Latino, Hmong, and Indigenous American
2.17Indian communities, and other cultural groups experiencing a disproportionate incidence
2.18of autism.
