Reimbursement rates for high-intensity residential substance use disorder services modification

A bill for an act

relating to human services; modifying reimbursement rates for high-intensity

residential substance use disorder services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 254B.0509, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 254B.0509, subdivision 1, is

amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Base payment rates.

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(a)
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Effective for services provided on or after

January 1, 2026, the commissioner must implement the following base payment rates for

substance use disorder treatment services under section 254B.0505, subdivision 1:

(1) for low-intensity residential services, 100 percent of the modeled rate included in

the final report required by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 17, section

18;

(2) for high-intensity residential services, 83 percent of the modeled rate included in the

final report required by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 17, section 18;

and

(3) for treatment coordination services, 100 percent of the modeled rate included in the

final report required by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 17, section 18.

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(b) Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2027, the base payment rate

for high-intensity residential services provided by adolescent treatment programs under

section 254B.0505, subdivision 1, clause (9), shall be equal to 130 percent of the base

payment rate for high-intensity services under paragraph (a) after any adjustments under

subdivision 2.

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