1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1543 as follows:
1.2Page 10, line 13, after "
subdivision" insert "
and subdivision 13d"
1.3Page 15, line 13, after "
monthly" insert "
by the commissioner" and after "
and"
1.4insert "
made"
1.5Page 19, line 6, after "
and" insert "
current or former"
1.6Page 22, delete lines 20 and 21 and insert:
1.7 "
(7) does not limit or restrict services because the patient is covered under a state
1.8health care program."
1.9Page 23, line 9, after "limitations" insert a comma
1.10Page 23, line 10, strike "or" and after "status" insert "
, or because the patient is
1.11covered under a state health care program" and reinstate the stricken "and"
1.12Page 23, lines 11 to 13, delete the new language
1.13Page 26, line 21, delete "
or vendor"
1.14Page 27, lines 19, 30, and 31, delete "
or vendor"
1.15Page 27, line 28, delete "
such" and insert "
the"
1.16Page 28, line 2, delete "
or vendor"
1.17Page 28, line 8, delete "
or vendor" and delete "
CMS" and insert "
the Centers for
1.18Medicare and Medicaid Services"
1.19Page 28, line 12, delete "
or vendor"
1.20Page 28, line 16, delete "
, vendor,"
1.21Page 28, line 18, delete "
or vendor"
1.22Page 28, line 19, after the period, insert "
A provider who is excluded, terminated,
1.23or subjected to civil monetary penalties under this paragraph may request a contested
1.24case proceeding under section 256B.0643."
1.25Pages 28 to 29, delete sections 5 to 6
1.26Page 32, delete section 1 and insert:
2.1 "Section 1.
NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY
2.2COMMITTEE.
2.3(a) The commissioner of human services shall establish a nonemergency medical
2.4transportation advisory committee. The nonemergency medical transportation advisory
2.5committee shall advise the commissioner regarding the creation of a single administrative
2.6structure for the coordination and management of nonemergency medical transportation
2.7services provided under this chapter.
2.8(b) Members must include, but are not limited to, representatives from the following:
2.9Departments of Human Services and Transportation; Association of Minnesota Counties;
2.10Metropolitan Council; ARC of Minnesota; Minnesota State Council on Disabilities;
2.11transportation providers; managed care plans; skilled nursing facilities; and the National
2.12Alliance on Mental Illness. The commissioner shall submit a proposal with draft
2.13legislation to the legislature by January 15, 2012."
2.14Page 33, line 13, delete "
subdivision" and insert "
subdivisions" and reinstate the
2.15stricken "and" and before the period, insert "
9c"
2.16Page 33, after line 13, insert:
2.17 "Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 62U.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.18 Subd. 4.
Encounter data. (a) Beginning July 1, 2009, and every six months
2.19thereafter, all health plan companies and third-party administrators shall submit encounter
2.20data to a private entity designated by the commissioner of health. The data shall be
2.21submitted in a form and manner specified by the commissioner subject to the following
2.22requirements:
2.23 (1) the data must be de-identified data as described under the Code of Federal
2.24Regulations, title 45, section
164.514;
2.25 (2) the data for each encounter must include an identifier for the patient's health care
2.26home if the patient has selected a health care home; and
2.27 (3) except for the identifier described in clause (2), the data must not include
2.28information that is not included in a health care claim or equivalent encounter information
2.29transaction that is required under section
62J.536.
2.30 (b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall only use the data
2.31submitted under paragraph (a) for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities in this
2.32section, and must maintain the data that it receives according to the provisions of this
2.33section.
This paragraph does not apply to the use of the data by the commissioners of
2.34health and human services for the purposes of administering state health care programs.
2.35 (c) Data on providers collected under this subdivision are private data on individuals
2.36or nonpublic data, as defined in section
13.02. Notwithstanding the definition of summary
3.1data in section
13.02, subdivision 19, summary data prepared under this subdivision
3.2may be derived from nonpublic data. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee
3.3shall establish procedures and safeguards to protect the integrity and confidentiality of
3.4any data that it maintains.
3.5 (d) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall not publish analyses or
3.6reports that identify, or could potentially identify, individual patients."
3.7Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.8Amend the title accordingly