1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring a comprehensive rate-setting analysis report.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. RATE-SETTING ANALYSIS REPORT.
 1.5 	The commissioner of human services shall conduct a comprehensive analysis report of 
1.6 	the current rate-setting methodology for outpatient, professional, and physician services 
1.7 	that do not have a cost-based, federally mandated, or contracted rate.  The report shall include 
1.8 	recommendations for changes to the existing fee schedule that utilizes the Resource-Based 
1.9 	Relative Value System (RBRVS), and alternate payment methodologies for services that 
1.10 	do not have relative values, to simplify the fee for service medical assistance rate structure 
1.11 	and to improve consistency and transparency. In developing the report, the commissioner 
1.12 	shall consult with outside experts in Medicaid financing. The commissioner shall provide 
1.13 	a report on the analysis to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.14 	health and human services finance by November 1, 2019.