1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; setting minimum medical assistance reimbursement 
1.3 	rates for public health nurse family home visits;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [256B.7625] REIMBURSEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE 
1.7 	FAMILY HOME VISITS.
1.8 	Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2017, minimum payment rates shall 
1.9 	be $140 per unit for managed care and fee-for-service public health nurse home visits 
1.10 	administered as part of a family home visiting program. Home visits shall be targeted to 
1.11 	mothers and their children beginning with prenatal visits through three years of age for the 
1.12 	child. The commissioner shall adjust managed care and county-based purchasing capitation 
1.13 	rates to reflect the payment rates under this section.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon federal approval. The commissioner 
1.15 	of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained.