MN HF1771

Health plans must provide reimbursement for psychiatric Collaborative Care Model services using five specific billing codes (99492, 99493, 99494, G2214, G0512) for treatment of alcoholism, mental health, or chemical dependency.

Mental health therapy visits and medication maintenance visits must be treated as primary care visits for cost-sharing purposes, regardless of the provider's professional license, if consistent with scope of practice and plan credentialing.

Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitations (NQTLs) applied to mental health and substance use disorders must be comparable to and no more stringent than those applied to medical and surgical benefits.

Medical assistance (Minnesota's Medicaid program) covers the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model, defined as an evidence-based integrated behavioral health service including a primary care provider, care manager, and psychiatric consultant working collaboratively.

Commissioner of Commerce must update the billing code list if changes occur and submit annual compliance reports to legislature detailing enforcement actions, corrective actions, and mental health parity protections.