MN HF2371

Requires group health insurance policies to provide direct reimbursement for mental health services performed by qualified mental health professionals at psychiatric residential treatment facilities, in addition to hospital settings.

Expands network adequacy requirements to explicitly include psychiatric residential treatment facilities as part of sufficient mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider networks available to enrollees.

Designates psychiatric residential treatment facilities certified and licensed by the commissioner of health as eligible essential community providers for purposes of health plan coverage.

Applies mental health parity requirements to psychiatric residential treatment facility services, requiring cost-sharing and benefit limitations for these inpatient services to be no greater than those for inpatient hospital medical services.

Classifies mental health therapy visits and medication maintenance visits as primary care visits for purposes of cost-sharing requirements, regardless of the provider's professional license.