Mental health provider travel time.

new text begin (a) new text end Medical assistance covers provider travel time if a deleted text begin recipient's individual treatment plan deleted text end new text begin recipient new text end requires the provision of mental health services outside of the provider's deleted text begin normal deleted text end new text begin usual new text end place of business. deleted text begin This does not include any travel time which is included in other billable services, and is only covered when the mental health service being provided to a recipient is covered under medical assistance. deleted text end

new text begin (b) Medical assistance covers under this subdivision the time a provider is in transit to provide a covered mental health service to a recipient at a location that is not the provider's usual place of business. A provider must travel the most direct route available. Mental health provider travel time does not include time for scheduled or unscheduled stops, meal breaks, or vehicle maintenance or repair, including refueling or vehicle emergencies. Recipient transportation is not covered under this subdivision. new text end

new text begin (c) Mental health provider travel time under this subdivision is only covered when the mental health service being provided is covered under medical assistance and only when the covered mental health service is delivered and billed. Mental health provider travel time is not covered when the mental health service being provided otherwise includes provider travel time or when the service is site based. new text end

new text begin (d) A provider must document each trip for which the provider seeks reimbursement under this subdivision in a compiled travel record. Required documentation may be collected and maintained electronically or in paper form but must be made available and produced upon request by the commissioner. The travel record must be written in English and must be legible according to the standard of a reasonable person. The recipient's individual identification number must be on each page of the record. The reason the provider must travel to provide services must be included in the record, if not otherwise documented in the recipient's individual treatment plan. Each entry in the record must document: new text end

new text begin (1) start and stop time (with a.m. and p.m. notations); new text end

new text begin (2) printed name of the recipient; new text end

new text begin (3) date the entry is made; new text end

new text begin (4) date the service is provided; new text end

new text begin (5) origination site and destination site; new text end

new text begin (6) who provided the service; new text end

new text begin (7) the electronic source used to calculate driving directions and distance between locations; and new text end

new text begin (8) the medically necessary mental health service delivered. new text end

new text begin (e) Mental health providers identified by the commissioner to have submitted a fraudulent report may be excluded from participation in Minnesota health care programs. new text end