Committee hears testimony on making collaborative care a Medicaid benefit; members adopt an oral amendment and lay bill over

The House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee took testimony on House File 958 on March 10, 2025. Representative Nadeau sponsored the bill, which would add collaborative care — a team-based model integrating behavioral health into primary care — as a reimbursable Medicaid benefit in Minnesota and provide start-up and training funding.

Representative Nadeau told the committee collaborative care is evidence-based and already reimbursed by Medicare and many commercial payers; her presentation said 37 states include collaborative care as a Medicaid benefit and the bill would make Minnesota the 38th. "The collaborative care model represents a transformative step towards comprehensive mental health care," Nadeau said.

Frank Jadwin, program manager for integrated behavioral health at Hennepin Healthcare,…