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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Author added Kalin Bill Text
State-funded reinsurance for small employer health coverage provided and money
appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added McFarlane Bill Text
Mandated health proposal evaluation process changed, and report required.
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
HF 3873
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Potential enrollee name release prohibited to health plans for marketing
purposes.
Section 1: Medicare special needs plans; medical assistance basic health care
language is modified. Language now includes the following: "The commissioner is
prohibited from providing the names of potential enrollees to health plans for
marketing purposes. The commissioner may mail marketing materials to potential
enrollees on behalf of health plans, in which case the health plans shall cover
any costs incurred by the commissioner for mailing marketing materials."
SNA 3/19/08
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Author added Murphy, E. Bill Text
Health care reform computer-based model authorized to assess proposal impact,
state budgeting approaches study required, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added Scalze Bill Text
Long-term care workers insurance coverage studied, mandated report required, and
money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Bill Text
Health insurers required to honor the patient's assignment of benefits.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
HF 3721
SECOND ENGROSSMENT
Small employer health insurance regulated and health carriers required to
provide notice of plan availability.
Section 1: Notice of plan availability language is provided. "Each health
carrier in the small employer market must provide information to small employers
regarding the availability of the plans."
SNA 3/19/08
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor Bill Text
Minnesota Freedom to Buy and Sell Act enacted, employers and residents provided
freedom to buy health coverage approved for sale in any state, and insurance
companies provided freedom to sell health coverage permitted for sale in any
state.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Author added Simon Bill Text
Infertility treatments health plan coverage required.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Author added Peterson, S. Bill Text
Full-time students defined as dependents for health plan coverage, and school
district requirement to provide certain health care information repealed.
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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring behavioral health insurance coverage for children and young adults
with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); defining certain terms; specifying parity
requirements and coverage specifications; creating an autism spectrum disorder
task force, specifying membership requirements and duties; requiring the
legislative coordinating commission (LCC) to provide administrative and fiscal
services to the task force and requiring the departments of education and health
to provide certain additional assistance; requiring a report to the legislature
by a certain date
(je)
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Bill Text
Required behavioral health coverage specified for children and young adults who
have autism spectrum disorder.
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Repealing the requirement for school districts to provide information to
students on the availability of health care coverage through Minnesota health
care programs outreach
(je)
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring health and automobile (motor vehicle) insurance policies to reimburse
policyholders for first responder emergency care provided by medical response
units, exception for certain law enforcement agency medical response units
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education finance; providing for school districts to levy for
retired employee health benefits
(rt)
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the submission from each health plan company to the commissioner of
health a copy of all contracts entered into during the previous year between the
health plan company and licensed hospitals
(me)
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Judiciary Bill Text
1E Requiring the commissioner of finance in consultation with certain other
state agencies to conduct a study related to the inclusion of school district
employees in the state employee group health insurance plan (SEGIP)
(me)
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to health care cost containment; modifying the evaluation process for
proposed health coverage mandates; modifying certain duties and responsibilities
of the commissioners of health and commerce; modifying report requirements
(je)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring the commissioner of human services to study and make recommendations
to the legislature by a certain date on a financing structure to cover housing
and services for programs providing residential adolescent treatment; specifying
county, insurance and parental contributions as considerations for financial
eligibility determination
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring commissioner of commerce to seek recommendations on standards to
establish a uniform claim form and uniform billing and claim codes from a
council of representatives from the health care industry; requiring commissioner
to adopt rules requiring all payers and providers to use a uniform claim form
and uniform billing and claim codes by a certain date; requiring all payers and
all providers to use compatible systems of electronic billing by a certain date
(me)
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