Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2923 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education; requiring the Minnesota State High School League to contract
3	3	1.3 for catastrophic accident insurance; requiring catastrophic injury payments;
4	4	1.4 providing a subtraction from income; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
5	5	1.5 Statutes, chapter 128C.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. [128C.025] CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
8	8	1.8 The Minnesota State High School League must enter a contract for a catastrophic injury
9	9	1.9insurance policy that provides coverage for students involved in high school league-sponsored
10	10	1.10extracurricular athletic activities. The insurance policy must provide at least $10,000,000
11	11	1.11in lifetime coverage per catastrophic injury. The insurance policy must have a $50,000
12	12	1.12deductible per catastrophic injury. The policy must: (1) cover medical care, personal care,
13	13	1.13medications, vehicles, and wheelchairs related to the catastrophic injury; and (2) prohibit
14	14	1.14a denial of a claim for a medical item, treatment, or service covered under the policy and
15	15	1.15recommended by the injured student's treating health care provider. The insurance coverage
16	16	1.16must cover student athletes, student managers, student trainers, and student cheerleaders
17	17	1.17participating in interscholastic competition and related pregame and postgame activities,
18	18	1.18and include ninth grade athletes, managers, trainers, and cheerleaders.
19	19	1.19 Sec. 2. MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE; CATASTROPHIC
20	20	1.20INJURY PAYMENTS; SUBTRACTION FROM INCOME.
21	21	1.21 Subdivision 1.Minnesota State High School League; catastrophic injuries.The
22	22	1.22Minnesota State High School League must make catastrophic injury payments to two former
23	23	1.23high school athletes who suffered catastrophic injuries during Minnesota High School
24	24	1Sec. 2.
25	25	REVISOR RSI/DG 25-0431003/11/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 2923
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Long03/27/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1League sponsored events as final payment of expenses not covered by the Minnesota State
34	34	2.2High School League's catastrophic accident insurance policy or the former high school
35	35	2.3athletes' private insurance. After December 31, 2025, but before January 1, 2027, the
36	36	2.4Minnesota State High School League must make payments to:
37	37	2.5 (1) a student athlete who sustained a catastrophic injury in a hockey game in 2011, in
38	38	2.6the amount of $.......; and
39	39	2.7 (2) a student athlete who sustained a catastrophic injury in a football game in 2022, in
40	40	2.8the amount of $.......
41	41	2.9 Subd. 2.Subtraction.(a) For the purposes of this subdivision, "subtraction" has the
42	42	2.10meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.0132, subdivision 1. The requirements
43	43	2.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 290.0132, subdivision 1, apply to this subdivision.
44	44	2.12 (b) The amount of the payments issued under subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), are a
45	45	2.13subtraction.
46	46	2.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.Subdivision 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
47	47	2.15Subdivision 2 is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and before
48	48	2.16January 1, 2027.
49	49	2Sec. 2.
50	50	REVISOR RSI/DG 25-0431003/11/25