1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health insurance; prohibiting cost-sharing for certain office visits for
1.3 infants, children, and adolescents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.4 62Q.46, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7to read:
1.8 Subd. 2a.Infants, children, and adolescents.(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a
1.9health plan company is prohibited from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect
1.10to an office visit if:
1.11 (1) the primary purpose of the visit is to provide infants, children, and adolescents with
1.12evidence-informed preventive care and screenings identified in comprehensive guidelines
1.13supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration; and
1.14 (2) the office visit is 15 minutes or less in duration.
1.15 (b) If an office visit meets the requirements of paragraph (a), a health plan company
1.16must not prohibit a health care provider from billing for preventive items or services that
1.17are billed separately or tracked separately as individual encounter data.
1Section 1.
REVISOR RSI/MI 25-0282902/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 773
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Feist, Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Rehrauer, Hicks, Clardy and others02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy