| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health insurance; prohibiting cost-sharing for certain office visits for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 infants, children, and adolescents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 62Q.46, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2a.Infants, children, and adolescents.(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9health plan company is prohibited from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10to an office visit if: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) the primary purpose of the visit is to provide infants, children, and adolescents with |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12evidence-informed preventive care and screenings identified in comprehensive guidelines |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (2) the office visit is 15 minutes or less in duration. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) If an office visit meets the requirements of paragraph (a), a health plan company |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16must not prohibit a health care provider from billing for preventive items or services that |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17are billed separately or tracked separately as individual encounter data. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 25-02829 as introduced02/07/25 REVISOR RSI/MI |
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| 20 | 20 | | SENATE |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 22 | 22 | | S.F. No. 1889NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: PORT, Maye Quade and Boldon) |
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| 24 | 24 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection |
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