| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to commerce; requiring the commissioner of commerce to defray costs to |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 health plan companies for additional benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 section 62J.26, subdivision 4, 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 62J.26, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 4.Sources of funding.(a) The commissioner shall not use any funds for purposes |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8of this section subdivisions 1 to 3 other than as provided in this subdivision or as specified |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9in an appropriation. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) The commissioner may seek and accept funding from sources other than the state to |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11pay for evaluations under this section to supplement or replace state appropriations. Any |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12money received under this paragraph must be deposited in the state treasury, credited to a |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13separate account for this purpose in the special revenue fund, and is appropriated to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14commissioner for purposes of this section. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) If an evaluation is required under this section, the commissioner may use for purposes |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16of the evaluation: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (1) any funds appropriated to the commissioner specifically for purposes of this section; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18or |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (2) funds available under paragraph (b), if use of the funds for evaluation of that mandated |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20health benefit proposal is consistent with any restrictions imposed by the source of the funds. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (d) The commissioner must ensure that the source of the funding has no influence on |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22the process or outcome of the evaluation. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-01049 as introduced01/10/25 REVISOR RSI/DG |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 565NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: FRENTZ) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading01/23/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62J.26, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 Subd. 6.Defrayal of cost.If an evaluation of a mandated health benefit proposal projects |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4that the proposal results in a net increase in per-member, per-month costs for the total |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5nonpublic insured population and the proposal is enacted into law, the commissioner must |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6make payments to health plan companies to defray the cost of the mandated health benefit |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7proposal on the products offered by the companies in the individual, small group, and large |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8group markets. The commissioner must make a payment to a health plan company under |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9this subdivision within 60 days of the date the commissioner receives a statement from the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10health plan company. The existing process under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11section 155.170, to defray the cost and ensure quantifiable cost calculation meets the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12requirements of this subdivision. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026, and applies to all |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14mandated health benefit proposals passed into law after that date. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25-01049 as introduced01/10/25 REVISOR RSI/DG |
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