Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0002

2E Relating to health care access; expanding the definition of dependent
coverage under health care access and small employer insurance reform; modifying
the duties of the legislative commission on health care access to include making
recommendations on achieving the goal of universal coverage, requiring the
commissioners of human services and commerce to assist the commission; requiring
hospitals and health care providers to implement interoperable electronic health
records systems by a certain date, requiring the commissioner of health in
consultation with the health information technology and infrastructure advisory
committee to develop a statewide plan to meet the goal and report to the
legislature by a certain date on the development of standards; requiring the
commissioner of finance to establish and implement the electronic health record
system revolving account and loan program, specifying eligibility and
authorizing the commissioner of health to make loans; modifying Minnesota
hospital association information reporting disclosure requirements; modifying
the definition of dependent; setting a date for the state to achieve universal
health coverage and modifying provisions relating to the goal of universal
coverage; defining federally qualified health centers and requiring the
commissioner of health to distribute subsidies to federally qualified health
centers; requiring the commissioner of human services to develop and implement a
patient incentive health program to provide patient rewards under medical
assistance (MA), general assistance (GA) and MinnesotaCare; requiring and
providing for the commissioner to establish and administer a prescription drug
discount program; requiring the commissioner to design and implement a statewide
campaign to raise public awareness on the availability of health coverage
through medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC) and
MinnesotaCare, providing for outreach grants, specifying application and
assistance provisions, providing for a statewide toll free telephone number,
establish an incentive program, requiring school districts to provide certain
information, providing for renewal notice and requiring the commissioner to
provide information on the small employer buy in option for MinnesotaCare;
requiring the commissioner to award a grant to implement a web based primary
access care pilot project in Hennepin and Ramsey counties to try to divert
nonemergency medical patients to community based appointments with a more
appropriate outpatient settings, grantee evaluation requirements; eliminating
the requirement for a modification to the Minnesota health care programs
application form; expanding MA covered services to Medicare Part D co-payments;
providing for MA co-payments for certain nonemergency room visits, exceptions;
providing for continued eligibility under certain conditions; increasing the
reimbursement for critical access dental providers; requiring special hardship
grants to nonprofit dental providers with high proportion of uninsured patients;
modifying the renewal period under MinnesotaCare; eliminating co-payments under
MA and general assistance medical care (GAMC); modifying the definition of gross
individual or family income, increasing the inpatient hospital services benefit
limit, exempting certain undocumented noncitizens or nonimmigrants from the
social security number requirement, increasing the eligibility income limit for
single adults, exempting children from citizenship requirements, modifying
certain MinnesotaCare asset requirements; eliminating certain child enrollee
requirements and military members and families premiums, reducing premiums, and
establishing a small employer option under MinnesotaCare; modifying the
definition of employer subsidized insurance; restoring family planning grants;
requiring uniform billing forms; appropriating money to the commissioners of
human services and health; repealing provisions relating to coverage for full
time students, MA copayments and limited benefits coverage for certain single
adults and household without children
(ra)