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HF 384

3rd Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:36am

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underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 3rd Engrossment

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A bill for an act
relating to health; developing technology standards and tools to exchange
information electronically between groups.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS AND TOOLS.
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new text begin The commissioner of health, in consultation with the Minnesota Administrative
Uniformity Committee and the commissioner of human services, shall study and
make recommendations on the feasibility of and barriers to simplifying health care
administrative transactions through electronic data interchange. The study shall include:
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new text begin (1) recommendations regarding the feasibility of and barriers to establishing a single,
standardized system for all group purchasers for health care administrative transactions
and notification, preauthorization, or service notification, and retroactive denial through
electronic data interchange, identifying a range of potential technologies to accomplish
this purpose;
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new text begin (2) recommendations regarding the relationship of technologies to the e-prescribing
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.497;
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new text begin (3) recommendations for ensuring that any use of technologies by providers and
group purchasers is consistent with national standards;
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new text begin (4) an analysis of the readiness of providers and group purchasers to implement
appropriate technologies and comply with technology requirements already required by
law; and
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new text begin (5) recommendations for prioritizing the implementation of specific technologies in
relation to provider and health plan efforts to meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
section 62J.536, to meet the administrative requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
62J.497, to meet federal requirements for transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10, and to
comply with federal changes to the Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162.
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