Minnesota Legislature
SF 2794
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/18/2016 09:46am
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to commerce; regulating no-fault auto benefits; requiring the deduction
of basic economic loss benefits previously provided; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, sections 65B.44, subdivision 5; 65B.51, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 65B.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Replacement service and loss.
Replacement service loss benefits shall
reimburse all expenses reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the nonfatally injured person
in obtaining usual and necessary substitute services in lieu of those that, had the injured
person not been injured, the injured person would have performed not for income but for
direct personal benefit or for the benefit of the injured person's household; if the nonfatally
injured person normally, as a full time responsibility, provides care and maintenance of a
home with or without children, the benefit to be provided under this subdivision shall be
the reasonable value of such care and maintenance deleted text begin or the reasonable expenses incurred in
obtaining usual and necessary substitute care and maintenance of the home, whichever
is greaterdeleted text end new text begin actually providednew text end . These benefits shall be subject to a maximum of $200 per
week. All replacement services loss sustained on the date of injury and the first seven days
thereafter is excluded in calculating replacement services loss.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 65B.51, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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Deduction of basic economic loss benefits previously considered.
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When a claimant receives compensation for damages that include expenses paid or
payable, or which would be payable but for any applicable deductible, under sections
65B.41 to 65B.71, whether through arbitration, court action, or otherwise, and whether the
alleged liability to compensate the claimant arises from contract, tort, or otherwise, the
claimant shall not be able to again claim or collect those same expenses from any insurer
obligated to provide basic economic loss benefits to the claimant.
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