HF 1939

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; permitting a group
health insurance arrangement of local governments to
provide the same coverage to each participating
governmental unit; amending Laws 1985, chapter 85,
section 1.

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

Section 1.

Laws 1985, chapter 85, section 1, is amended to
read:

Section 1.

Certain counties; joint agreements for
insurance coverage.

new text begin (a) new text end The counties of Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching and St.
Louis, and political subdivisions located in those counties,
except the city of Duluth, when two or more of them are acting
jointly under Minnesota Statutes, section 471.61, subdivision 1,
or section 471.59 for purposes of section 471.61, may act
jointly for the same purposes with any nonprofit organization
organized under the laws of Minnesota and which is exempt from
taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code 1954, as amended through December 31, 1984.

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 62L.03;
62L.04; 62L.045; or any other provision of Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 62L, an arrangement described in paragraph (a) may
provide the same health coverage under the same plan and premium
rates to its member employers that have 50 or fewer employees
that the arrangement provides to its member employers that have
more than 50 employees. The insurer offering the plan need not
offer this same plan to small employers that are not member
employers in the arrangement described in paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin (c) Paragraph (b) is a pilot project that expires at the
end of its third full plan year after its date of enactment.
After the second full plan year, the entity operating an
arrangement described in paragraph (a) shall provide a written
report to the commissioner of commerce summarizing the
advantages and disadvantages of the pilot project and
recommending whether to make it permanent.
new text end

Sec. 2 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023,
subdivision 1, clause (a), local approval of this act is not
required. This act is effective the day following final
enactment.
new text end