1997 Minnesota Statutes

     62A.56 Rulemaking. 

    Subdivision 1.    Permissive.  The commissioner may 
 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14 to carry out the purposes of 
 sections 62A.46 to 62A.56.  The rules may: 

    (1) establish additional disclosure requirements for 
 long-term care policies designed to adequately inform the 
 prospective insured of the need and extent of coverage offered; 

    (2) prescribe uniform policy forms in order to give the 
 purchaser of long-term care policies a reasonable opportunity to 
 compare the cost of insuring with various insurers; and 

    (3) establish other reasonable minimum standards as needed 
 to further the purposes of sections 62A.46 to 62A.56. 

    Subd. 2.    Mandatory.  The commissioner shall adopt 
 rules under chapter 14 establishing general standards to ensure 
 that assessments used in the prescribing of long-term care are 
 reliable, valid, and clinically appropriate. 

    HIST: 1986 c 397 s 8; 1990 c 551 s 8