Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE Creating the Minnesota universal health board to provide a single publicly financed and statewide program of comprehensive coverage for necessary health care services for Minnesota residents ARTICLE 2 - REGIONAL BOARDS Replacing regional coordinating boards for health care with regional consumer boards and prescribing the membership; specifying certain regional budget duties and an implementation schedule ARTICLE 3 - MINNESOTA UNIVERSAL HEALTH BOARD Specifying Minnesota universal health board membership eligibility, composition and duties, requiring annual reports to the legislature and governor and administrative support from the commissioner of health, authorizing rules; specifying a schedule for implementation of the Minnesota universal health program by the board and the commissioner; establishing the Minnesota health care trust fund and the prevention, health services, capital, communication and transportation, evaluation, planning and assessment and medical research accounts within the fund to be used for certain specified purposes; specifying certain residency requirements for eligibility under the universal health program; providing for a phase-in of eligibility; authorizing payment for out of state care provided to state residents and coverage using a sliding fee scale to nonresidents employed in the state; specifying covered and excluded services, requiring the board to establish a benefits advisory committee; providing for choice of providers; prohibiting duplicate coverage; specifying certain provider responsibilities and providing for reimbursement to providers under the program, prohibiting providers from charging rates higher than the negotiated reimbursement rates or from charging separately for services, authorizing election for reimbursement on a capitation basis in place of fee for service reimbursement; requiring board rules establishing a review and approval process for regional boards; requiring the commissioner to study statewide health care spending to enable the board and regional boards to establish and enforce the state and regional health care budgets; providing for funding of the universal health program through the consolidation of funding from existing state and federal programs and designated progressive income tax, prohibiting copayments, deductibles or other out of pocket payments by individuals for services; repealing the requirement for the commissioner to establish specific public health goals (rla)