E Relating to health care; regulating health insurance premium + growth rates, requiring and providing for the commissioner of health to set annual +premium growth limits for health plan companies; changing the requirement for+ the commissioner to establish cost containment goals to a requirement to +establish annual health care expenditure limits for health plan companies, +prohibiting the limits from exceeding the premium limits; requiring health plan +companies to annually provide to enrollees information on the increased +personal health risks and additional costs to the health care system due to obesity +and to the use of tobacco and to develop an information sheet to be posted on +the department web site; requiring the commissioner to distinguish +between the individual, small group and large group markets in the collection of +certain cost containment data from group purchasers; requiring state agencies+ to encourage the adoption of best practice guidelines and participation +in best practices measurement activities by physicians, other health care +providers and health plan companies to reduce health care costs, requiring and +providing for the commissioner to facilitate access to best practice guidelines and+ quality of care measurement information to providers, purchasers and +consumers, requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations +(DOER) to use the data to make decisions about contracts entered into with +health plan companies, providing for pass through of payment withholds; providing+ for the implementation of an electronic medical record system for use by +health care providers to achieve administrative cost savings and to improve the +safety, quality and efficiency of health care delivery, specifying certain +duties of the commissioner of health, requiring commissioner of human services appointment of an advisory committee and a commissioner of health +progress report to the legislature by a certain date; requesting clinical +medical education programs training pediatricians to include curriculum in +case management and medication management for children suffering from +mental illness; requiring and providing for the commissioner of health to +establish and implement a loan program to help physicians or group practices to+ finance the installation of electronic medical record systems, specifying +eligibility and establishing the electronic medical record system loan fund, +authorizing and providing for the sale revenue bonds by the commissioner of +finance; expanding eligibility for nurses under the health professional +education loan forgiveness program; modifying eligibility under the prescription +drug discount program and the continuing care program for persons with mental +illness; modifying eligibility under the medical assistance (MA) program; +modifying the definition of telemedicine consultation for medical assistance +coverage purposes, authorizing telephone conversations relating to the +management of medications for children with mental health needs; eliminating +certain limits on medical assistance coverage for dental services; requiring and +providing for the commissioner of human services in consultation with the +commissioner of health to biennially establish a list of health care services not +eligible for medical assistance, general assistance medical care or the +MinnesotaCare program and requiring the commissioner of human services to design +and implement a disease management initiative for the medical assistance,+ GAMC and MinnesotaCare programs to provide an integrated systematic approach +to manage health care needs of recipients with certain conditions or diseases +requiring frequent medical attention; requiring the commissioner to increase +scholarship reimbursements to certain providers to be used for certain employee +scholarship costs and training in English as a second language (ESL); temporarily+ modifying eligibility for the medical assistance prepaid demonstration project;+ modifying eligibility for GAMC and eliminating certain copayment requirements; +modifying eligibility for certain services under the MinnesotaCare program, +further detailing certain application requirements and modifying certain +copayment requirements; providing a MinnesotaCare option for small employers, +evaluation requirement; expanding the focus of the program of federal grants to +maintain independence and employment; requiring the commissioner human +services in consultation with the commissioner of corrections to examine the +feasibility of providing discounted prescription drugs to targeted patient +populations through the use of the federal public health services act, specifying certain information requirements; requiring the commissioner of human +services to estimate the cost savings to medical assistance, GAMC and +MinnesotaCare due to implementation of the disease management initiatives and submit +certain recommendations to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioners of human services, health and commerce to conduct a +health care reporting consolidation study and submit a report to the legislature +by a certain date; requiring the commissioners of education, health and +human services to convene a task force to study and make recommendations on+ the role of public schools in improving the health status of children and +report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioners of human +services and employee relations to develop a written plan for a provider +payment system to be implemented by a certain date, specifying certain system +requirements and requiring submission of the plan to the legislature by a certain +date; appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state +colleges and universities (MnSCU) for the nursing and health care education +plan, to the commissioner of finance for the electronic medical record system loan+ fund, to the commissioner of health for the loan forgiveness program and to +the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the dental clinic to +address dental care access for low income patients; repealing the expiration date of+ the prescription drug discount program and certain medical assistance +copayment requirements(ja)