1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; allowing persons in active
1.3 	military service to suspend MinnesotaCare enrollment
1.4 	without a lapse in coverage; modifying MinnesotaCare
1.5 	eligibility determinations and premium payment
1.6 	calculations for persons in active military service;
1.7 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 256L.05, by
1.8 	adding a subdivision; 256L.07, by adding a
1.9 	subdivision; 256L.15, by adding a subdivision.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256L.05, is
1.12 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.13 		Subd. 6.Enrollees in active military service; option to
1.14 	suspend coverage. Enrollees who are ordered to active military
1.15 	service and their dependents may suspend MinnesotaCare coverage
1.16 	upon the effective date of health coverage under Tricare, the
1.17 	Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Service
1.18 	(CHAMPUS), or other coverage provided under United States Code,
1.19 	title 10, subtitle A, part II, chapter 55.  These enrollees and
1.20 	their dependents are eligible for MinnesotaCare without
1.21 	reapplication or reenrollment and without any lapse in coverage,
1.22 	immediately upon termination of health coverage under Tricare,
1.23 	CHAMPUS, or other coverage provided under United States Code,
1.24 	title 10, subtitle A, part II, chapter 55, provided that all
1.25 	MinnesotaCare eligibility criteria are met.  Enrollees who
1.26 	suspend coverage under this subdivision remain MinnesotaCare
1.27 	enrollees and are not subject to the four calendar month bar on
2.1 	enrollment that applies to persons who voluntarily terminate
2.2 	coverage under section 256L.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (d).
2.3 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.4 	following final enactment.

2.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256L.07, is
2.6 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
2.7 		Subd. 5.Enrollees in active military service. When
2.8 	determining eligibility for enrollees ordered to active military
2.9 	service who choose to continue MinnesotaCare coverage while in
2.10 	active service, and their dependents, the commissioner must
2.11 	consider the enrollee's income while in active service to be the
2.12 	lower of:  (1) enrollee gross income received prior to reporting
2.13 	for active service; or (2) enrollee gross income received while
2.14 	in active service, counting only the enrollee's base military
2.15 	pay.
2.16 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.17 	following final enactment.

2.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256L.15, is
2.19 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
2.20 		Subd. 4.Premium calculation for enrollees in active
2.21 	military service. When calculating premiums for enrollees
2.22 	ordered to active military service who choose to continue
2.23 	MinnesotaCare coverage while in active service, and their
2.24 	dependents, the commissioner shall consider the enrollee's
2.25 	income while in active service to be the lower of:  (1) enrollee
2.26 	gross income received prior to reporting for active service; or
2.27 	(2) enrollee gross income received while in active service,
2.28 	counting only the enrollee's base military pay.
2.29 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.30 	following final enactment.