1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; modifying provisions for funding Minnesota comprehensive 
1.3 	health insurance plan; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, 
1.4 	section 62E.11, subdivision 13.
1.5 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62E.11, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 13.State funding; effect on premium rates of members. (a) In approving 
1.8 	the premium rates as required in sections  62A.65, subdivision 3; and  62L.08, subdivision 
1.9 	8, the commissioners of health and commerce shall ensure that any appropriation to 
1.10 	reduce the annual assessment made on the contributing members to cover the costs of the 
1.11 	Minnesota comprehensive health insurance plan as required under this section is reflected 
1.12 	in the premium rates charged by each contributing member. 
1.13 	(b) In any fiscal year, a positive balance in the health care access fund, not to 
1.14 	exceed $55,000,000, is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for disbursement 
1.15 	to the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association for the purpose of reducing or 
1.16 	eliminating its annual assessments on its contributing members, under subdivision 6. The 
1.17 	amount appropriated and disbursed must not exceed the total amount that the association 
1.18 	would otherwise assess on its contributing members for the calendar year in which the 
1.19 	disbursement is made.
1.20 	(c) Notwithstanding the appropriation in paragraph (b), in fiscal years 2007, 2008, 
1.21 	and 2009, $55,000,000 is appropriated each year from the health care access fund to the 
1.22 	commissioner of commerce for the purpose stated in paragraph (b).