Relating to health

ARTICLE 1 - MEDICAL HOME

Requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations in consultation with the commissioner of health to develop and administer a medical home pilot project for persons enrolled in medical assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care (GAMC) and state employees to the extent permitted by federal requirements; providing for payment methods and incentives; specifying requirements for medical home designation; requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations to evaluate the effectiveness of pilot project and prepare a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for the medical education and research fund and to work with institutions of higher education to establish or fund existing initiatives to recruit and retain nurse educators on nursing education programs

ARTICLE 2 - UNIVERSAL COVERAGE

Requiring all health plan companies participating in the individual market to offer and make available on a guaranteed basis the qualified minimum coverage; increasing the age of dependent; setting a date for universal health care coverage; requiring all state residents to have health care coverage, requiring parents or legal guardians to maintain coverage for children; requiring all health plan companies to provide coverage; establishing the Minnesota health care access portal to provide information and assistance to residents regarding the responsibility to have health coverage and the options available; requiring the commissioner of commerce to identify individuals without health coverage and provide information about coverage requirements; specifying employers responsibilities; requiring the commissioner of revenue in consultation with the commissioners of health and commerce to develop and administer a method for collecting information on health coverage through tax returns to determine coverage; requiring health care providers and health plan companies to provide information to the health care access portal; requiring all health plan companies to provide minimum health coverage, specifying preventive services coverage, prescription drugs and cost effective services provisions, setting a maximum deductible, an out of pocket maximum benefit, lifetime maximum benefit and premium provisions; establishing the Minnesota health care access portal, providing for a board of directors, specifying general powers, providing an exemption from administrative procedures, stating purpose of corporation, authorizing the corporation to administer risk adjustment procedures, providing for combining of employer contributions; providing for an excess health care cost credit; requiring the commissioner of human services to present a report to the legislature by a certain date modifying the MinnesotaCare system; requiring the commissioner of commerce to convene a health plan risk adjustment task force to identify a risk adjustment methodology; requiring the commissioner of commerce in cooperation with the commissioners of health, human services, employee relations and revenue to study and report to the legislature by a certain date on an implementation plan; requiring the commissioner of health in cooperation with the commissioners of commerce and human services to study and report to the legislature by a certain date on the affordability of health plan premiums; requiring the commissioner of commerce to study and report to the legislature by a certain date on combing multiple employer contributions; requiring the commissioner of commerce to study and report to the legislature by a certain date on variable deductibles and copayments based on income; appropriating money to the commissioners of health, commerce, human services, revenue and to the health care access portal corporation; repealing certain provisions relating to group accident and health coverage of full time students and health plan coverage guarantees

ARTICLE 3 - PROTECTING AND PROMOTING HEALTH

Modifying certain graduation and academic requirements relating to health and physical education; requiring the commissioner of education to evaluate local school wellness policies; requiring the commissioner of health to conduct a gap analysis of public health infrastructure and inventory private sector capacity, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring commissioner of health to administer grants and financial incentive programs to encourage communities to implement urban and community planning designs to foster healthy lifestyles, requiring a report to the governor and legislature by a certain date; requiring commissioner of education to adopt rules regarding physical education standards required for high school graduation; appropriating money to commissioner of education for local school wellness

ARTICLE 4 - HEALTH INFORMATION

Requiring the commissioner of human services to develop policies for coverage of and payment for additional telemedicine services; requiring the Minnesota health care connection to build a statewide information exchange; requiring the commissioner of human services to adopt pay for use programs offering financial incentives to providers for the implementation and use of health care information technology in clinical practice; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for grants to health care providers in rural and underserved communities for interoperable and transferable health information systems and to the commissioner of human services for electronic health information pay for use programs
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