1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to insurance; clarifying the definition of health carrier;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62A.011, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62A.011, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Health carrier. "Health carrier" means an insurance company licensed 
1.7 	under chapter 60A to offer, sell, or issue a policy of accident and sickness insurance as 
1.8 	defined in section 62A.01; a nonprofit health service plan corporation operating under 
1.9 	chapter 62C; a health maintenance organization operating under chapter 62D; a fraternal 
1.10 	benefit society operating under chapter 64B; or a joint self-insurance employee health plan 
1.11 	operating under chapter 62H. Health carrier does not include an insurance company or 
1.12 	other entity included in this subdivision that offers, sells, issues, or renews only products 
1.13 	that are expressly excluded from the definition of a health plan under subdivision 3, except 
1.14 	in the context of a law that expressly references one of those products.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.