1E Relating to health

ARTICLE 1 - COVERAGE FOR LOW-INCOME UNINSURED CHILDREN

Establishing a program that provides coverage to low-income uninsured children who are not eligible for medical assistance or MinnesotaCare, establishing eligibility criteria; specifying covered services; providing for application of certain premium cost sharing provisions under the MinnesotaCare program eligible children; permitting the contracting of certain plans under certain conditions

ARTICLE 2 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Requiring the commissioner of human services to seek federal authority to make changes to the emergency medical assistance (MA) program to allow coverage and payment for cost-effective community-based and outpatient services as an alternative to hospital inpatient and emergency department services in order to reduce the total cost of care
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