1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; modifying the definition of affordability for families with 
1.3 	access to employer-subsidized insurance for purposes of MinnesotaCare eligibility;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256L.07, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256L.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Must not have access to employer-subsidized minimum essential coverage.
 1.8 	(a) To be eligible, a family or individual must not have access to subsidized health coverage 
1.9 	that is affordable and provides minimum value as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
1.10 	title 26, section 1.36B-2.
1.11 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who has access to subsidized health 
1.12 	coverage through a spouse's employer that is deemed minimum essential coverage under 
1.13 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 1.36B-2, is eligible for MinnesotaCare if the 
1.14 	portion of the annual premium the employee pays for employee and dependent coverage 
1.15 	exceeds the required contribution percentage as described in Code of Federal Regulations, 
1.16 	title 26, section 1.36B-2.
1.17 	(b) (c) This subdivision does not apply to a family or individual who no longer has 
1.18 	employer-subsidized coverage due to the employer terminating health care coverage as an 
1.19 	employee benefit.