1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; changing funding provisions for MNsure;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 62V.05, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 62V.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Operations funding. (a) Prior to January 1, 2015, MNsure shall retain or collect 
1.7 	up to 1.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health plans and 
1.8 	dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the cash reserves of MNsure, but the amount 
1.9 	collected shall not exceed a dollar amount equal to 25 percent of the funds collected under 
1.10 	section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
1.11 	(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, MNsure shall retain or collect up to 3.5 percent of total 
1.12 	premiums for individual and small group market health plans and dental plans sold through 
1.13 	MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the amount collected shall not exceed a 
1.14 	dollar amount equal to 50 percent of the funds collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 
1.15 	6, for calendar year 2012.
1.16 	(c) (a) Beginning January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2020, MNsure shall retain or 
1.17 	collect up to 3.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health 
1.18 	plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the 
1.19 	amount collected may never exceed a dollar amount greater than 100 percent of the funds 
1.20 	collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
1.21 	(d) For fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the commissioner of management and budget is 
1.22 	authorized to provide cash flow assistance of up to $20,000,000 from the special revenue 
2.1 	fund or the statutory general fund under section 16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), to 
2.2 	MNsure. Any funds provided under this paragraph shall be repaid, with interest, by June 
2.3 	30, 2015.
2.4 	(b) Beginning January 1, 2021, MNsure shall retain or collect up to two percent of total 
2.5 	premiums for individual and small group health plans and dental plans sold through MNsure 
2.6 	to fund the operations of MNsure, but the amount collected may never exceed a dollar 
2.7 	amount greater than 25 percent of the funds collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 6, 
2.8 	for calendar year 2012.
2.9 	(e) (c) Funding for the operations of MNsure shall cover any compensation provided to 
2.10 	navigators participating in the navigator program.
2.11 	(d) Interagency agreements between MNsure and the Department of Human Services 
2.12 	for the Department of Human Services' public assistance cost allocation plan shall not be 
2.13 	modified to reflect any changes to the percentage of premiums that MNsure is allowed to 
2.14 	retain or collect under this section. No additional funding shall be transferred from the 
2.15 	Department of Human Services to MNsure as a result of any changes to the percentage of 
2.16 	premiums that MNsure is allowed to retain or collect under this section.

2.17 	Sec. 2. RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL MARKET HEALTH AND DENTAL PLANS 
2.18 	FOR 2021.
 2.19 	(a) Health carriers must take into account the reduction in the premium withhold 
2.20 	percentage under Minnesota Statutes, section 62V.05, subdivision 2, applicable beginning 
2.21 	in calendar year 2021 for individual market health plans and dental plans sold through 
2.22 	MNsure when setting rates for individual market health plans and dental plans for calendar 
2.23 	year 2021.
2.24 	(b) For purposes of this section, "dental plan," "health carrier," "health plan," and 
2.25 	"individual market" have the meanings given in Minnesota Statutes, section 62V.02.