Legislative Session number- 87

Bill Name: SF0497

Relating to insurance; requiring school districts to obtain employee
health
insurance coverage through the public employees insurance program;
authorizing commissioner of Minnesota Budget and Management (finance) to develop
and administer health improvement programs and school employee insurance
program; requiring school employers to purchase health coverage for eligible
employees through the school employee insurance program; establishing the school
employee insurance committee; specifying committee membership, compensation and
duties; requiring disclosure of nonidentifiable aggregate claims data from past
covers; imposing a tax on the school employee insurance program assessed against
gross premiums; setting a deadline for appointments to the committee and the
first meeting of committee; requiring MMB to use insurance trust fund resources
for administrative start-up costs
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