Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF0588

ARTICLE 1 - USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS; REPEAL OF MINNESOTACARE
TAXESRequiring the commissioner of finance to deposit tobacco litigation
settlement proceeds received after a certain date into the health care access
fund, requiring the deposit of a certain amount into a national research
account; eliminating the gross premium taxes on health maintenance organizations
(HMO), community integrated service networks (CISN) and nonprofit health service
plan corporations and the MinnesotaCare hospitals and health care providers
gross earnings tax; eliminating the monetary cap on the senior citizen drug
program and requiring the commissioner of human services to present to the
legislature by a certain date recommendations and draft legislation to expand
eligibility and establish sliding scale premiums for the program, specifying
certain report content requirements ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING CHANGESMaking
conforming amendments to certain provisions relating to health care cost
containment, health provider cooperative contracts, expanded provider networks,
certain health related licensing board data collection requirements and tax data
classification and disclosure(mk)