Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF1897

Requiring the commissioner of human services to deliver health care services to
state health care program enrollees through the expansion of direct contacting
with providers under medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care
(GAMC) and MinnesotaCare; prohibiting contracts with prepaid health plans to
provide health care services; prohibiting the commissioner from using prior
authorization or other utilization controls for health care services by direct
contracting, providing an exemption for county based purchasing; requiring the
commissioner to present to the legislature by a certain date recommendations and
draft legislation; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing
commissioner of human services prepaid health plans, a MA dental access grant
prepayment demonstration project and MinnesotaCare managed care
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