HF 776

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to insurance; broadening an existing right to
purchase Medicare supplement coverage under certain
circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 62A.31, subdivision 1h.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62A.31,
subdivision 1h, is amended to read:

Subd. 1h.

Limitations on denials, conditions, and pricing
of coverage.

No health carrier issuing Medicare-related
coverage in this state may impose preexisting condition
limitations or otherwise deny or condition the issuance or
effectiveness of any such coverage available for sale in this
state, nor may it discriminate in the pricing of such coverage,
because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of
health care, medical condition, or age of an applicant where an
application for such coverage is submitted prior to or during
the six-month period beginning with the first day of the month
in which an individual first enrolled for benefits under
Medicare Part B. This subdivision applies to each
Medicare-related coverage offered by a health carrier regardless
of whether the individual has attained the age of 65 years. If
an individual who is enrolled in Medicare Part B due to
disability status is involuntarily disenrolled due to loss of
disability status, the individual is eligible for another
six-month enrollment period provided under this subdivision
beginning the first day of the month in which the individual
later becomes eligible for and enrolls again in Medicare Part
B. An individual who is or was previously enrolled in Medicare
Part B due to disability status is eligible for another
six-month enrollment period under this subdivision beginning the
first day of the month in which the individual has attained the
age of 65 years and either maintains enrollment in, or enrolls
again in, Medicare Part B. If an individual enrolled in
Medicare Part B voluntarily disenrolls from Medicare Part B
because the individual becomes deleted text begin reemployed and is deleted text end enrolled under
an employee welfare benefit plan, the individual is eligible for
another six-month enrollment period, as provided in this
subdivision, beginning the first day of the month in which the
individual later becomes eligible for and enrolls again in
Medicare Part B.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
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