as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/11/2021 02:40pm
A bill for an act
relating to health insurance; requiring guaranteed issue for individual health plans
offered by health carriers to Minnesota residents; amending Minnesota Statutes
2020, section 62A.65, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62A.65, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
No health carrier, as defined in section
62A.011, shall offer, sell, issue, or renew any individual health plan, as defined in section
62A.011, to a Minnesota resident except in compliance with this sectionnew text begin and on a guaranteed
issue basis at a premium rate that does not take into account the claims experience of the
individualnew text end . deleted text begin This section does not apply to the Comprehensive Health Association established
in section 62E.10.
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This section is effective January 1, 2022, and applies to plans
offered, renewed, or issued on or after that date.
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