HF 3360

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying provisions for funding Minnesota comprehensive
health insurance plan; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 62E.11, subdivision 13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62E.11, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

State funding; effect on premium rates of members.

new text begin (a) new text end In approving
the premium rates as required in sections 62A.65, subdivision 3; and 62L.08, subdivision
8, the commissioners of health and commerce shall ensure that any appropriation to
reduce the annual assessment made on the contributing members to cover the costs of the
Minnesota comprehensive health insurance plan as required under this section is reflected
in the premium rates charged by each contributing member.

new text begin (b) In any fiscal year, a positive balance in the health care access fund, not to
exceed $55,000,000, is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for disbursement
to the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association for the purpose of reducing or
eliminating its annual assessments on its contributing members, under subdivision 6. The
amount appropriated and disbursed must not exceed the total amount that the association
would otherwise assess on its contributing members for the calendar year in which the
disbursement is made.
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new text begin (c) Notwithstanding the appropriation in paragraph (b), in fiscal years 2007, 2008,
and 2009, $55,000,000 is appropriated each year from the health care access fund to the
commissioner of commerce for the purpose stated in paragraph (b).
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