SF 828

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

A bill for an act
relating to health; requiring disclosure of employers
of applicants for publicly funded health programs;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 62J.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [62J.85] EMPLOYER DISCLOSURE FOR PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Information required under public
assistance health care programs. new text end

new text begin Any applicant applying for
health care benefits under medical assistance, general
assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare must identify the
employer or employers of the applicant. In the event the
applicant is not employed, the applicant shall identify the
employer or employers of any adult who is responsible for
providing all or some of the applicant's health care support.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin (a) On or before January 1 of each
year, beginning January 1, 2006, for the previous fiscal year,
the commissioner shall submit to the legislature a report
identifying all employers who employ 25 or more public
assistance health care program recipients as identified under
subdivision 1. In determining whether the 25-employee threshold
is met, the commissioner shall include all public assistance
health care program recipients employed by the employer and its
subsidiaries at all locations within the state. The report
shall include the following information:
new text end

new text begin (1) the name and address of the employer and, as
appropriate, the names and addresses of its subsidiaries that
employ public assistance health care program recipients;
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new text begin (2) the number of recipients who are employees of the
employer;
new text end

new text begin (3) the number of recipients who are spouses or dependents
of employees of the employer;
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new text begin (4) the cost to the state of providing health care benefits
for these employers' employees and enrolled dependents.
new text end

new text begin (b) The report shall not include the name of any individual
public assistance health care program recipient and shall comply
with privacy standards according to the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner shall make the report available to the
public on the Department of Human Services Web site, and shall
provide a copy of the report to any member of the public upon
request.
new text end