1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to insurance; health; requiring health plans to cover multiple types of 
1.3 	prescription drug administration for opioid dependence;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [62Q.472] ADMINISTRATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR 
1.7 	OPIOID DEPENDENCE.
1.8 	A health plan must provide the same coverage for all methods to administer prescription 
1.9 	drugs to treat opioid dependence. Methods to administer drugs to treat opioid dependence 
1.10 	include but are not limited to orally administered prescription drugs and the intramuscular 
1.11 	and subcutaneous administration of prescription drugs.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2021, and applies to health 
1.13 	plans offered, issued, or renewed on or after that date.