Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 442-S.F.No. 1951 
                  An act relating to insurance; health; restricting 
                  termination or reductions of coverage for fibrocystic 
                  conditions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
                  Statutes, chapter 62A. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [62A.305] [FIBROCYSTIC CONDITION; TERMINATION 
        OR REDUCTION OF COVERAGE.] 
           No health plan shall be terminated, canceled, nonrenewed, 
        or contain any increased premium rate, or exclusion, reduction, 
        or limitation on benefits, nor shall coverage be denied, solely 
        because the covered person has been diagnosed as having a 
        fibrocystic breast condition. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.] 
           Section 1 is effective August 1, 1994, and applies to a 
        plan issued or renewed to provide coverage to a Minnesota 
        resident on and after that date. 
           Presented to the governor April 12, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 15, 1994, 1:45 p.m.