1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to 
1.3 	make a waiver request for public health programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. WAIVER REQUEST.
 1.6 	The commissioner of human services shall request a federal waiver to allow the state 
1.7 	to continue the public health programs it had in place before the adoption of the Patient 
1.8 	Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148. In particular, a waiver request 
1.9 	to continue the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs as they were in effect 
1.10 	prior to the passage of Public Law 111-148. This will allow patients to continue to see 
1.11 	their own physicians and offer the state the flexibility to address health care issues unique 
1.12 	to Minnesota.