1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; modifying mandatory Medicare 
  1.3             assignment; exempting medical supplies and equipment 
  1.4             from mandatory Medicare assignment; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1996, section 62J.25. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62J.25, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      62J.25 [MANDATORY MEDICARE ASSIGNMENT.] 
  1.10     (a) Effective January 1, 1993, a health care provider 
  1.11  ~~authorized to participate in the Medicare program~~ shall not 
  1.12  charge to or collect from a Medicare beneficiary who is a 
  1.13  Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 115 percent of the 
  1.14  Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service 
  1.15  provided. 
  1.16     (b) Effective January 1, 1994, a health care provider 
  1.17  ~~authorized to participate in the Medicare program~~ shall not 
  1.18  charge to or collect from a Medicare beneficiary who is a 
  1.19  Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 110 percent of the 
  1.20  Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service 
  1.21  provided. 
  1.22     (c) Effective January 1, 1995, a health care provider 
  1.23  ~~authorized to participate in the Medicare program~~ shall not 
  1.24  charge to or collect from a Medicare beneficiary who is a 
  1.25  Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 105 percent of the 
  2.1   Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service 
  2.2   provided. 
  2.3      (d) Effective January 1, 1996, a health care provider 
  2.4   ~~authorized to participate in the Medicare program~~ shall not 
  2.5   charge to or collect from a Medicare beneficiary who is a 
  2.6   Minnesota resident any amount in excess of the Medicare-approved 
  2.7   amount for any Medicare-covered service provided. 
  2.8      (e) This section does not apply to ambulance services as 
  2.9   defined in section 144.801, subdivision 4, or medical supplies 
  2.10  and equipment. 
  2.11     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.12     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.