1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; providing an exemption from quality measurements and 
1.3 	incentive payment programs for providers who opt out;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, section 62U.02, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 62U.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Implementation. (a) By January 1, 2010, health plan companies shall use 
1.8 	the standardized quality measures established under this section and shall not require 
1.9 	providers to use and report health plan company-specific quality and outcome measures.
1.10 	(b) By July 1, 2010, the commissioner of management and budget shall implement 
1.11 	this incentive payment system for all participants in the state employee group insurance 
1.12 	program.
1.13 	(c) The commissioner must develop an exemption form by which providers may 
1.14 	refuse, without penalty, to participate in the quality measurement and incentive payment 
1.15 	programs provided under this section and section 62U.04. The commissioner must 
1.16 	make the form available to providers via the Department of Health Web site by July 1, 
1.17 	2012. Upon receipt of a completed form, the commissioner and health plan companies 
1.18 	must cease any quality measurement and incentive payment activity under this section or 
1.19 	section 62U.04 relative to that provider.