1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to insurance; modifying provisions related to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Comprehensive Health Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 
1.4 	62E.11, subdivision 11; 62E.12; 62E.141.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62E.11, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 11.Rate increase or benefit change. The association must hold a public 
1.8 	meeting to hear public comment provide notice and solicit public comment at least 
1.9 	two weeks before filing a rate increase or benefit change with the commissioner. This 
1.10 	requirement may be satisfied by written notice, public meeting, or electronic means. If the 
1.11 	association holds a public meeting, notice of the public meeting to hear public comment 
1.12 	must be mailed at least two weeks before the meeting to all plan enrollees.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62E.12, is amended to read:
1.15 	62E.12 MINIMUM BENEFITS OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH 
1.16 	INSURANCE PLAN.
1.17 	(a) The association through its comprehensive health insurance plan shall offer 
1.18 	policies which provide the benefits of a number one qualified plan and a number two 
1.19 	qualified plan, except that the maximum lifetime benefit on these plans shall be $5,000,000; 
1.20 	and an extended basic Medicare supplement plan and a basic Medicare supplement plan 
1.21 	as described in sections 62A.3099 to 62A.44. The association may also offer a plan that 
1.22 	is identical to a number one and number two qualified plan except that it has a $2,000 
1.23 	annual deductible and a $5,000,000 maximum lifetime benefit. The association, subject to 
2.1 	the approval of the commissioner, may also offer plans that are identical to the number 
2.2 	one or number two qualified plan, except that they have annual deductibles of $5,000 and 
2.3 	$10,000, respectively; have limitations on total annual out-of-pocket expenses equal to 
2.4 	those annual deductibles and therefore cover 100 percent of the allowable cost of covered 
2.5 	services in excess of those annual deductibles; and have a $5,000,000 maximum lifetime 
2.6 	benefit. The association, subject to approval of the commissioner, may also offer plans 
2.7 	that meet all other requirements of state law except those that are inconsistent with high 
2.8 	deductible health plans as defined in sections 220 and 223 of the Internal Revenue Code 
2.9 	and supporting regulations. As of January 1, 2006, the association shall no longer be 
2.10 	required to offer an extended basic Medicare supplement plan.
2.11 	(b) The requirement that a policy issued by the association must be a qualified plan 
2.12 	is satisfied if the association contracts with a preferred provider network and the level of 
2.13 	benefits for services provided within the network satisfies the requirements of a qualified 
2.14 	plan. If the association uses a preferred provider network, payments to nonparticipating 
2.15 	providers must meet the minimum requirements of section 72A.20, subdivision 15.
2.16 	(c) The association shall offer health maintenance organization contracts in those 
2.17 	areas of the state where a health maintenance organization has agreed to make the 
2.18 	coverage available and has been selected as a writing carrier.
2.19 	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 62E.06 and unless those charges 
2.20 	are billed by a provider that is part of the association's preferred provider network, the 
2.21 	state plan shall exclude coverage of services of a private duty nurse other than on an 
2.22 	inpatient basis and any charges for treatment in a hospital or other inpatient facility located 
2.23 	outside of the state of Minnesota in which the covered person is receiving treatment for a 
2.24 	mental or nervous disorder, unless similar treatment for the mental or nervous disorder is 
2.25 	medically necessary, unavailable in Minnesota and provided upon referral by a licensed 
2.26 	Minnesota medical practitioner.

2.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010.

2.28 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62E.141, is amended to read:
2.29 	62E.141 INCLUSION IN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PLAN.
2.30 	(a) No employee of an employer that offers a health plan, under which the 
2.31 	employee is eligible for coverage, is eligible to enroll, or continue to be enrolled, in 
2.32 	the comprehensive health association, except for enrollment or continued enrollment 
2.33 	necessary to cover conditions a condition that are is subject to an unexpired preexisting 
2.34 	condition limitation, preexisting condition exclusion, or exclusionary rider under the 
3.1 	employer's health plan. This section paragraph does not apply to persons enrolled in the 
3.2 	Comprehensive Health Association as of June 30, 1993. With respect to persons eligible 
3.3 	to enroll in the health plan of an employer that has more than 29 current employees, as 
3.4 	defined in section 62L.02, this section paragraph does not apply to persons enrolled in the 
3.5 	Comprehensive Health Association as of December 31, 1994.  
3.6 	(b) Where dependents of employees are eligible for coverage in the employer 
3.7 	health plan, no such dependent is eligible to enroll, or continue to be enrolled, in the 
3.8 	Comprehensive Health Association, except for enrollment or continued enrollment 
3.9 	necessary to cover a condition that is subject to an unexpired preexisting condition 
3.10 	limitation, preexisting condition exclusion, or exclusionary rider under the employer's 
3.11 	health plan. This paragraph does not apply to persons who have submitted an application 
3.12 	for coverage to, or are enrolled in, the Comprehensive Health Association as of July 
3.13 	31, 2010.

3.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010.