1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; extending participation in 
  1.3             the prepayment demonstration project for Itasca 
  1.4             county; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.5             256B.69, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.69, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section, 
  1.10  the following terms have the meanings given.  
  1.11     (a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
  1.12  For the remainder of this section, the commissioner's 
  1.13  responsibilities for methods and policies for implementing the 
  1.14  project will be proposed by the project advisory committees and 
  1.15  approved by the commissioner.  
  1.16     (b) "Demonstration provider" means a health maintenance 
  1.17  organization, community integrated service network, or 
  1.18  accountable provider network authorized and operating under 
  1.19  chapter 62D, 62N, or 62T that participates in the demonstration 
  1.20  project according to criteria, standards, methods, and other 
  1.21  requirements established for the project and approved by the 
  1.22  commissioner.  Notwithstanding the above, Itasca county may 
  1.23  continue to participate as a demonstration provider until July 
  1.24  1, ~~2000~~ 2002. 
  1.25     (c) "Eligible individuals" means those persons eligible for 
  2.1   medical assistance benefits as defined in sections 256B.055, 
  2.2   256B.056, and 256B.06. 
  2.3      (d) "Limitation of choice" means suspending freedom of 
  2.4   choice while allowing eligible individuals to choose among the 
  2.5   demonstration providers.  
  2.6      (e) This paragraph supersedes paragraph (c) as long as the 
  2.7   Minnesota health care reform waiver remains in effect.  When the 
  2.8   waiver expires, this paragraph expires and the commissioner of 
  2.9   human services shall publish a notice in the State Register and 
  2.10  notify the revisor of statutes.  "Eligible individuals" means 
  2.11  those persons eligible for medical assistance benefits as 
  2.12  defined in sections 256B.055, 256B.056, and 256B.06.  
  2.13  Notwithstanding sections 256B.055, 256B.056, and 256B.06, an 
  2.14  individual who becomes ineligible for the program because of 
  2.15  failure to submit income reports or recertification forms in a 
  2.16  timely manner, shall remain enrolled in the prepaid health plan 
  2.17  and shall remain eligible to receive medical assistance coverage 
  2.18  through the last day of the month following the month in which 
  2.19  the enrollee became ineligible for the medical assistance 
  2.20  program.