1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health insurance; requiring guaranteed issue for individual health plans 
1.3 	offered by health carriers to Minnesota residents; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2018, section 62A.65, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 62A.65, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Applicability Guaranteed issue. No health carrier, as defined in section 
1.8 	62A.011, shall offer, sell, issue, or renew any individual health plan, as defined in section 
1.9 	62A.011, to a Minnesota resident except in compliance with this section and on a guaranteed 
1.10 	issue basis at a premium rate that does not take into account the claims experience of the 
1.11 	individual. This section does not apply to the Comprehensive Health Association established 
1.12 	in section 62E.10.