1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; requiring the commissioner of health to study and analyze 
1.3 	low-value health services; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LOW-VALUE HEALTH SERVICES STUDY.
 1.6 	(a) The commissioner of health shall examine and analyze:
1.7 	(1) the alignment in health care delivery with specific best practices guidelines or 
1.8 	recommendations; and
1.9 	(2) health care services and procedures for purposes of identifying, measuring, and 
1.10 	potentially eliminating those services or procedures with low value and little benefit to 
1.11 	patients. The commissioner shall update and expand on previous work completed by the 
1.12 	Department of Health on the prevalence and costs of low-value health care services in 
1.13 	Minnesota.
1.14 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 62U.04, subdivision 11, the 
1.15 	commissioner may use the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database (MN APCD) to conduct 
1.16 	the analysis using the most recent data available and may limit the claims research to the 
1.17 	Minnesota All Payer Claims Database.
1.18 	(c) The commissioner may convene a work group of no more than eight members with 
1.19 	demonstrated knowledge and expertise in health care delivery systems, clinical experience, 
1.20 	or research experience to make recommendations on services and procedures for the 
1.21 	commissioner to analyze under paragraph (a).
2.1 	(d) The commissioner shall submit a preliminary report to the chairs and ranking minority 
2.2 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care by February 1, 
2.3 	2019, outlining the work group's recommendations and any early findings from the analysis. 
2.4 	The commissioner shall submit a final report containing the completed analysis by January 
2.5 	15, 2020. The commissioner may release select research findings as a result of this study 
2.6 	throughout the study and analytic process and shall provide the public an opportunity to 
2.7 	comment on any research findings before the release of any finding.

2.8 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.9 	$....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.10 	health to conduct the analysis of low-value health services. This is a onetime appropriation.