2001 Minnesota Statutes

     62T.02 Purchasing alliances. 

    Subdivision 1.    Registration.  Purchasing alliances 
 must register prior to offering coverage, and annually on July 1 
 thereafter, with the commissioner on a form prescribed by the 
 commissioner.  

    Subd. 2.    Common factors.  All participants in a 
 purchasing alliance must live within a common geographic region, 
 be employed in a similar occupation, or share some other common 
 factor as approved by the commissioner.  The membership criteria 
 must not be designed to include disproportionately employers, 
 groups, or individuals likely to have low costs of health 
 coverage, or to exclude disproportionately employers, groups, or 
 individuals likely to have high costs of health coverage. 

    HIST: 1997 c 225 art 5 s 2