2006 Minnesota Statutes

62R.08 PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, officer, or
employee thereof, to coerce or require any person to agree, either in writing or orally, not to
join or become or remain a member of, any health care provider cooperative, as a condition of
securing or retaining a contract for health care services with the person, firm, or corporation.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation, or any combination of
persons, companies, or corporations, or any agents, officers, or employees thereof, to engage in
any acts of coercion, intimidation, or boycott of, or any refusal to deal with, any health care
providing entity arising from that entity's actual or potential participation in a health care network
cooperative or health care provider cooperative.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any health care network cooperative, other than a health
care network cooperative operating on an employed, staff model basis, to require that its
participating providers provide health care services exclusively to or through the health care
network cooperative. It shall be unlawful for any health care provider cooperative to require
that its members provide health care services exclusively to or through the health care provider
cooperative.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any health care provider cooperative to engage in any acts of
coercion, intimidation, or boycott of, or any concerted refusal to deal with, any health plan
company seeking to contract with the cooperative on a competitive, reasonable, and nonexclusive
basis.
(e) The prohibitions in this section are in addition to any conduct that violates sections
325D.49 to 325D.66.
(f) This section shall be enforced in accordance with sections 325D.56 to 325D.65.
History: 1994 c 625 art 11 s 8