1.1Senator Utke moved to amend
S.F. No. 4699 as follows:
1.2Page 58, after line 21, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62J.26, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 4.
Sources of funding. (a) The commissioner shall not use any funds for purposes
1.5of
this section subdivisions 1 to 3 other than as provided in this subdivision or as specified
1.6in an appropriation.
1.7(b) The commissioner may seek and accept funding from sources other than the state
to
1.8pay for evaluations under this section to supplement or replace state appropriations.
Any
1.9money received under this paragraph must be deposited in the state treasury, credited
to a
1.10separate account for this purpose in the special revenue fund, and is appropriated
to the
1.11commissioner for purposes of this section.
1.12(c) If an evaluation is required under this section, the commissioner may use for
purposes
1.13of the evaluation:
1.14(1) any funds appropriated to the commissioner specifically for purposes of this section;
1.15or
1.16(2) funds available under paragraph (b), if use of the funds for evaluation of that
mandated
1.17health benefit proposal is consistent with any restrictions imposed by the source
of the funds.
1.18(d) The commissioner must ensure that the source of the funding has no influence on
1.19the process or outcome of the evaluation.
1.20 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62J.26, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.21read:
1.22 Subd. 6. Defrayal of cost. If an evaluation of a mandated health benefit proposal
1.23concludes that the proposal is projected to result in a net increase in per member
per month
1.24costs for the total nonpublic insured population, upon passage of the proposal into
law, and
1.25within 60 days of the date a statement is received from a health plan company, the
1.26commissioner must make payments to health plan companies to defray the cost of the
1.27mandated health benefit proposal on the products offered by the companies in the individual,
1.28small group, and large group markets. The existing process under Code of Federal
1.29Regulations, title 45, section 155.170, to defray the cost and ensure quantifiable
cost
1.30calculation meets the requirements of this subdivision.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2025, and applies to all
2.2mandated health benefit proposals enacted after that date."
2.3Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.4Amend the title accordingly
2.5The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.