HF2562 Summary

• Extends the expiration date for COBRA premium state subsidy from December 31, 2010 to June 30, 2011, with subdivision 4 expiring December 31, 2011.

• Authorizes carryforward of unexpended COBRA grant funds from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011, with up to $110,000 available for grant administration costs.

• Appropriates $485,448,000 for MinnesotaCare Grants and $973,088,000 for MA Basic Health Care Grants for Families and Children.

• Requires transfer of $38,000,000 from fiscal year 2010 appropriations to the medical education research fund to restore fiscal year 2009 unallotted transfers.

• Delays hospital and nonhospital fee-for-service payments for Minnesota health care program enrollees through June 2013, with specific payment amounts of $15,937,000 and $23,438,000-$27,156,000 deferred to subsequent fiscal years.