MN HF3210

Modifies notice requirements for rate increases or benefit changes by the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, allowing notice and public comment to be provided through written notice, public meeting, or electronic means at least two weeks before filing with the commissioner.

Allows the association to offer multiple qualified health insurance plans with a maximum lifetime benefit of $5,000,000, including plans with $2,000 annual deductibles.

Permits the association to offer alternative plans with annual deductibles of $5,000 and $10,000 that cover 100 percent of allowable costs above those deductibles, subject to commissioner approval.

Authorizes the association to offer high deductible health plans as defined under federal tax code sections 220 and 223, and eliminates the requirement to offer extended basic Medicare supplement plans as of January 1, 2006.

Excludes coverage for private duty nurses outside inpatient settings and out-of-state hospital treatment for mental or nervous disorders unless medically necessary and unavailable in Minnesota with referral from a licensed Minnesota medical practitioner.