HF 3753 Summary

• Establishes a three-year MinnesotaCare voucher demonstration project to provide monthly health coverage vouchers to MinnesotaCare enrollees on a voluntary basis, beginning July 1, 2011, or upon federal approval.

• Creates a sliding scale for voucher payments based on household income, with amounts equivalent to the premium subsidy each enrollee would receive under the existing MinnesotaCare sliding scale, adjusted annually on January 1.

• Allows voucher recipients to use payments to purchase health coverage from private health plan companies or contribute to health savings accounts, with voucher payments deposited monthly into designated health savings accounts.

• Requires the commissioner of human services to present a report to the legislature by December 15, 2013, evaluating the demonstration project and recommending whether to continue, expand, or extend vouchers to medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and long-term care services.