MN SF3321

Health care providers must participate in the federal TRICARE program as a condition of participating in state employee health plans, public employee insurance, local government employee plans, workers' compensation, Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association plans, medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care programs.

TRICARE participation is defined as accepting new TRICARE patients, with an exemption for providers no longer accepting new patients under any of the covered programs.

The commissioner of health must obtain a quarterly listing of TRICARE providers and contractors from the TRICARE administration and distribute it to the commissioners of management and budget, human services, labor and industry, and commerce.

Each commissioner must develop and implement procedures to exclude from their respective programs any providers who do not participate in TRICARE and who are not exempt.