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MN SF2139
Bill
Status
3/1/2012
Primary Sponsor
David Hann
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AI Summary
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Requires all health insurance policies to cover prenatal care services and child health supervision services without cost-sharing (deductibles, co-payments, coinsurance) for in-network providers, though out-of-network services may include cost-sharing.
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Allows health plan companies to use reasonable medical management techniques to determine frequency, method, treatment, or setting for prenatal and child health supervision services.
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Permits continuation of health insurance coverage for former spouses and dependent children upon divorce, with premiums calculated according to Internal Revenue Code section 4980B rather than capped at 102 percent of similar coverage costs.
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Transfers regulatory authority over health maintenance organizations from the Commissioner of Health to the Commissioner of Commerce, effective August 1, 2012.
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Directs the revisor of statutes to update Minnesota Statutes chapter 62D to replace all references to "commissioner of health" and "department of health" with "commissioner of commerce" and "department of commerce."
Legislative Description
Child prenatal care services insurance coverage and continuation coverage upon divorce regulations; health maintenance organizations (HMO) regulatory authority shift from the commissioner of health to the commissioner of commerce
Last Action
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance
3/14/2012