SF 4407 Summary

• Opioid Response Advisory Council Expansion: Increases voting membership from 19 to 30 members, adds requirements for geographic, racial, and gender diversity, and mandates that at least half of appointed members have lived experience with opioid addiction.

• Health Insurance Access: Establishes a MinnesotaCare buy-in option effective January 1, 2025, allowing individuals with income over 200% of federal poverty level to purchase coverage; requires federal waiver approval and implementation plan by December 15, 2023.

• Medical Assistance Eligibility Improvements: Expands coverage for youth aging out of foster care, implements 12-month continuous eligibility for children under 21, covers doula services starting January 1, 2024, and adds coverage for metabolic disorder testing.

• Client Error Overpayment Protections: Creates new statutes prohibiting recovery of incorrectly paid medical assistance from recipients under age 21 and establishing voluntary repayment options before pursuing collections.

• Health Care Workforce and Appropriations: Appropriates $481.9 million for fiscal year 2023 across multiple programs including child care stabilization grants ($31.4 million), workforce incentive funds ($118 million), and expanded mental health and substance use disorder services.