1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health care;
eliminating coverage of abortion services from the medical
1.3 assistance and MinnesotaCare
programs; eliminating abortion and abortion-related
1.4 services as a mandatory
health benefit for health plans other than large group plans;
1.5 prohibiting the inclusion of
coverage for abortions and abortion-related services
1.6 in the State Employees Group
Insurance Program;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.7 2024, sections 43A.22;
62Q.524, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.8 sections 62Q.524,
subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0625, subdivision 16.
1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 43A.22, is amended to read:
1.11 43A.22 BENEFITS; INTENT.
1.12 (a) It is the intent of the
state to provide eligible employees and other eligible persons
1.13 with life insurance and
hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage through provider
1.14 organizations, hereafter
referred to as "carriers," authorized to do business in the state.
1.15 (b) The commissioner may
self-insure any hospital and medical plan offered under
1.16 sections 43A.22 to 43A.31 to
promote reasonably stable and predictable premiums for
1.17 hospital and medical benefits
paid by the state and its employees and to promote affordable,
1.18 ongoing relationships between
employees and dependents and their medical providers. The
1.19 commissioner shall consult with
the commissioners of commerce and health and human
1.20 services regarding the
development and reporting of quality of care measures.
1.21 (c) A hospital or medical plan
offered under sections 43A.22 to 43A.31 must not cover
1.22 abortions or
abortion-related services, including preabortion services and follow-up
services.
2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 62Q.524, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 3.Exclusion
Exclusions. This section does not apply to the following:
2.3 (1) managed care
organizations or county-based purchasing plans when the plan provides
2.4 coverage to public health
care program enrollees under chapter 256B or 256L.;
2.5 (2) the State
Employees Group Insurance Program under sections 43A.22 to 43A.31;
2.6 and
2.7 (3) any health plan
that is not a large group health plan.
2.8 Sec. 3. REPEALER.
2.9 (a) Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.524, subdivisions
4 and 5, are repealed.
2.10 (b) Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 256B.0625, subdivision 16, is repealed.
APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes:
26-06425
62Q.524 COVERAGE OF ABORTIONS AND ABORTION-RELATED SERVICES.Subd. 4.Reimbursement.
(a) The commissioner of commerce
must reimburse health plan companies for coverage under this section.
Reimbursement is available only for coverage that would not have been provided
by the health plan without the requirements of this section. Treatments and
services covered by the health plan as of January 1, 2024, are ineligible for
payment under this subdivision by the commissioner of commerce.
(b) Health plan companies must
report to the commissioner of commerce quantified costs attributable to the
additional benefit under this section in a format developed by the
commissioner. A health plan's coverage as of January 1, 2024, must be used by
the health plan company as the basis for determining whether coverage would not
have been provided by the health plan for purposes of this subdivision.
(c) The commissioner of commerce
must evaluate submissions and make payments to health plan companies as
provided in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.170.
Subd. 5.Appropriation.
Each fiscal year, an amount
necessary to make payments to health plan companies to defray the cost of
providing coverage under this section is appropriated to the commissioner of
commerce.
256B.0625 COVERED SERVICES.Subd. 16.Abortion services.
Medical assistance covers abortions
and abortion-related services, including preabortion services and follow-up
services.
