Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF2641

hf2641 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Health plan company regulation modified, prescription
drug discount program established, Minnesota provider tax and tobacco tax
provisions modified, malpractice punitive damage limit imposed, and money
appropriated. ARTICLE HEALTH PLAN COMPANY REGULATION Section 1: "Nonprofit"
removed from description of nonprofit health service plan corporations act.
Secs. 2-5: Conforming changes. Sec. 6: Consumer cost awareness policies
established. Sec. 7: Cost and quality disclosure required. Sec. 8: Revisor
instructions. Sec. 9: Repealer. ARTICLE MINNESOTACARE PROVIDER TAX; TOBACCO TAX
Section 1: Hospital tax reduced. Sec. 2: Surgical center tax reduced. Sec. 3:
Provider tax reduced. Sec. 4: Wholesale drug distributor tax reduced. Sec. 5:
Cigarette mill weight reduced for purposes of determining taxes. Sec. 6: Tobacco
tax raised to 63 percent of wholesale prices. Sec. 7: Stamp prices modified.
Sec. 8: Tax proceed deposit provided. Sec. 9: Floor stocks tax imposed. Sec. 10:
Repealer.AE