Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1563

E "Sustainable Health Care Act"; providing for the reform of health + care
coverage and public programs for low income and working Minnesotans +to promote
new health care options and encourage contributions to the cost of +health care
according to ability to pay; requiring the commissioners of health, +employee
relations (DOER), human services, commerce and labor and industry to +jointly
develop a united state purchasing and regulatory strategy, specifying+ certain
strategy requirements, requiring state activities relating to the +purchase of
health care and health coverage and to health care services to be +consistent
with the strategy; requiring the commissioner of health in +consultation with
the commissioner of employee relations to prepare a plan, budget, +timeline and
proposed legislation to consolidate and reform the medical assistance+ (MA),
MinnesotaCare and general assistance medical care (GAMC) programs to +allow low
income residents to receive a public subsidy for health care +coverage;
specifying certain MinnesotaCare program coverage requirements +through a
comprehensive health plan and a basic health plan, requiring the +commissioner
of human services to seek federal waivers to allow a multiyear trial +of the
health plans and in consultation with the commissioner of revenue to +prepare
recommendations on the use of refundable tax credits for health +insurance
premium subsidies for enrollees; requiring the commissioners of +health and
commerce to prepare a plan for the creation of a public corporation +to offer
pooled health coverage to individuals and families without access to +employer
subsidized health coverage or purchasing individual insurance +products,
specifying certain purchasing pool requirements, requiring the +commissioners to
assess the advantages and disadvantages of allowing small and public +employers
to participate in the pool and report findings and recommendations to+ the
legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of health +to prepare
a report providing for universal participation in the health care +system and a
health improvement plan for diabetes and coronary disease prevention identifying
priorities for improving the health of residents; +requiring the commissioner of
employee relations to identify the quality measures +and reporting requirements
to be used as standards for quality related +requirements in state contracts,
plans and programs for the purchase of health +care coverage and plans,
requiring the commissioners of health, commerce and labor +and industry to use
the guidelines as the standards by a certain date and+ the commissioner of
employee relations to report to the legislature by a +certain date with
recommendations for legislative changes; requiring certain +annual commissioner
reports to the legislature on compliance with the +requirements; requiring the
commissioner of health to develop and maintain a health+ care information web
site containing information on health care costs and +quality indicatorsin the
state (ra, ja)