Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2182

Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS; REPEAL OF
MINNESOTACARE TAXES Transferring tobacco settlement proceeds from the general
fund to the health care access fund in stages; eliminating the gross premium tax
on health maintenance organizations (HMO), community integrated service networks
(CISN) and nonprofit health service plan corporations and repealing the
MinnesotaCare gross earnings tax on hospitals and health care providers ARTICLE
2 - CONFORMING CHANGES Making conforming amendments to certain provisions
relating to health care cost containment, health provider cooperative contracts,
expanded provider networks, certain health related licensing board data
collection requirements and tax data classification and disclosure; repealing
rural hospital financial assistance grants (ra)