Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2579

Relating to health insurance; authorizing the commissioners of +health, commerce
and human services to conduct routine audits and investigations of +nonprofit
health service plan corporations, health maintenance organizations +(HMO),
community integrated service networks and managed care organizations +operating
under medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC)+ or
MinnesotaCare respectively or to accept independent audit information+ from
qualified nationally recognized independent organizations using +comparable or
more stringent audit procedures showing performance standards meeting+ or
exceeding state standards, authorizing use of findings of deficiency +as the
basis for targeted audits or enforcement action; requiring health +plan
companies to provide the appropriate commissioner with copies of the +current
nationally recognized independent organization standards granting +acceptable
accreditation status and of the most current final audit report +issued by the
organization, classifying the data obtained from the audit; +authorizing health
plan company electronic transmission of data to enrollees under +certain
conditions; requiring the commissioners of health and commerce to +develop a
plan for the transfer of jurisdiction of certain health plan +companies, CISNs,
and health care cooperatives from the department of health to the +department of
commerce, requiring the governor to issue an executive order +implementing the
transfer upon completion of the plan, requiring completion of the +transfer by a
certain date; specifying certain statutory revision instructions to +the revisor
of statutes (mk)