Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF2674

Relating to health; establishing the fair share health care fund to finance
coverage for uninsured workers; authorizing the use of funds to support the
operations of the medical assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare program and to help
uninsured workers and dependents obtain health care or coverage through approved
health coverage options; requiring large employers to annually report
information on health care costs to the commissioner of labor and industry,
specifying certain reporting requirements; defining certain terms; requiring
certain large employers to make payments to the fund; requiring designation and
provision of subsidies for approved health coverage options by the commissioner,
in consultation with the commissioners of health, human services and commerce;
requiring payments to be deposited into the fair share health fund; imposing
certain penalties for late reporting and nonpayment; requiring report to the
legislature on a certain date and specifying certain minimum percentages
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