Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2899

Modifying certain provisions under the patient protection act; prohibiting
health plan companies from retaliating against health care providers for
offering person recommendations to enrollees relating to the selection of health
plans based on provider knowledge of the health care needs of the enrollee;
requiring health care providers upon enrollee request to provide enrollees with
certain information on patient surveys; prohibiting certain payment arrangements
between health plan companies and health care providers; requiring health plan
companies to receive a certificate of compliance with certain requirements
issued by the commissioner of health before submitting bids or contract
proposals to state departments or agencies for the provision of health care
coverage or services under the medical assistance (MA), general assistance
medical care (GAMC), state employee benefit or MinnesotaCare programs,
specifying certain requirements for certificate application and authorizing the
commissioner to revoke certificates under certain conditions; authorizing state
departments or agencies to terminate or abridge contracts or agreements with
health plan companies under certain conditions; requiring commissioner rules;
reregulating changes in health plans and health care providers for continuity of
care purposes; providing for specialists as primary care providers and for
mandatory standing referrals under certain conditions; requiring certain
additional disclosures by health plan companies relating to continuity of or
specialty care (mk)