1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; requiring prompt payment by health 
  1.3             plan companies of proper claims submitted by patients 
  1.4             and health care providers; proposing coding for new 
  1.5             law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [62Q.75] [PAYMENT REQUIRED.] 
  1.8      (a) All health plan companies shall issue, mail, or 
  1.9   otherwise transmit payment for all clean claims within 30 
  1.10  calendar days after the date upon which the health plan company 
  1.11  received the claim. 
  1.12     (b) For purposes of this section, "clean claim" means a 
  1.13  claim that has no defect or impropriety, including any lack of 
  1.14  any required substantiating documentation, or particular 
  1.15  circumstance requiring special treatment that prevents timely 
  1.16  payment from being made on the claim. 
  1.17     (c) If a health plan company does not issue, mail, or 
  1.18  otherwise transmit payment within the period provided in 
  1.19  paragraph (a), the health plan company must pay interest at the 
  1.20  rate used for purposes of United States Code, title 42, section 
  1.21  1395h, for the period beginning on the day after the payment 
  1.22  date required under paragraph (a) and ending on the date on 
  1.23  which payment is made.  The interest must be calculated in the 
  1.24  same manner as under United States Code, title 42, section 
  1.25  1395h(c). 
  2.1      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.2      Section 1 is effective January 1, 2000, and applies to 
  2.3   claims submitted on or after that date.