1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; clarifying the purposes of the health care access fund; 
1.3 	eliminating certain transfers from the health care access fund;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.724, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16A.724, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes 2006, section 295.581; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 
1.7 	16A.724, subdivision 2.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.724, is amended by adding a 
1.10 	subdivision to read:
1.11 		Subd. 1a.Purpose of fund. The purpose of the health care access fund is to finance 
1.12 	affordable health care services for low-income Minnesotans and Minnesota families. 
1.13 	Money in the fund must be used solely for this purpose.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16A.724, subdivision 2, is 
1.15 	amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 2.Transfers. (a) Notwithstanding ~~section 295.581~~ subdivision 5, to the 
1.17 	extent available resources in the health care access fund exceed expenditures in that fund, 
1.18 	effective for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, the commissioner of finance shall 
1.19 	transfer the excess funds from the health care access fund to the general fund on June 30 
1.20 	of each year, provided that the amount transferred in any fiscal biennium shall not exceed 
1.21 	$96,000,000. The purpose of this transfer is to meet the rate increase required under Laws 
1.22 	2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 13C, section 2, subdivision 6.
1.23 	(b) For fiscal years 2006 to 2011, MinnesotaCare shall be a forecasted program, and, 
1.24 	if necessary, the commissioner shall reduce these transfers from the health care access 
2.1 	fund to the general fund to meet annual MinnesotaCare expenditures or, if necessary, 
2.2 	transfer sufficient funds from the general fund to the health care access fund to meet 
2.3 	annual MinnesotaCare expenditures.

2.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.724, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.5 	to read:
2.6 		Subd. 5.Prohibition on non-MinnesotaCare transfers from fund.
 2.7 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and notwithstanding section 645.33, money in 
2.8 	the health care access fund may be appropriated only for purposes that are consistent with 
2.9 	past and current MinnesotaCare appropriations in Laws 1992, chapter 549; Laws 1993, 
2.10 	chapter 345; Laws 1994, chapter 625; and Laws 1995, chapter 234, or for initiatives that 
2.11 	are part of section 1115 of the Social Security Act health care reform waiver submitted to 
2.12 	the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by the commissioner of human 
2.13 	services as appropriated in Laws 1995, chapter 234. Money in the health care access fund 
2.14 	may not be used to replace existing spending on subsidized health care programs.

2.15 	Sec. 4.  REPEALER.
 2.16 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 295.581, is repealed effective July 1, 2008.
2.17 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16A.724, subdivision 2, is repealed 
2.18 	effective July 1, 2010.