1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state employees; revising the advisory 
  1.3             group for long-term care insurance and revising its 
  1.4             duties; postponing implementation of the long-term 
  1.5             care insurance program to permit input from the 
  1.6             revised advisory group; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             1999 Supplement, section 43A.318, subdivision 3; Laws 
  1.8             1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 116. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.11  43A.318, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 3.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] (a) The committee consists 
  1.13  of:  
  1.14     (1) the executive directors or designees of the Minnesota 
  1.15  state retirement system, the public employees retirement 
  1.16  association, and the teachers retirement association; 
  1.17     (2) one member of the investment advisory committee of the 
  1.18  state board of investment provided under section 11A.08 
  1.19  appointed by the board two legislators, consisting of one house 
  1.20  member appointed under the rules of the house and one senate 
  1.21  member appointed by the senate committee on rules and 
  1.22  administration; 
  1.23     (2) one designee of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota; 
  1.24     (3) two persons representing insurance companies that sell 
  1.25  long-term care insurance, appointed by the commissioner of 
  1.26  commerce; 
  1.27     (4) one person representing managing general agents, as 
  2.1   defined in section 60H.02, subdivision 4, appointed by the 
  2.2   commissioner of commerce; 
  2.3      (3) (5) one staff member of the department of human 
  2.4   services appointed by the commissioner of human services; 
  2.5      (4) (6) one staff member of the department of commerce 
  2.6   appointed by the commissioner of commerce; 
  2.7      (5) (7) one member of the medical community with clinical 
  2.8   knowledge of long-term care appointed by the commissioner of 
  2.9   employee relations; and 
  2.10     (6) six (8) three members representing the interests of 
  2.11  eligible persons, including consisting of one person designated 
  2.12  by each of the two largest exclusive representatives of 
  2.13  employees as defined by section 179A.03, subdivision 8, and one 
  2.14  unrepresented employees employee appointed by the commissioner 
  2.15  of employee relations. 
  2.16     (b) Appointment to and removal from the committee must be 
  2.17  in the manner provided in section 15.059. 
  2.18     (c) The members of the committee described in paragraph 
  2.19  (a), clauses (1) to (5), serve without term limits.  The terms 
  2.20  of members described in paragraph (a), clause (6), are governed 
  2.21  by section 15.059, subdivision 2. 
  2.22     (d) Members serve without compensation, but are eligible 
  2.23  for reimbursement of expenses in the same manner and amount as 
  2.24  authorized under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. 
  2.25     (e) The committee shall advise the commissioner on program 
  2.26  issues, including, but not limited to, benefits, coverage, 
  2.27  funding, eligibility, enrollment, underwriting, and marketing, 
  2.28  whether coverage should be self-insured or purchased from one or 
  2.29  more insurance companies, and the design of a statewide program 
  2.30  to educate employees about long-term care insurance. 
  2.31     Sec. 2.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 116, is 
  2.32  amended to read: 
  2.33     Sec. 116.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.34     (a) Section 41 is effective January 1, 2001.  Section 43 is 
  2.35  effective July 1, 2000, with respect to preparation of the model 
  2.36  policies and procedures by the commissioner of administration, 
  3.1   and January 1, 2001, with respect to the other provisions of 
  3.2   section 43. 
  3.3      (b) Sections 62 to 64 and 93 are effective January 1, 2001. 
  3.4      (c) Sections 94 to 100 are effective the day following 
  3.5   final enactment. 
  3.6      (d) Sections 47, 49, 55, and 115, paragraphs (d) and (g), 
  3.7   are effective July 1, 2001. 
  3.8      (e) Section 61 is effective the day following final 
  3.9   enactment and applies only to contracts executed on or after 
  3.10  that date. 
  3.11     (f) The commissioner of employee relations may not contract 
  3.12  with a vendor or otherwise implement the long-term care 
  3.13  insurance plan under section 78 until April 1, 2000 July 1, 2001.
  3.14     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.15     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  3.16  enactment.