1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring qualifying life events and changes in 
1.3 	circumstances to be processed within 30 days of being reported for persons 
1.4 	enrolled in health care coverage through the MNsure system;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 41.Processing qualifying life events and changes in circumstances.
 1.10 	(a) The commissioner and the board of MNsure shall jointly develop procedures to 
1.11 	require qualifying life events and changes in circumstances, reported by persons enrolled 
1.12 	through the MNsure system in a public health care program or a qualified health plan, 
1.13 	to be processed within 30 days of receiving a report of a qualifying life event or change 
1.14 	in circumstances. The procedures shall be developed and implemented no later than 
1.15 	September 1, 2016. The commissioner shall communicate these procedures to county staff 
1.16 	in a timely manner and shall provide guidance and training as necessary to assist county 
1.17 	staff in complying with this subdivision.
1.18 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a qualifying life event or change in 
1.19 	circumstances that must be processed within 30 days includes the following:
1.20 	(1) a change of address;
1.21 	(2) a change in enrollment in a federally recognized tribe;
1.22 	(3) a change of a dependent through birth, adoption, foster care, or a child support 
1.23 	order;
1.24 	(4) a change in circumstances resulting in eligibility changes for advanced premium 
1.25 	tax credits or cost-sharing reductions;
2.1 	(5) a change in employer-sponsored insurance resulting in eligibility changes for 
2.2 	advanced premium tax credits or cost-sharing reductions;
2.3 	(6) loss of a dependent due to death or divorce;
2.4 	(7) an achievement of citizenship, national, or lawfully present status;
2.5 	(8) loss of health care coverage;
2.6 	(9) marriage;
2.7 	(10) being a victim of domestic abuse or spousal abandonment;
2.8 	(11) a MNsure mistake related to enrollment, disenrollment, or failure to enroll 
2.9 	in a qualified health plan;
2.10 	(12) a violation of a material provision of a qualified health plan contract; and
2.11 	(13) other life events or changes in circumstances specified by the commissioner 
2.12 	or the board of MNsure.