1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health insurance; requiring health plan companies to cover testing, 
1.3 	treatment, and quarantines relating to COVID-19.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF SARS-COV-2 VIRUS AND 
1.6 	CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms have 
1.8 	the meanings given them.
1.9 	(b) "COVID-19" means the virus SARS-CoV-2 and the coronavirus disease 2019.
1.10 	(c) "Enrollee" has the meaning given in section 62Q.01, subdivision 2b.
1.11 	(d) "Health plan" has the meaning given in section 62Q.01, subdivision 3.
1.12 	(e) "Health plan company" has the meaning given in section 62Q.01, subdivision 4.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Coverage. A health plan company must provide coverage under every health 
1.14 	plan for testing, treatment, and quarantine costs related to COVID-19. This requirement 
1.15 	applies to all enrollees regardless of whether testing evidences the enrollee has contracted 
1.16 	COVID-19. Coverage must be provided on the same basis whether the enrollee receives 
1.17 	services from a participating provider, hospital, or other medical facility or a nonparticipating 
1.18 	provider, hospital, or other medical facility.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Cost-sharing. A health plan company must provide testing, treatment, and 
1.20 	quarantine services related to COVID-19 without imposing cost-sharing requirements, 
1.21 	including a deductible, coinsurance, or co-payment, on an enrollee.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
2.2 	applies to health plans in effect on or after that date. This section is repealed one day after 
2.3 	the commissioner of health determines COVID-19 is no longer a public health threat. The 
2.4 	commissioner of health must inform the revisor of statutes when the determination is made.