1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to MNsure; creating a user fee to fund the operations of MNsure;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Operations funding. (a) Prior to January 1, 2015, MNsure shall retain or 
1.7 	collect up to 1.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health 
1.8 	plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the cash reserves of MNsure, but 
1.9 	the amount collected shall not exceed a dollar amount equal to 25 percent of the funds 
1.10 	collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
1.11 	(b) Beginning January 1, For calendar year  2015, MNsure shall retain or collect up 
1.12 	to 3.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health plans and 
1.13 	dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the amount 
1.14 	collected shall not exceed a dollar amount equal to 50 percent of the funds collected under 
1.15 	section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
1.16 	(c) Beginning January 1, 2016, MNsure shall retain or collect up to 3.5 percent of 
1.17 	total premiums for individual and small group market health plans and dental plans sold 
1.18 	through MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the amount collected may never 
1.19 	exceed a dollar amount greater than 100 percent of the funds collected under section 
1.20 	62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012. collect a monthly user fee from individuals 
1.21 	and employees who purchase qualified health plans through MNsure or a small group 
1.22 	health plan through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace. 
1.23 	MNsure shall set the amount of the user fee as a percentage of the individual's or 
1.24 	employee's monthly premium, not to exceed 3.5 percent of the monthly premium.
2.1 	(d) For fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the commissioner of management and budget is 
2.2 	authorized to provide cash flow assistance of up to $20,000,000 from the special revenue 
2.3 	fund or the statutory general fund under section 16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), 
2.4 	to MNsure. Any funds provided under this paragraph shall be repaid, with interest, by 
2.5 	June 30, 2015.
2.6 	(e) Funding for the operations of MNsure shall cover any compensation provided to 
2.7 	navigators participating in the navigator program.