1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring health maintenance organizations to participate in the 
1.3 	commercial market to the same extent they serve state health program enrollees; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62D.04, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62D.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Participation; commercial market. Health maintenance organizations shall, 
1.9 	as a condition of receiving and retaining a certificate of authority, offer at least one individual 
1.10 	health plan in the individual market, in each county or geographic area in the state in which 
1.11 	it provides health coverage to medical assistance or MinnesotaCare enrollees. For purposes 
1.12 	of this subdivision, "individual health plan" has the meaning provided in section 62A.011, 
1.13 	subdivision 4, and "individual market" has the meaning provided in section 62A.011, 
1.14 	subdivision 5.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018, and applies to health 
1.16 	plans issued, offered, or renewed on or after that date.