Bill Text: MN HF1591 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Nonprofit term removed from health service plan and health maintenance organization provisions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-14 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy [HF1591 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1591-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; removing the term "nonprofit" from certain provisions;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 62C.01; 62C.02, subdivision 6;
1.462D.02, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62C.01, is amended to read:
1.762C.01NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN CORPORATIONS ACT.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections62C.01 to
62C.23 may be cited as the "Nonprofit
1.9 Health Service Plan Corporations Act."
1.10 Subd. 2. Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of Laws 1971, chapter 568 to promote
1.11a wider, more economical and timely availability of hospital, medical-surgical, dental,
1.12and other health services for the people of Minnesota, throughnonprofit, prepaid health
1.13service plans, and thereby advance public health and the art and science of medical and
1.14health care within the state, while reasonably regulating the formation, continuation,
1.15operation, and termination of such service plans by establishment and enforcement of
1.16reasonable and practical standards of administration, investments, surplus and reserves.
1.17 Subd. 3. Scope. Every foreign or domesticnonprofit corporation organized for the
1.18purpose of establishing or operating a health service plan in Minnesota whereby health
1.19services are provided to subscribers to the plan under a contract with the corporation
1.20shall be subject to and governed by Laws 1971, chapter 568, and shall not be subject to
1.21the laws of this state relating to insurance, except the gross premiums tax provisions
1.22contained in chapter 297I and as otherwise specifically provided. Laws 1971, chapter 568
1.23shall apply to all health service plan corporations incorporated after August 1, 1971, and
1.24to all existing health service plan corporations, except as otherwise provided. Nothing in
2.1sections62C.01 to
62C.23 shall apply to prepaid group practice plans. A prepaid group
2.2practice plan is any plan or arrangement other than a service plan, whereby health services
2.3are rendered to certain patients by providers who devote their professional effort primarily
2.4to members or patients of the plan, and whereby the recipients of health services pay for
2.5the services on a regular, periodic basis, not on a fee for service basis.
2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62C.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.7 Subd. 6. Service plan corporation. "Service plan corporation" means a foreign
2.8or domesticnonprofit corporation which contracts for health service or payment therefor
2.9for subscribers pursuant to a service plan, in exchange for periodic prepayments by or
2.10on behalf of subscribers. An "existing corporation" means a service plan association or
2.11corporation legally in existence on August 1, 1971, and authorized to do business in this
2.12state on that date.
2.13 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62D.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.14 Subd. 4. Health maintenance organization. (a) "Health maintenance organization"
2.15means anonprofit domestic or foreign corporation organized under chapter 317A, or a
2.16local governmental unit as defined in subdivision 11, controlled and operated as provided
2.17in sections62D.01 to
62D.30 , which provides, either directly or through arrangements
2.18with providers or other persons, comprehensive health maintenance services, or arranges
2.19for the provision of these services, to enrollees on the basis of a fixed prepaid sum without
2.20regard to the frequency or extent of services furnished to any particular enrollee.
2.21(b) [Expired]
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 62C.01; 62C.02, subdivision 6;
1.462D.02, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62C.01, is amended to read:
1.762C.01
1.8 Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections
1.9 Health Service Plan Corporations Act."
1.10 Subd. 2. Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of Laws 1971, chapter 568 to promote
1.11a wider, more economical and timely availability of hospital, medical-surgical, dental,
1.12and other health services for the people of Minnesota, through
1.13service plans, and thereby advance public health and the art and science of medical and
1.14health care within the state, while reasonably regulating the formation, continuation,
1.15operation, and termination of such service plans by establishment and enforcement of
1.16reasonable and practical standards of administration, investments, surplus and reserves.
1.17 Subd. 3. Scope. Every foreign or domestic
1.18purpose of establishing or operating a health service plan in Minnesota whereby health
1.19services are provided to subscribers to the plan under a contract with the corporation
1.20shall be subject to and governed by Laws 1971, chapter 568, and shall not be subject to
1.21the laws of this state relating to insurance, except the gross premiums tax provisions
1.22contained in chapter 297I and as otherwise specifically provided. Laws 1971, chapter 568
1.23shall apply to all health service plan corporations incorporated after August 1, 1971, and
1.24to all existing health service plan corporations, except as otherwise provided. Nothing in
2.1sections
2.2practice plan is any plan or arrangement other than a service plan, whereby health services
2.3are rendered to certain patients by providers who devote their professional effort primarily
2.4to members or patients of the plan, and whereby the recipients of health services pay for
2.5the services on a regular, periodic basis, not on a fee for service basis.
2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62C.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.7 Subd. 6. Service plan corporation. "Service plan corporation" means a foreign
2.8or domestic
2.9for subscribers pursuant to a service plan, in exchange for periodic prepayments by or
2.10on behalf of subscribers. An "existing corporation" means a service plan association or
2.11corporation legally in existence on August 1, 1971, and authorized to do business in this
2.12state on that date.
2.13 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 62D.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.14 Subd. 4. Health maintenance organization. (a) "Health maintenance organization"
2.15means a
2.16local governmental unit as defined in subdivision 11, controlled and operated as provided
2.17in sections
2.18with providers or other persons, comprehensive health maintenance services, or arranges
2.19for the provision of these services, to enrollees on the basis of a fixed prepaid sum without
2.20regard to the frequency or extent of services furnished to any particular enrollee.
2.21(b) [Expired]
