Bill Text: MN HF3078 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: MNsure navigator and in-person assister background study required.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy [HF3078 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3078-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health insurance; requiring background studies for MNsure navigators
1.3and in-person assisters;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.462V.05, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 62V.05, subdivision 4, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 4. Navigator; in-person assisters; call center. (a) The board shall
1.9establish policies and procedures for the ongoing operation of a navigator program,
1.10in-person assister program, call center, and customer service provisions for MNsure to be
1.11implemented beginning January 1, 2015.
1.12(b) Until the implementation of the policies and procedures described in paragraph
1.13(a), the following shall be in effect:
1.14(1) the navigator program shall be met by section256.962 ;
1.15(2) entities eligible to be navigators, including entities defined in Code of Federal
1.16Regulations, title 45, part 155.210 (c)(2), may serve as in-person assisters;
1.17(3) the board shall establish requirements and compensation for the navigator
1.18program and the in-person assister program by April 30, 2013. Compensation for
1.19navigators and in-person assisters must take into account any other compensation received
1.20by the navigator or in-person assister for conducting the same or similar services; and
1.21(4) call center operations shall utilize existing state resources and personnel,
1.22including referrals to counties for medical assistance.
1.23(c) The board shall establish a toll-free number for MNsure and may hire and
1.24contract for additional resources as deemed necessary.
2.1 (d) The navigator program and in-person assister program must meet the
2.2requirements of section 1311(i) of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148. In
2.3establishing training standards for the navigators and in-person assisters, the board must
2.4ensure that all entities and individuals carrying out navigator and in-person assister
2.5functions have training in the needs of underserved and vulnerable populations; eligibility
2.6and enrollment rules and procedures; the range of available public health care programs
2.7and qualified health plan options offered through MNsure; and privacy and security
2.8standards. For calendar year 2014, the commissioner of human services shall ensure that
2.9the navigator program under section256.962 provides application assistance for both
2.10qualified health plans offered through MNsure and public health care programs.
2.11(e) The board must ensure that any information provided by navigators, in-person
2.12assisters, the call center, or other customer assistance portals be accessible to persons
2.13with disabilities and that information provided on public health care programs include
2.14information on other coverage options available to persons with disabilities.
2.15(f) MNsure shall require background studies for all individuals carrying out
2.16navigator and in-person assister functions. MNsure may contract with the Department of
2.17Human Services to provide the background studies in accordance with section 245C.03.
2.18The commissioner may charge a fee to the individual or entity requesting to be a navigator
2.19or in-person assister to recover the cost of the background studies conducted.
1.3and in-person assisters;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.462V.05, subdivision 4.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 62V.05, subdivision 4, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 4. Navigator; in-person assisters; call center. (a) The board shall
1.9establish policies and procedures for the ongoing operation of a navigator program,
1.10in-person assister program, call center, and customer service provisions for MNsure to be
1.11implemented beginning January 1, 2015.
1.12(b) Until the implementation of the policies and procedures described in paragraph
1.13(a), the following shall be in effect:
1.14(1) the navigator program shall be met by section
1.15(2) entities eligible to be navigators, including entities defined in Code of Federal
1.16Regulations, title 45, part 155.210 (c)(2), may serve as in-person assisters;
1.17(3) the board shall establish requirements and compensation for the navigator
1.18program and the in-person assister program by April 30, 2013. Compensation for
1.19navigators and in-person assisters must take into account any other compensation received
1.20by the navigator or in-person assister for conducting the same or similar services; and
1.21(4) call center operations shall utilize existing state resources and personnel,
1.22including referrals to counties for medical assistance.
1.23(c) The board shall establish a toll-free number for MNsure and may hire and
1.24contract for additional resources as deemed necessary.
2.1 (d) The navigator program and in-person assister program must meet the
2.2requirements of section 1311(i) of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148. In
2.3establishing training standards for the navigators and in-person assisters, the board must
2.4ensure that all entities and individuals carrying out navigator and in-person assister
2.5functions have training in the needs of underserved and vulnerable populations; eligibility
2.6and enrollment rules and procedures; the range of available public health care programs
2.7and qualified health plan options offered through MNsure; and privacy and security
2.8standards. For calendar year 2014, the commissioner of human services shall ensure that
2.9the navigator program under section
2.10qualified health plans offered through MNsure and public health care programs.
2.11(e) The board must ensure that any information provided by navigators, in-person
2.12assisters, the call center, or other customer assistance portals be accessible to persons
2.13with disabilities and that information provided on public health care programs include
2.14information on other coverage options available to persons with disabilities.
2.15(f) MNsure shall require background studies for all individuals carrying out
2.16navigator and in-person assister functions. MNsure may contract with the Department of
2.17Human Services to provide the background studies in accordance with section 245C.03.
2.18The commissioner may charge a fee to the individual or entity requesting to be a navigator
2.19or in-person assister to recover the cost of the background studies conducted.
