Bill Text: MN SF2530 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, and state health care programs reform plan legislative submission requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - Referred to Health and Human Services [SF2530 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2530-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services
1.3to submit to the legislature a plan to restructure and reform state health care
1.4programs in the event of federal changes to the Medicaid program.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. DELIVERING HEALTH CARE THROUGH STATE PROGRAMS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Plan submittal. The commissioner of human services, in
1.8consultation with the commissioners of health and commerce, shall develop and submit to
1.9the legislature, by December 15, 2012, a plan to restructure and reform medical assistance,
1.10MinnesotaCare, and other state health care programs, in order to maintain and improve
1.11health care access, quality, cost-effectiveness, and affordability, in the event that the
1.12federal government makes significant changes in Medicaid service delivery, eligibility,
1.13and financing.
1.14 Subd. 2. Plan criteria. The plan submitted by the commissioner must:
1.15(1) provide for continuity of care and minimize any loss of health care access or
1.16coverage;
1.17(2) emphasize personal responsibility and involvement in making choices about
1.18health care;
1.19(3) provide patients and health care providers with financial incentives to use and
1.20deliver health care services efficiently and achieve better health outcomes;
1.21(4) incorporate innovative and effective health care delivery approaches, including
1.22but not limited to approaches based on defined contributions to enrollees and a system
1.23of coordinated care delivery models; and
2.1(5) build upon, and be consistent with, recent state health care reform initiatives
2.2related to improving health care quality and increasing transparency in health care.
1.3to submit to the legislature a plan to restructure and reform state health care
1.4programs in the event of federal changes to the Medicaid program.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. DELIVERING HEALTH CARE THROUGH STATE PROGRAMS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Plan submittal. The commissioner of human services, in
1.8consultation with the commissioners of health and commerce, shall develop and submit to
1.9the legislature, by December 15, 2012, a plan to restructure and reform medical assistance,
1.10MinnesotaCare, and other state health care programs, in order to maintain and improve
1.11health care access, quality, cost-effectiveness, and affordability, in the event that the
1.12federal government makes significant changes in Medicaid service delivery, eligibility,
1.13and financing.
1.14 Subd. 2. Plan criteria. The plan submitted by the commissioner must:
1.15(1) provide for continuity of care and minimize any loss of health care access or
1.16coverage;
1.17(2) emphasize personal responsibility and involvement in making choices about
1.18health care;
1.19(3) provide patients and health care providers with financial incentives to use and
1.20deliver health care services efficiently and achieve better health outcomes;
1.21(4) incorporate innovative and effective health care delivery approaches, including
1.22but not limited to approaches based on defined contributions to enrollees and a system
1.23of coordinated care delivery models; and
2.1(5) build upon, and be consistent with, recent state health care reform initiatives
2.2related to improving health care quality and increasing transparency in health care.
