Bill Text: MN SF2984 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: MNsure exemptions from office of MN.IT services elimination
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-12 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF2984 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2984-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; eliminating MNsure exemptions from certain Office of MN.IT
1.3Services provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.462V.03, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 62V.03, subdivision 2, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Application of other law. (a) MNsure must be reviewed by the legislative
1.9auditor under section3.971 . The legislative auditor shall audit the books, accounts, and
1.10affairs of MNsure once each year or less frequently as the legislative auditor's funds and
1.11personnel permit. Upon the audit of the financial accounts and affairs of MNsure, MNsure
1.12is liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid
1.13to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative
1.14auditor may bill MNsure either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections
1.15received for the audits must be deposited in the general fund and are appropriated to
1.16the legislative auditor. Pursuant to section3.97, subdivision 3a , the Legislative Audit
1.17Commission is requested to direct the legislative auditor to report by March 1, 2014, to
1.18the legislature on any duplication of services that occurs within state government as a
1.19result of the creation of MNsure. The legislative auditor may make recommendations on
1.20consolidating or eliminating any services deemed duplicative. The board shall reimburse
1.21the legislative auditor for any costs incurred in the creation of this report.
1.22(b) Board members of MNsure are subject to sections10A.07 and
10A.09 . Board
1.23members and the personnel of MNsure are subject to section10A.071 .
2.1(c) All meetings of the board shall comply with the open meeting law in chapter
2.213D, except that:
2.3(1) meetings, or portions of meetings, regarding compensation negotiations with the
2.4director or managerial staff may be closed in the same manner and according to the same
2.5procedures identified in section13D.03 ;
2.6(2) meetings regarding contract negotiation strategy may be closed in the same
2.7manner and according to the same procedures identified in section13D.05, subdivision 3 ,
2.8paragraph (c); and
2.9(3) meetings, or portions of meetings, regarding not public data described in section
2.1062V.06, subdivision 3
, and regarding trade secret information as defined in section
13.37 ,
2.11subdivision 1, paragraph (b), are closed to the public, but must otherwise comply with
2.12the procedures identified in chapter 13D.
2.13(d) MNsure and provisions specified under this chapter are exempt from:
2.14(1) chapter 14, including section14.386 , except as specified in section
62V.05 ; and
2.15(2) chapters 16B and 16C, with the exception of sections16C.08, subdivision 2,
2.16paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (8);16C.086 ;
16C.09 , paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3),
2.17paragraph (b), and paragraph (c); and section16C.16 . However, MNsure, in consultation
2.18with the commissioner of administration, shall implement policies and procedures to
2.19establish an open and competitive procurement process for MNsure that, to the extent
2.20practicable, conforms to the principles and procedures contained in chapters 16B and 16C.
2.21In addition, MNsure may enter into an agreement with the commissioner of administration
2.22for other services.
2.23(e) The board and the Web site are exempt from chapter 60K. Any employee of
2.24MNsure who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance to individuals or small employers must
2.25be licensed as an insurance producer under chapter 60K.
2.26(f) Section3.3005 applies to any federal funds received by MNsure.
2.27(g) MNsure is exempt from the following sections in chapter 16E:
16E.01,
2.28subdivision 3
, paragraph (b);
16E.03, subdivisions 3 and 4;
16E.04, subdivision 1,
2.29subdivision 2, paragraph (e), and subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
16E.0465;
16E.055;
2.3016E.145;
16E.15;
16E.16;
16E.17;
16E.18; and
16E.22.
2.31(h) (g) A MNsure decision that requires a vote of the board, other than a decision
2.32that applies only to hiring of employees or other internal management of MNsure, is an
2.33"administrative action" under section10A.01, subdivision 2 .
1.3Services provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.462V.03, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 62V.03, subdivision 2, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Application of other law. (a) MNsure must be reviewed by the legislative
1.9auditor under section
1.10affairs of MNsure once each year or less frequently as the legislative auditor's funds and
1.11personnel permit. Upon the audit of the financial accounts and affairs of MNsure, MNsure
1.12is liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid
1.13to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative
1.14auditor may bill MNsure either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections
1.15received for the audits must be deposited in the general fund and are appropriated to
1.16the legislative auditor. Pursuant to section
1.17Commission is requested to direct the legislative auditor to report by March 1, 2014, to
1.18the legislature on any duplication of services that occurs within state government as a
1.19result of the creation of MNsure. The legislative auditor may make recommendations on
1.20consolidating or eliminating any services deemed duplicative. The board shall reimburse
1.21the legislative auditor for any costs incurred in the creation of this report.
1.22(b) Board members of MNsure are subject to sections
1.23members and the personnel of MNsure are subject to section
2.1(c) All meetings of the board shall comply with the open meeting law in chapter
2.213D, except that:
2.3(1) meetings, or portions of meetings, regarding compensation negotiations with the
2.4director or managerial staff may be closed in the same manner and according to the same
2.5procedures identified in section
2.6(2) meetings regarding contract negotiation strategy may be closed in the same
2.7manner and according to the same procedures identified in section
2.8paragraph (c); and
2.9(3) meetings, or portions of meetings, regarding not public data described in section
2.11subdivision 1, paragraph (b), are closed to the public, but must otherwise comply with
2.12the procedures identified in chapter 13D.
2.13(d) MNsure and provisions specified under this chapter are exempt from:
2.14(1) chapter 14, including section
2.15(2) chapters 16B and 16C, with the exception of sections
2.16paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (8);
2.17paragraph (b), and paragraph (c); and section
2.18with the commissioner of administration, shall implement policies and procedures to
2.19establish an open and competitive procurement process for MNsure that, to the extent
2.20practicable, conforms to the principles and procedures contained in chapters 16B and 16C.
2.21In addition, MNsure may enter into an agreement with the commissioner of administration
2.22for other services.
2.23(e) The board and the Web site are exempt from chapter 60K. Any employee of
2.24MNsure who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance to individuals or small employers must
2.25be licensed as an insurance producer under chapter 60K.
2.26(f) Section
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32that applies only to hiring of employees or other internal management of MNsure, is an
2.33"administrative action" under section
