Bill Text: MN HF2146 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health care provider contracts related to preventive services and cost-sharing requirements and grounds for disciplinary action established.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy [HF2146 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2146-Introduced.html
1.2relating to insurance; establishing requirements for health care provider
1.3contracts related to preventive services and cost-sharing; establishing grounds
1.4for disciplinary action related to preventive services and cost-sharing;proposing
1.5coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 214.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [62Q.491] CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
1.8PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.
1.9(a) A health plan company shall include in all health care provider contracts a
1.10requirement that a health care provider that has furnished a preventive health service for
1.11which there is no patient cost-sharing give prior written notice to the patient and obtain
1.12patient consent, before:
1.13(1) reclassifying the preventive health service as another service for which patient
1.14cost-sharing applies; and
1.15(2) providing additional services for which patient cost-sharing applies, based on
1.16the results of the preventive health service.
1.17The patient notice may be oral, if this is documented in the patient record and the
1.18reclassified or additional service is to be provided during the same office visit at which the
1.19preventive service was furnished.
1.20(b) For purposes of this section, "health care provider" has the meaning provided
1.21in section 62J.03, subdivision 8.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to health
1.23care provider contracts entered into or renewed on or after that date.
2.1 Sec. 2. [214.122] PROVISION OF NOTICE.
2.2 Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of this section, "board" means the Board
2.3of Medical Practice, Board of Nursing, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board of
2.4Optometry, and Board of Dentistry.
2.5 Subd. 2. Provision of notice required. A board shall establish, as grounds for
2.6disciplinary action, failure by a licensee, who has furnished a preventive health service
2.7for which there is no cost-sharing, to give prior written notice to the patient and obtain
2.8patient consent, before:
2.9(1) reclassifying the preventive health service as another health service for which
2.10patient cost-sharing applies; and
2.11(2) providing additional services for which patient cost-sharing applies, based on
2.12the results of the preventive health service.
2.13The patient notice may be oral, if this is documented in the patient record and the
2.14reclassified or additional service is to be provided during the same office visit at which the
2.15preventive service was furnished.
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014.
1.3contracts related to preventive services and cost-sharing; establishing grounds
1.4for disciplinary action related to preventive services and cost-sharing;proposing
1.5coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 214.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [62Q.491] CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
1.8PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.
1.9(a) A health plan company shall include in all health care provider contracts a
1.10requirement that a health care provider that has furnished a preventive health service for
1.11which there is no patient cost-sharing give prior written notice to the patient and obtain
1.12patient consent, before:
1.13(1) reclassifying the preventive health service as another service for which patient
1.14cost-sharing applies; and
1.15(2) providing additional services for which patient cost-sharing applies, based on
1.16the results of the preventive health service.
1.17The patient notice may be oral, if this is documented in the patient record and the
1.18reclassified or additional service is to be provided during the same office visit at which the
1.19preventive service was furnished.
1.20(b) For purposes of this section, "health care provider" has the meaning provided
1.21in section 62J.03, subdivision 8.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to health
1.23care provider contracts entered into or renewed on or after that date.
2.1 Sec. 2. [214.122] PROVISION OF NOTICE.
2.2 Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of this section, "board" means the Board
2.3of Medical Practice, Board of Nursing, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board of
2.4Optometry, and Board of Dentistry.
2.5 Subd. 2. Provision of notice required. A board shall establish, as grounds for
2.6disciplinary action, failure by a licensee, who has furnished a preventive health service
2.7for which there is no cost-sharing, to give prior written notice to the patient and obtain
2.8patient consent, before:
2.9(1) reclassifying the preventive health service as another health service for which
2.10patient cost-sharing applies; and
2.11(2) providing additional services for which patient cost-sharing applies, based on
2.12the results of the preventive health service.
2.13The patient notice may be oral, if this is documented in the patient record and the
2.14reclassified or additional service is to be provided during the same office visit at which the
2.15preventive service was furnished.
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014.
