Bill > SF4154

This bill proposes several key changes to the MinnesotaCare program: - It expands eligibility for MinnesotaCare by gradually increasing the income limit from 200% of the federal poverty guidelines to 401% or more by 2025. It also increases the income limit for persons in farm households to 400% of the federal poverty guidelines. - It modifies service delivery by requiring MinnesotaCare enrollees to select a primary care clinic or provider organization to coordinate their care. It terminates managed care and county-based purchasing plan contracts and establishes a primary care case management program where the state pays providers directly. - It increases provider payment rates to 120% of the applicable Medicare payment rate, unless the commissioner sets a different rate or negotiates a different rate. - It requires the commissioner to present an implementation plan for the expanded MinnesotaCare program to the legislature by December 15, 2020. - It establishes a MinnesotaCare Advisory Council to advise the commissioner on the transition to and ongoing administration of the expanded program. - It allows employers with 150 or fewer employees to contribute to their employees' MinnesotaCare premiums. The bill is contingent on the commissioner certifying that implementation will not result in the loss of federal basic health program funding for MinnesotaCare enrollees with incomes not exceeding 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.

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