Minnesota SF 3296: Sexual assault victim notice to include information about availability of legal advocacy services

Status: Referred to Higher Education Finance and Policy (as of 2018-03-14)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 3296

Subjects: Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Crimes and Criminals-Victims, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher

Sponsors: Clausen

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health; changing provider network adequacy provisions; amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivisions 2, 5, 6; repealing Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivision 3.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Primary care; mental health services; general hospital services Time and
1.8 distance standards.The maximum travel distance or time shall be the lesser of 30 miles
1.9 or 30 minutes to the nearest provider of each of the following services: primary care services,
1.10 mental health services, and general hospital services Health carriers must meet the time and
1.11 distance standards under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.1050.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 5.Waiver.(a) A health carrier may apply to the commissioner of health for a
1.14 waiver of the requirements in subdivision 2 or 3 if it is unable to meet the statutory
1.15 requirements. A waiver application must be submitted on a form provided by the
1.16 commissioner, must be accompanied by an application fee of $500 for each application to
1.17 waive the requirements in subdivision 2 or 3 for one or more provider types per county, and
1.18 must:
1.19 (1) demonstrate with specific data that the requirement of subdivision 2 or 3 is not
1.20 feasible in a particular service area or part of a service area; and
1Sec. 2.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3296NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: WIKLUND)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading170804/07/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services
See First Special Session, HF2

2.1 (2) include specific information as to the steps that were and will be taken to address
2.2 the network inadequacy, and, for steps that will be taken prospectively to address network
2.3 inadequacy, the time frame within which those steps will be taken.
2.4 (b) The commissioner shall establish guidelines for evaluating waiver applications,
2.5 standards governing approval or denial of a waiver application, and standards for steps that
2.6 health carriers must take to address the network inadequacy and allow the health carrier to
2.7 meet network adequacy requirements within a reasonable time period. The commissioner
2.8 shall review each waiver application using these guidelines and standards and shall approve
2.9 a waiver application only if:
2.10 (1) the standards for approval established by the commissioner are satisfied; and
2.11 (2) the steps that were and will be taken to address the network inadequacy and the time
2.12 frame for taking these steps satisfy the standards established by the commissioner.
2.13 (c) If, in its waiver application, a health carrier demonstrates to the commissioner that
2.14 there are no providers of a specific type or specialty in a county, the commissioner may
2.15 approve a waiver in which the health carrier is allowed to address network inadequacy in
2.16 that county by providing for patient access to providers of that type or specialty via telehealth,
2.17 as defined in section 62A.673, subdivision 2.
2.18 (d) The waiver shall automatically expire after one year. Upon or prior to expiration of
2.19 a waiver, a health carrier unable to meet the requirements in subdivision 2 or 3 must submit
2.20 a new waiver application under paragraph (a) and must also submit evidence of steps the
2.21 carrier took to address the network inadequacy. When the commissioner reviews a waiver
2.22 application for a network adequacy requirement which has been waived for the carrier for
2.23 the most recent one-year period, the commissioner shall also examine the steps the carrier
2.24 took during that one-year period to address network inadequacy, and shall only approve a
2.25 subsequent waiver application that satisfies the requirements in paragraph (b), demonstrates
2.26 that the carrier took the steps it proposed to address network inadequacy, and explains why
2.27 the carrier continues to be unable to satisfy the requirements in subdivision 2 or 3.
2.28 (e) Application fees collected under this subdivision shall be deposited in the state
2.29 government special revenue fund in the state treasury.
2.30 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62K.10, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.31 Subd. 6.Referral centers.Subdivisions Subdivision 2 and 3 shall not apply if an enrollee
2.32 is referred to a referral center for health care services. A referral center is a medical facility
2.33 that provides highly specialized medical care, including but not limited to organ transplants.
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3.1 A health carrier or preferred provider organization may consider

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