Minnesota SF 1101: Reinstatement of driving privileges with ignition interlock authorization

Status: Author added Bigham (as of 2021-03-01)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 1101

Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Public Safety and Public Safety Department, Transportation and Transportation Department

Sponsors: Coleman, Bigham

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for augmentative and alternative
1.3 communication systems; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 sections 256B.0625, subdivisions 31, 31a; 256B.4914, subdivision 12; proposing
1.5 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [62Q.671] COVERAGE FOR AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE
1.8 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
1.9 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, the terms in this
1.10 subdivision have the meanings given.
1.11 (b) "Augmentative and alternative communication system" means any electronic or
1.12 nonelectronic device and related software and components, including mounting systems,
1.13 that assist a person with severe expressive communication limitations to supplement existing
1.14 speech or replace speech that is not functional.
1.15 (c) "Habilitation services" means speech therapy rendered for congenital, developmental,
1.16 or medical conditions that have significantly limited the successful initiation of normal
1.17 speech to assess, select, and develop augmentative and alternative communication systems
1.18 and to provide training in their use.
1.19 Subd. 2.Coverage.(a) A health plan must provide coverage for augmentative and
1.20 alternative communication systems, including repair and replacement, determined by the
1.21 enrollee's prescribing physician to be both medically necessary and the most appropriate
1.22 system to meet the enrollee's communication needs, in the same manner as coverage under
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1101NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: WIKLUND, Boldon and Abeler)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading31002/06/2025
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
Authors added Boldon; Abeler46402/20/2025
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services6552a03/09/2026

2.1 section 256B.0625 and consistent with the Minnesota Health Care Programs Provider
2.2 Manual.
2.3 (b) A health plan must provide coverage for habilitation services determined by the
2.4 physician who prescribed the augmentative and alternative communication device to be
2.5 medically necessary.
2.6 (c) A health plan must not subject augmentative and alternative communication systems
2.7 and associated habilitation services to separate financial requirements that apply only to
2.8 those benefits.
2.9 (d) A health plan must not apply any quantitative limits to habilitation services associated
2.10 with a prescribed augmentative and alternative communication system when the habilitation
2.11 services are ordered by the prescribing physician.
2.12 Subd. 3.Prior authorization.(a) A health plan may require prior authorization for
2.13 augmentative and alternative communication systems and associated habilitation services
2.14 in the same manner and to the same extent as prior authorization is required for any other
2.15 covered benefit.
2.16 (b) When performing a utilization review for a request for coverage of augmentative
2.17 and alternative communication systems and associated habilitation services, a health plan
2.18 company must apply the most recent version of evidence-based guidelines recognized by
2.19 relevant clinical specialists.
2.20 (c) A health plan company must render utilization review determinations in a
2.21 nondiscriminatory manner and must not deny coverage for augmentative and alternative
2.22 communication systems and associated habilitation services solely on the basis of an
2.23 enrollee's actual or perceived disability.
2.24 Subd. 4.Reimbursement.(a) The commissioner of commerce must reimburse health
2.25 plan companies for coverage under this section. Reimbursement is available only for coverage
2.26 that would not have been provided by the health plan without the requirements of this
2.27 section. Augmentative and alternative communication systems and associated habilitation
2.28 services covered by the health plan as of January 1, 2026, are ineligible for payment under
2.29 this subdivision by the commissioner of commerce.
2.30 (b) Health plan companies must report to the commissioner of commerce quantified
2.31 costs attributable to the additional benefit under this section in a format developed by the
2.32 commissioner. A health plan's coverage as of January 1, 2026, must be used by the health
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3.1 plan company as the basis for determining whether coverage would not have been provided
3.2 by the health plan for purposes of this subdivision.
3.3 (c) The commissioner of commerce must evaluate submissions and make payments to
3.4 health plan companies as provided in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.170.
3.5 Subd. 5.Appropriation.

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