Rounding of a payment or transfer of cash authorized, and provision changed in health insurance benefit plans offered in the nonrepresented employees compensation plan and the managerial plan in chapter 43A.

A bill for an act

relating to state government; authorizing the rounding of a payment or transfer of

cash; changing a provision in health insurance benefit plans offered in the

nonrepresented employees compensation plan and the managerial plan in chapter

43A; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 43A.23, subdivision

1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[16A.402] CASH TRANSACTION ROUNDING.

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Subdivision 1.

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Authorization to round cash transactions.

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(a) Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, an agency entering into any transaction with a person that results in

a payment or transfer of cash between the parties to the transaction may round the payment

in the following manner:

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(1) in any case in which the total transaction amount ends with 1 cent, 2 cents, 6 cents,

or 7 cents as the final digit, the amount of cents in the sum shall be rounded down to the

nearest amount divisible by 5;

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(2) in any case in which the total transaction amount ends with 3 cents, 4 cents, 8 cents,

or 9 cents as the final digit, the amount of cents in the sum shall be rounded up to the nearest

amount divisible by 5; and

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(3) notwithstanding clause (1), transactions in which the transaction total is $0.01 or

$0.02 shall be rounded up to $0.05.

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(b) A party authorized to engage in a transaction on behalf of an agency may round the

payment in the manner directed by the agency consistent with this section.

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(c) This section does not apply to a transaction for which payment is made by electronic

fund transfer, check, gift card, money order, credit card, or other similar instrument or

method.

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Subd. 2.

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Policy posted.

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An agency that engages in cash transactions must establish a

policy for rounding cash transactions consistent with this section and post the policy at each

location where cash transactions occur.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 43A.23, subdivision 1, is amended

to read:

Subdivision 1.

General.

(a) The commissioner is authorized to request proposals or to

negotiate and to enter into contracts with parties which in the judgment of the commissioner

are best qualified to provide service to the benefit plans. Contracts entered into are not

subject to the requirements of sections
16C.16
to
16C.19
. The commissioner may negotiate

premium rates and coverage. The commissioner shall consider the cost of the plans,

conversion options relating to the contracts, service capabilities, character, financial position,

and reputation of the carriers, and any other factors that the commissioner deems appropriate.

Each benefit contract must be for a uniform term of at least one year, but may be made

automatically renewable from term to term in the absence of notice of termination by either

party. A carrier licensed under chapter 62A is exempt from the taxes imposed by chapter

297I on premiums paid to it by the state.

(b) All self-insured hospital and medical service products must comply with coverage

mandates, data reporting, and consumer protection requirements applicable to the licensed

carrier administering the product, had the product been insured, including chapters 62J,

62M, and 62Q. Any self-insured products that limit coverage to a network of providers or

provide different levels of coverage between network and nonnetwork providers shall comply

with section
62D.123
and geographic access standards for health maintenance organizations

adopted by the commissioner of health in rule under chapter 62D.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a self-insured hospital and medical product offered

under sections
43A.22
to
43A.30
is required to extend dependent coverage to an eligible

employee's child to the full extent required under chapters 62A and 62L. Dependent child

coverage must, at a minimum, extend to an eligible employee's dependent child to the

limiting age as defined in section
62Q.01
, subdivision 2a, disabled children to the extent

required in sections
62A.14
and
62A.141
, and dependent grandchildren to the extent required

in sections
62A.042
and
62A.302
.

(d) Beginning January 1, 2010, the health insurance benefit plans offered in the

nonrepresented employees compensation plan under section
43A.18, subdivision 2
, and the

managerial plan under section
43A.18, subdivision 3
,
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must
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may
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include an option for a

health plan that is compatible with the definition of a high-deductible health plan in section

223 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.