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SF4012 • 2026

Express statement of application to county-based purchasing requirement for a medical assistance modification to apply to county-based purchasing

Express statement of application to county-based purchasing requirement for a medical assistance modification to apply to county-based purchasing

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Utke
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Express statement of application to county-based purchasing requirement for a medical assistance modification to apply to county-based purchasing

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to medical assistance; requiring an express statement of application to

county-based purchasing for a medical assistance modification to apply to

county-based purchasing; requiring estimates of local fiscal impacts to counties

or groups of counties administering a county-based purchasing plan; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.692, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.692, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 11.

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Modifications to medical assistance.

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(a) Any modification to the entity

administering, or with primary control over the administration of, a benefit or service required

to be covered by medical assistance does not apply to county-based purchasing unless:

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(1) the modification is expressly described in this section; and

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(2) the commissioner has published the written estimate of local fiscal impacts described

in paragraph (c).

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(b) Any modification to the benefits or services required to be covered by medical

assistance does not apply to county-based purchasing unless:

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(1) the modification is expressly described in this section; and

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(2) the commissioner has published the written estimate of local fiscal impacts described

in paragraph (c).

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(c) Before the effective date of a modification described in paragraph (a) or (b), the

commissioner must publish a written estimate of the local fiscal impacts to counties or

groups of counties administering county-based purchasing arising from the modification.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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