MNsure easy enrollment provisions modification

A bill for an act

relating to health; changing MNsure easy enrollment provisions; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62V.13.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62V.13, is amended to read:

62V.13 EASY ENROLLMENT HEALTH INSURANCE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

The board, in cooperation with the commissioner of

revenue, must establish the easy enrollment health insurance outreach program to:

(1) reduce the number of uninsured Minnesotans and increase access to affordable health

insurance coverage;

(2) allow the commissioner of revenue to provide return information, at the request of

the taxpayer, to MNsure to provide the taxpayer with information about the taxpayer's

potential eligibility for financial assistance and health insurance enrollment options through

MNsure;

(3) allow MNsure to
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estimate taxpayer potential eligibility for financial assistance for

health insurance coverage
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provide general information regarding potential eligibility for

health insurance programs and financial assistance available through MNsure
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; and

(4) allow MNsure to conduct targeted outreach to assist interested taxpayer households

in applying for and enrolling in affordable health insurance options through MNsure,

including connecting interested taxpayer households with a navigator or broker for free

enrollment assistance.

Subd. 2.

Screening for eligibility for insurance assistance.

Upon receipt of
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and based

on
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return information received from the commissioner of revenue under section
270B.14
,

subdivision 22, MNsure may
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make a projected assessment on whether the interested

taxpayer's household may qualify for a financial assistance program for health insurance

coverage
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review the information to identify households that may benefit from health coverage

through MNsure and provide general information on available coverage and financial

assistance programs
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.

Subd. 3.

Outreach letter and special enrollment period.

(a) MNsure must provide a

written letter
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of the projected assessment under subdivision 2
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with general information

about health insurance coverage and financial assistance available through MNsure
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to a

taxpayer who indicates to the commissioner of revenue that the taxpayer is interested in

obtaining information on access to health insurance.

(b) MNsure must allow a special enrollment period for taxpayers who receive the outreach

letter in paragraph (a) and are determined eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through

MNsure. The triggering event for the special enrollment period is the day the outreach letter

under this subdivision is mailed to the taxpayer. An eligible individual, and their dependents,

have 65 days from the triggering event to select a qualifying health plan and coverage for

the qualifying health plan is effective the first day of the month after plan selection.

(c) Taxpayers who have a member of the taxpayer's household currently enrolled in a

qualified health plan through MNsure are not eligible for the special enrollment under

paragraph (b).

(d) MNsure must provide information to the general public about the easy enrollment

health insurance outreach program and the special enrollment period described in this

subdivision.

Subd. 4.

Appeals.

(a)
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Projected
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Any
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eligibility
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assessments for financial assistance under

this section are not appealable
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information provided under this section is not appealable
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.

(b) Qualification for the special enrollment period under this section is appealable to

MNsure under this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapter 7700.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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