2015 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 59A - 79A — INSURANCE
Chapter 62K — MINNESOTA HEALTH PLAN MARKET RULES
Section 62K.06 — METAL LEVEL MANDATORY OFFERINGS.

62K.06 METAL LEVEL MANDATORY OFFERINGS.

Subdivision 1. Identification. A health carrier that offers individual or small group health plans in Minnesota must provide documentation to the commissioner of commerce to justify actuarial value levels as specified in section 1302(d) of the Affordable Care Act for all individual and small group health plans offered inside and outside of MNsure.

Subd. 2. Minimum levels. (a) A health carrier that offers a catastrophic plan or a bronze level health plan within a service area in either the individual or small group market must also offer a silver level and a gold level health plan in that market and within that service area.

(b) A health carrier with less than five percent market share in the respective individual or small group market in Minnesota is exempt from paragraph (a), until January 1, 2017, unless the health carrier offers a qualified health plan through MNsure. If the health carrier offers a qualified health plan through MNsure, the health carrier must comply with paragraph (a).

Subd. 3. MNsure restriction. MNsure may not, by contract or otherwise, mandate the types of health plans to be offered by a health carrier to individuals or small employers purchasing health plans outside of MNsure. Solely for purposes of this subdivision, "health plan" includes coverage that is excluded under section 62A.011, subdivision 3, clause (6).

Subd. 4. Metal level defined. For purposes of this section, the metal levels and catastrophic plans are defined in section 1302(d) and (e) of the Affordable Care Act.

Subd. 5. Enforcement. The commissioner of commerce shall enforce this section.

History:

2013 c 84 art 2 s 7,17; 2013 c 108 art 1 s 67