STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
COST CONTAINMENT DIVISION
HEALTH POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Representative Jim Abeler, Chairman of the Cost Containment Division of the Health Policy and Finance Committee, called the eighteenth meeting to order at 9:15 A.M. on Thursday, April 28, 2005 in Room 500N of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
ABELER, Jim, Chairman OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
BRADLEY, Fran POWELL, Duke
BROD, Laura SAMUELSON, Char
GREILING, Mindy THISSEN, Paul
HUNTLEY, Tom WESTERBERG, Andy
Members excused:
GOODWIN, Barb
A quorum was present.
Rep. Abeler made introductory comments.
Rep. Abeler moved the DE3 amendment to HF 2438.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 1, ln 12, delete “greater levels of scrutiny in prior authorization and” and insert
“evidence based standards”
Pg 1, ln 13, delete “nonemergency”
Pg 1, ln 15, delete “An insurer or a utilization review organization”
Pg 1, delete lns 16 and 17
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Testifying on the DE3 amendment
John Gross, MN Dept. of Commerce
Phil Griffin, Preferred One
Rep. Abeler moved the A16 amendment to the DE3 amendment.
Testifying on the A16 amendment:
John Gross, MN Dept. of Commerce
Sam Walseth, MN Service Cooperatives
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 3, ln 14, delete “After the minimum”
Pg 3, delete lns 15-19
Testifying on the oral amendment:
Geoff Bartsh, Health Partners
Erin Sexton, MMA
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 5, ln 14, insert a comma after “companies”, delete “and” and insert “and public
employee insurance programs” after “cooperatives”
Pg 5, ln 28, insert “employers” after “for”, and insert “, providers, and others” after
consumers
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved the A15 amendment to the DE3 amendment.
Rep. Abeler withdrew the A15 amendment to the DE3 amendment.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 5, ln 14, delete “s” on “programs” and insert “created in section 43A.316”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 3, delete lns 6-8
Testifying on the amendment
John Gross, MN Dept. of Commerce
Testifying on the DE3 amendment
Danette Coleman, Medica
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 7, ln 21, delete “violation” and insert “conviction”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 7, ln 30, insert “except those reporting under Subd. 2” after “subdivision 2.,”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 7, ln 31, delete “report” and “to the commissioner, in a form and manner” and
insert “prepare a summary of the” after “annually”
Pg 7, delete ln 32
Pg 8, ln 7 delete “:” and insert “through the health care provider.” after “public”
Pg 8, delete lns 8-13
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 10, ln 3, insert “evidence-based” after “establish” and insert “or guidelines” after
“standards”
Pg 10, ln 6, delete “practice” and insert “the”
Pg 10, ln 7, delete “evidence-based”
Pg 10, ln 8, insert “or guidelines” after “standards” and delete the second “standards”
Pg 10, ln 12, insert “or guidelines” after “standards”
Pg 10, ln 13, insert “or guidelines” after “standards”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 23, delete Sec. 11, lns 18-30
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved the A17 amendment to the DE3 amendment, as amended.
Testifying on the A17 amendment
Kathryn Kmit, MN Council of Health Plans
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
“In Article 3 of the DE3 amendment, staff shall change any “shall” to “may” in order to remove any legal obligation to complete the studies mentioned, except in the case of Sec. 6.”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 28, delete lns 31-34 and insert “(2) a review of the factors contributing to the high
cost of providing language interpreters and recommendations to lower these costs.”
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 29, ln 1, delete “March” and insert “July”
Pg 29, ln 18 delete “February” and insert “April”
Testifying on the oral amendment:
John Gross, MN Dept of Commerce
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg.1, delete Sec.1, lns 5-9
Pg. ????
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. Abeler moved an oral amendment to the DE3 amendment:
Pg 4-5, delete Sec. 5
Testifying on the oral amendment:
Geoff Bartsh, Health Partners
The motion passed, the amendment was adopted.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 AM.
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Rep. Jim Abeler, Chairman
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Jason Flohrs, Committee Legislative Assistant