SF 1407 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Evaluation process modification for mandated health benefit proposals

SF 1407 modifies Minnesota's process for evaluating proposed laws that would require health insurance plans to cover specific treatments, drugs, or services (called "mandated health benefit proposals"). It requires the commissioner of commerce, working with other state agencies, to provide the legislature with detailed analysis covering scientific evidence, costs to consumers and insurers, existing coverage, and public health impacts for each proposal. This change directly affects health insurance companies, state health programs, and the legislative body, as it mandates more comprehensive evaluations before such mandates can be enacted. The bill specifies that evaluations must include results from clinical trials, cost comparisons, and an assessment of how widely the treatment is already used in Minnesota.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 3 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from the 1st to the 2nd Engrossment and the posting date was updated to July 15, 2025. Substantively, the bill was amended to remove provisions related to rulemaking and the addition of a new subdivision regarding mandated health benefits in medical assistance fee-for-service.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the requirement to add a new subdivision to Minnesota Statutes 256B.0625, which previously would have clarified how mandated health benefits apply to medical assistance fee-for-service plans.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to add a new subdivision (Subd. 77) to Minnesota Statutes 256B.0625 was removed, eliminating the specific rule that mandated health benefits do not apply to medical assistance fee-for-service unless expressly stated otherwise.

The instruction to the commissioner to adopt forms was changed from 'Rulemaking' to 'Adoption of forms', altering the procedural mechanism for implementing the bill.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to reflect the 2nd Engrossment status and the posting date was changed from March 26, 2025, to July 15, 2025.

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors