MinnesotaCare programs medical assistance coverage of abortion services prohibition, elimination of abortion as a health benefit for health plans other than large group plans, and State Employees Group Insurance Program inclusion of abortion prohibition

SF 3775 prohibits abortion coverage in MinnesotaCare, medical assistance programs, and the State Employees Group Insurance Program. It eliminates abortion and abortion-related services as a mandatory benefit for all health plans except large group plans. The bill repeals existing provisions that previously required coverage of abortion services in medical assistance programs and created reimbursement mechanisms for health plans covering abortions. These changes directly affect state health programs for low-income residents, most individual and small-group health insurance plans, and state employee health coverage.