2025 Session Last amended: 2014 session

§ 256B.694 — Sole-source or Single-plan Managed Care Contract

Plain-Language Summary

Allows the state to enter into sole-source or single-plan managed care contracts in areas where only one managed care organization is available to serve Medical Assistance enrollees.

256B.694 SOLE-SOURCE OR SINGLE-PLAN MANAGED CARE CONTRACT.

The commissioner shall consider, and may approve, contracting on a single-health plan basis with county-based purchasing plans, or with other qualified health plans that have coordination arrangements with counties, to serve persons enrolled in state public health care programs, in order to promote better coordination or integration of health care services, social services and other community-based services, provided that all requirements applicable to health plan purchasing, including those in sections 256B.69 and 256B.692, are satisfied.

History:

1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 84; 2006 c 264 s 15; 2008 c 364 s 10; 2013 c 108 art 1 s 27; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 67

History: History: 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 84; 2006 c 264 s 15; 2008 c 364 s 10; 2013 c 108 art 1 s 27; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 67

Practical Notes

In some areas of Minnesota, there may be only one managed care plan available for Medical Assistance. This section allows the state to contract with that single plan rather than requiring competition.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes