Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF3859: Coverage without cost-sharing requirement of immunization for routine use without a prescription, Minnesota Science-Based Vaccine Advisory Council establishment, and appropriation
Status: In committee, March 23, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to health insurance; mandating coverage without cost-sharing of immunizations for routine use without a prescription; establishing the Minnesota Science-Based Vaccine Advisory Council; establishing advisory council duties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
From the engrossed text, March 23, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to health insurance; mandating coverage without cost-sharing of immunizations for routine use without a prescription; establishing the Minnesota Science-Based Vaccine Advisory Council; establishing advisory council duties; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 62Q.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. Coverage for preventive items and services. (a) "Preventive items and services" has the meaning specified in the Affordable Care Act. Preventive items and services includes: (1) evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to the individual involved; (2) immunizations for routine use in children, adolescents, and adults that have in effectnew text begin [ADDED: with respect to the individual involved] new text end a recommendation fromnew text begin [ADDED: :] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (i) ] new text end the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved. For purposes of this deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin [ADDED: item] new text end , a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices …