Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF4992: Health carriers required to offer reference-based pricing health plans, open-ended promise-to-pay contracts prohibited, provider number framework established, and rulemaking authorized.
Status: In committee, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health carriers to offer reference-based pricing health plans; prohibiting open-ended promise-to-pay contracts; establishing a provider number framework; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.81, by adding a subdivision; 62J.826, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62J; 62K.
From the introduced text, April 16, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health carriers to offer reference-based pricing health plans; prohibiting open-ended promise-to-pay contracts; establishing a provider number framework; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 62J.81, by adding a subdivision; 62J.826, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62J; 62K. Section 1. new text begin [ADDED: [62J.809] HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATED INFECTION COSTS.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Subdivision 1.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Definitions.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) "Health care facility" means any hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or other inpatient or outpatient facility where patients receive medical treatment.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (c) "Hospital-associated infection" or "HAI" means any infection that a patient acquires during the course of receiving treatment in a health care facility that was not present or incubating at the time of admission, including but not limited to:] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [ and] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (6) …
Sponsors
- (R) · primary sponsor