Subdivision 1. Creation of fund. A health care access fund is created in the state treasury. The fund is a direct appropriated special revenue fund. The commissioner shall deposit to the credit of the fund money made available to the fund. Notwithstanding section 11A.20, after June 30, 1997, all investment income and all investment losses attributable to the investment of the health care access fund not currently needed shall be credited to the health care access fund.
Subd. 2. Transfers. (a) Notwithstanding section 295.581, to the extent available resources in the health care access fund exceed expenditures in that fund, effective for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer the excess funds from the health care access fund to the general fund on June 30 of each year, provided that the amount transferred in fiscal year 2016 shall not exceed $48,000,000, the amount in fiscal year 2017 shall not exceed $122,000,000, the amount in fiscal year 2024 shall not exceed $70,215,000, and the amount in any fiscal biennium thereafter shall not exceed $244,000,000. The purpose of this transfer is to meet the rate increase required under section 256B.04, subdivision 25.
(b) For fiscal years 2006 to 2011, MinnesotaCare shall be a forecasted program, and, if necessary, the commissioner shall reduce these transfers from the health care access fund to the general fund to meet annual MinnesotaCare expenditures or, if necessary, transfer sufficient funds from the general fund to the health care access fund to meet annual MinnesotaCare expenditures.
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Subd. 3. MinnesotaCare federal receipts. All federal funding received by Minnesota for implementation and administration of MinnesotaCare as a basic health program, as authorized in section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, as amended by Public Law 111-152, is appropriated to the commissioner of human services to be used only for the MinnesotaCare program under chapter 256L. Federal funding that is received for implementing and administering MinnesotaCare as a basic health program shall be used only for that program to purchase health care coverage for enrollees and reduce enrollee premiums and cost-sharing or provide additional enrollee benefits.
Subd. 4. MinnesotaCare funding. The commissioner of human services may expend money appropriated from the health care access fund for MinnesotaCare in either year of the biennium.
History: 1992 c 549 art 9 s 1; 1995 c 234 art 9 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 1; 2007 c 147 art 4 s 1; art 5 s 1; art 19 s 11,12; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 108 art 1 s 1; art 12 s 1; 2014 c 312 art 24 s 1; 2015 c 71 art 8 s 1; 2016 c 189 art 19 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 7 s 2; 2022 c 44 s 1
NOTE: Subdivision 2 is repealed by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 40, effective July 1, 2024. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 40, as amended by Laws 2022, chapter 44, section 6.
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance
Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget
Section 16A.01 — Department Of Management And Budget; Commissioner; Employees.
Section 16A.011 — Definitions.
Section 16A.012 — Warrants; Discounts.
Section 16A.013 — Gifts; Acceptance.
Section 16A.014 — Administration Of Gifts.
Section 16A.015 — Investment Of Gifts.
Section 16A.016 — Payment; Appropriation.
Section 16A.04 — Budget And Cash Projection.
Section 16A.055 — Commissioner's Duties.
Section 16A.056 — Website With Searchable Database On State Expenditures.
Section 16A.0561 — Mapped Data On Expenditures.
Section 16A.057 — Internal Controls And Internal Auditing.
Section 16A.06 — Additional Commissioner Duties And Powers.
Section 16A.061 — May Issue Commemorative Medallions.
Section 16A.065 — Prepay Software, Subscriptions, United States Documents.
Section 16A.095 — State Budget System.
Section 16A.10 — Budget Preparation.
Section 16A.101 — Service Contracts; Expenditures.
Section 16A.102 — Budgeting Revenues Relative To Personal Income.
Section 16A.103 — Forecasts Of Revenue And Expenditures.
Section 16A.105 — Debt Capacity Forecast.
Section 16A.11 — Budget To Legislature.
Section 16A.115 — Relocation Requests.
Section 16A.122 — Work Force Planning And Reporting.
Section 16A.124 — Prompt Payment Of State Agency Bills Required.
Section 16A.1245 — Prompt Payment To Subcontractors.
Section 16A.126 — Revolving Fund Billing.
Section 16A.127 — Indirect Costs.
Section 16A.1283 — Legislative Approval Required For Fees.
Section 16A.1285 — Departmental Earnings; Charges Levied By Agency.
Section 16A.125 — State Trust Lands.
Section 16A.1286 — Statewide Systems Account.
Section 16A.129 — Other Commissioner Powers.
Section 16A.13 — Federal Tax Withholding.
Section 16A.131 — Deductions For United States Securities, Transit Cards.
Section 16A.133 — Credit Union, Parking, Other Deductions.
Section 16A.134 — Charitable Organizations Payroll Deductions.
Section 16A.138 — Officials Not To Exceed Appropriation.
Section 16A.139 — Misappropriation Of Money.
Section 16A.14 — Allotment And Encumbrance System.
Section 16A.15 — Accounting System; Allotment And Encumbrance.
Section 16A.151 — Proceeds Of Litigation Or Settlement.
Section 16A.152 — Budget Reserve And Cash Flow Accounts.
Section 16A.155 — Refunds; Charged When Paid.
Section 16A.17 — Preparation Of State Payroll.
Section 16A.18 — Accounting, Payroll For Courts, Legislature.
Section 16A.19 — Retirement, Social Security Deficiencies.
Section 16A.25 — Sale Of Securities Before Maturity.
Section 16A.26 — One Depository Account For Each Tax.
Section 16A.27 — State Funds; Deposit; Control By Commissioner.
Section 16A.271 — Depositories, Designation.
Section 16A.272 — Deposits Of Certain Funds Of Public Corporations, Security.
Section 16A.273 — Inducements To Make Deposits.
Section 16A.275 — Agency Receipts; Deposit, Report, Credit.
Section 16A.276 — Cash Overage And Shortage Account.
Section 16A.28 — Treatment Of Unused Appropriations.
Section 16A.281 — Appropriations To Legislature.
Section 16A.283 — Appropriations To Courts.
Section 16A.284 — Appropriations To Constitutional Officers.
Section 16A.285 — Allowed Appropriation Transfers.
Section 16A.36 — Grants From And Advances To United States.
Section 16A.40 — Warrants And Electronic Fund Transfers.
Section 16A.401 — Virtual Payments Authorized.
Section 16A.41 — Claims Against State.
Section 16A.42 — Claims: Form, Approval, Register.
Section 16A.43 — Warrant A Receipt.
Section 16A.44 — Commissioner May Compel Testimony.
Section 16A.45 — Outstanding Unpaid Warrants, Cancellation.
Section 16A.46 — Lost Or Destroyed Warrant Duplicate; Indemnity.
Section 16A.461 — Duplicate Bonds Issued.
Section 16A.462 — Execution Of Duplicates.
Section 16A.463 — Delivery Of Duplicates; Bond.
Section 16A.464 — Bond, When Canceled.
Section 16A.47 — Commissioner's Account, Document Duties.
Section 16A.48 — Refund Of Erroneous Deposits.
Section 16A.49 — Refunds Of $1 Or Less.
Section 16A.50 — Financial Report To Legislature.
Section 16A.501 — Report On Expenditure Of Bond Proceeds.
Section 16A.502 — Nonstate Commitments To Capital Projects.
Section 16A.53 — Bookkeeping Accounts.
Section 16A.531 — Funds Created.
Section 16A.532 — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities Enterprise Account.
Section 16A.54 — General Fund Defined.
Section 16A.56 — Commissioner's Receipt And Claim Duties.
Section 16A.57 — Appropriation, Allotment, And Warrant Needed.
Section 16A.575 — Appropriations; Not Disclosing Source.
Section 16A.58 — Commissioner Custodian Of Payment Documents.
Section 16A.61 — Certificate Money To General Fund.
Section 16A.62 — Money In Abolished Fund To General Fund.
Section 16A.626 — Electronic Payments.
Section 16A.631 — Bond Proceeds Fund.
Section 16A.632 — Capital Asset Preservation And Replacement Account.
Section 16A.633 — Capital Funding; Maintaining Data And Reporting.
Section 16A.641 — State Bonds; Appropriations.
Section 16A.642 — State Bonds: Reports; Cancellations.
Section 16A.643 — Assessments If Agency Must Pay Debt Service.
Section 16A.645 — Gopher State Bonds.
Section 16A.646 — Zero Coupon Bonds.
Section 16A.647 — Tax Credit And Interest Subsidy Bonds.
Section 16A.66 — Refunding Bonds.
Section 16A.661 — General Obligation Special Tax Bonds.
Section 16A.662 — Infrastructure Development Bonds.
Section 16A.671 — Certificates Of Indebtedness.
Section 16A.672 — Bonds And Certificates Of Indebtedness.
Section 16A.673 — Certificates Of Indebtedness Issued By State, Negotiability.
Section 16A.675 — Persons Executing Obligations Not Liable.
Section 16A.68 — Federal Funds To The Game And Fish Account.
Section 16A.69 — Appropriations Into Single Project Account.
Section 16A.695 — State Bond Financed Property.
Section 16A.72 — Income Credited To General Fund; Exceptions.
Section 16A.721 — State Seminar Fees, Appropriation.
Section 16A.722 — Loss Or Damage To State Property.
Section 16A.723 — Governor's Residence; Reimbursement Of Expenses.
Section 16A.724 — Health Care Access Fund.
Section 16A.726 — Sports Facilities Transfers; Appropriations.
Section 16A.727 — Backup Revenues; Football Stadium Funding.
Section 16A.79 — Matching Federal Appropriations.
Section 16A.81 — Technology Development Lease-purchase Financing.
Section 16A.85 — Master Lease.
Section 16A.86 — Capital Project Grants To Political Subdivisions.
Section 16A.88 — Transit Assistance Fund.
Section 16A.90 — Employee Gainsharing System.
Section 16A.93 — Minnesota Pay-for-performance Act.
Section 16A.94 — Pay-for-performance Program.
Section 16A.96 — Minnesota Pay-for-performance Program; Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.963 — Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.964 — Public Television Equipment Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.965 — Stadium Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.966 — Response To Releases Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.967 — Lewis And Clark Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.968 — Duluth Regional Exchange District Appropriation Bonds.
Section 16A.97 — Tobacco Bonds.