Subdivision 1. Rulemaking. The commissioner of health may, pursuant to chapter 14, promulgate such reasonable rules as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of sections 62D.01 to 62D.30. Included among such rules shall be those which provide minimum requirements for the provision of comprehensive health maintenance services, as defined in section 62D.02, subdivision 7, and reasonable exclusions therefrom. Nothing in such rules shall force or require a health maintenance organization to provide elective, induced abortions, except as medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother, whether performed in a hospital, other abortion facility, or the office of a physician; the rules shall provide every health maintenance organization the option of excluding or including elective, induced abortions, except as medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother, as part of its comprehensive health maintenance services.
Subd. 2. Prior authorization. The commissioner shall adopt rules that address the issue of appropriate prior authorization requirements, considering enrollee needs, administrative concerns, and the nature of the benefit.
1973 c 670 s 20; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1981 c 122 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1988 c 434 s 16; 1988 c 592 s 10; 1997 c 205 s 16
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 59A - 79A — Insurance
Chapter 62D — Health Maintenance Organizations
Section 62D.01 — Citation And Purpose.
Section 62D.03 — Establishment Of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 62D.04 — Issuance Of Certificate Authority.
Section 62D.041 — Protection In The Event Of Insolvency.
Section 62D.042 — Initial Net Worth Requirement.
Section 62D.044 — Admitted Assets.
Section 62D.045 — Investment Restrictions.
Section 62D.05 — Powers Of Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 62D.06 — Governing Body.
Section 62D.07 — Evidence Of Coverage; Required Terms.
Section 62D.08 — Annual Report.
Section 62D.09 — Information To Enrollees.
Section 62D.095 — Enrollee Cost Sharing.
Section 62D.10 — Provisions Applicable To All Health Plans.
Section 62D.101 — Continuation And Conversion Privileges For Former Spouses And Children.
Section 62D.102 — Family Therapy.
Section 62D.103 — Second Opinion Related To Substance Use Disorder And Mental Health.
Section 62D.104 — Required Out-of-area Conversion.
Section 62D.105 — Coverage Of Current Spouse, Former Spouse, And Children.
Section 62D.107 — Equal Access To Acupuncture Services.
Section 62D.109 — Services Associated With Clinical Trials.
Section 62D.11 — Complaint System.
Section 62D.115 — Quality Of Care Complaints.
Section 62D.12 — Prohibited Practices.
Section 62D.121 — Required Replacement Coverage.
Section 62D.123 — Provider Contracts.
Section 62D.124 — Geographic Accessibility.
Section 62D.13 — Powers Of Insurers And Nonprofit Health Service Plans.
Section 62D.14 — Examinations.
Section 62D.145 — Disclosure Of Information Held By Health Maintenance Organizations.
Section 62D.15 — Suspension Or Revocation Of Certificate Of Authority.
Section 62D.16 — Denial, Suspension, And Revocation; Administrative Procedures.
Section 62D.17 — Penalties And Enforcement.
Section 62D.18 — Rehabilitation Or Liquidation Of Health Maintenance Organization.
Section 62D.181 — Insolvency; Mcha Alternative Coverage.
Section 62D.182 — Liabilities.
Section 62D.19 — Unreasonable Expenses.
Section 62D.211 — Renewal Fee.
Section 62D.22 — Statutory Construction And Relationship To Other Laws.
Section 62D.23 — Filings And Reports As Public Documents.
Section 62D.24 — Commissioner Of Health's Authority To Contract.