Text of MN SF 2141 (2015)

04/29/15 REVISOR ELK/IL 15-4287 as introduced A bill for an act 1.1 relating to human services; requiring medical assistance to cover medically 1.2 necessary gender dysphoria and certain prescribed drugs for treatment of gender 1.3 dysphoria; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 1.4 3a, by adding a subdivision. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3a, is amended to 1.7 read: 1.8 Subd. 3a. Sex reassignment surgery Treatment of gender dysphoria. Sex 1.9 reassignment surgery is not covered, unless medically necessary. 1.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a 1.11 subdivision to read: 1.12 Subd. 13k. Treatment of gender dysphoria. Notwithstanding subdivision 13d, 1.13 paragraph (b), clause (1), the commissioner may include within the drug formulary 1.14 established under subdivision 13d, drugs for the treatment of gender dysphoria if: 1.15 (1) the drug is approved for marketing by the United States Food and Drug 1.16 Administration; 1.17 (2) the dose and indication for use of the drug is recommended by a clinical guideline 1.18 or practice parameter included in the National Guideline Clearinghouse maintained by 1.19 the United States Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare 1.20 Research and Quality (AHRQ); and 1.21 (3) there is not another drug or regimen available within the formulary to treat 1.22 the condition. 1.23 Sec. 2. 1 SENATE STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION S.F. No. 2141 (SENATE AUTHORS: DIBBLE, Eaton, Sheran, Marty and Pappas) DATE D-PG OFFICIAL STATUS 05/01/2015 Introduction and first reading Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing