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SF 8

MinnesotaCare coverage eligibility modification

2025, First Special Session Introduced by Glenn Gruenhagen and 4 co-sponsors

Expands remedies for aggrieved employees, allowing treble damages and injunctive relief, with a broad disciplinary-action definition that also affects employers, schools, and students.

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Bill Summary · SF 8

Summary — SF 8 (2025) — "MinnesotaCare coverage eligibility modification"

Overview / Purpose

SF 8 is titled “MinnesotaCare coverage eligibility modification.” The bill was introduced January 13, 2025, with Sen. Green as primary sponsor and several additional authors added later (Utke, Abeler, Mitchell, Mann). Its stated subject areas are Health and Health Department and Insurance. The formal status as of the latest available legislative actions is “Laid on table” (06/09/2025).

Important note: the version content provided with this request appears to contain an excerpt that is not obviously about MinnesotaCare eligibility (it addresses remedies for aggrieved employees and defines “disciplinary action”). The official bill text that would specify the intended MinnesotaCare eligibility changes was not included in the materials provided. This summary therefore (A) records the procedural history and authorship and (B summarizes the actual excerpted provisions that are in the supplied text, and (C) flags the missing/ambiguous connection to MinnesotaCare so readers can verify the full text.

Key provisions (based on the supplied excerpt)

The included excerpt (page/lines shown in the provided content) contains the following substantive provisions:

  • Remedies for an “aggrieved employee”: A court may award damages in an amount not to exceed three times the aggrieved employee’s annual wages and benefits (treble damages), plus any other equitable relief the court deems appropriate, including attorney fees and costs.
  • Injunctive relief: Injunctive relief is explicitly available.
  • Definition of “disciplinary action”: The bill text defines disciplinary action broadly to include:
    • termination of employment or contractual relationship,
    • suspension from employment or the contractual relationship,
    • demotion,
    • expulsion from school,
    • suspension from school,
    • detention,
    • financial penalties,
    • written or verbal reprimands.

These provisions appear to create or expand a civil remedy for certain aggrieved employees and define what counts as disciplinary action for purposes of the remedy or enforcement mechanism.

Who would be affected

  • If the MinnesotaCare eligibility changes were present in the bill text, primary impacts would be on Minnesotans who apply for or are enrolled in MinnesotaCare (low- and moderate-income residents), county/tribal eligibility workers, and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (administration and budgeting).
  • Based on the excerpted remedial language, employers, contractors, employees, students (school disciplinary contexts), and educational institutions could be affected by the new remedies and the broad definition of disciplinary action.

Procedural and timeline highlights

  • Introduced: 01/13/2025 (first reading 01/16/2025)
  • Committee referrals: initially to Health and Human Services; later activity shows Education committee involvement (referred 01/16/2025 to Health & HS, later referred/reported in Education).
  • Subcommittee activity: Subcommittee (Green, Donahue, Pike); subcommittee meeting 01/30/2025; subcommittee recommended passage 01/30/2025.
  • Committee report recommending passage: 02/27/2025.
  • Placed on calendar: 02/25/2025.
  • Authors added: Mitchell (02/24/2025), Mann (02/13/2025), Abeler (03/03/2025), Utke (03/06/2025).
  • Status: Laid on table 06/09/2025.

Related legislation

  • HF 958 (companion)
  • HF 1 (companion)

Notes and recommended next steps

  • The supplied excerpt does not clearly describe any MinnesotaCare eligibility modifications. To assess the bill’s intended changes to MinnesotaCare eligibility, obtain and review the full introduced text or subsequent revisor’s/committee versions and the companion House bills (HF 958, HF 1).
  • If your interest is the employee-remedy language in the excerpt, review the full bill to determine the scope, triggers, and procedural requirements (who qualifies as an “aggrieved employee,” covered employers/contexts, statute of limitations, enforcement mechanisms).
  • For legislative tracking or testimony, consult the bill file on the Minnesota Legislature website for all versions, fiscal notes, and committee reports.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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