The commissioner may:
(a) formulate general policies to advance the purposes of sections 62E.01 to 62E.19;
(b) supervise the creation of the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association within the limits described in section 62E.10;
(c) approve the selection of the writing carrier by the association, approve the association's contract with the writing carrier, and approve the state plan coverage;
(d) appoint advisory committees;
(e) conduct periodic audits to assure the general accuracy of the financial data submitted by the writing carrier and the association;
(f) contract with the federal government or any other unit of government to ensure coordination of the state plan with other governmental assistance programs;
(g) undertake directly or through contracts with other persons studies or demonstration programs to develop awareness of the benefits of sections 62E.01 to 62E.15, so that the residents of this state may best avail themselves of the health care benefits provided by these sections;
(h) contract with insurers and others for administrative services; and
(i) adopt, amend, suspend and repeal rules as reasonably necessary to carry out and make effective the provisions and purposes of sections 62E.01 to 62E.19.
History:1976 c 296 art 1 s 9; 1977 c 409 s 13; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 324 s 2; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 7; 1999 c 177 s 46; 2013 c 84 art 1 s 41