State agency authority to submit a public option waiver application to the federal government repealed, and appropriation reduced.

HF 27 repeals the Minnesota Department of Commerce's authority to submit a federal waiver application for a public option health care plan and eliminates $21 million in state funding designated for implementing such a plan. The bill specifically removes the contingent appropriation (section 2.21-2.27) that would have funded the public option upon federal waiver approval. This directly affects Minnesota's ability to advance a state-created public health insurance option, which was intended to expand coverage options for residents. The legislation effectively halts the state's planned implementation of a public option health care plan under the Affordable Care Act.