MINNESOTA LEGISLATION: Section 4: Uniform Electronic Transaction Standards (62J.536)

"The Administrative Uniformity Committee (AUC), under the direction of the Department of Health, will adopt uniform transaction standards for claims transactions, eligibility transactions and remittance transactions. Eligibility transaction standards will be adopted by January 15, 2008 and implemented among plans and providers no later than one year later; eligibility transaction standards will be adopted by July 15, 2008 and implemented among plans and providers no later than one year later; and remittance transaction standards will be adopted by December 1, 2008 and implemented among plans and providers no later than one year later. The AUC must create a single, uniform companion guide for each of the transaction categories. For purposes of this requirement, “provider” includes nursing homes, boarding care homes, and home care providers.
All transactions must be electronic by the implementation dates for each type of transaction. Web-based and direct data entry methods may be used to meet this requirement.
No payers or providers may require the use of additional companion guides or variations in standards.
$146,000 is appropriated for development of the transaction guides.

For more information go to:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/auc/transactions.htm"