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HF 869

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/25/2013 02:16pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to human services; providing medical assistance eligibility for inmates
while they are inpatients in a medical institution; amending Minnesota Statutes
2012, section 256B.055, subdivision 14.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.055, subdivision 14, is amended to
read:


Subd. 14.

Persons detained by law.

(a) Medical assistance may be paid for an
inmate of a correctional facility who is conditionally released as authorized under section
241.26, 244.065, or 631.425, if the individual does not require the security of a public
detention facility and is housed in a halfway house or community correction center, or
under house arrest and monitored by electronic surveillance in a residence approved
by the commissioner of corrections, and if the individual meets the other eligibility
requirements of this chapter.

(b) An individual who is enrolled in medical assistance, and who is charged with a
crime and incarcerated for less than 12 months shall be suspended from eligibility at the
time of incarceration until the individual is released. Upon release, medical assistance
eligibility is reinstated without reapplication using a reinstatement process and form, if the
individual is otherwise eligible.

(c) An individual, regardless of age, who is considered an inmate of a public
institution as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.1010, is not
eligible for medical assistancedeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin , except that the individual shall be eligible for medical
assistance during that part of a month in which the individual is not an inmate of a public
institution, but is admitted as an inpatient to a hospital, nursing facility, juvenile residential
mental health treatment facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental
disabilities, or other medical institution as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42,
section 435.1010. Medical assistance coverage shall be provided only if the individual is
otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this chapter. Medical assistance coverage
is limited to covered services provided on an inpatient basis. The commissioner of
human services, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, shall develop and
implement procedures to identify and enroll individuals eligible for medical assistance
under this paragraph.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013.
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