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HF 869

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/06/2013 06:04pm

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,new text begin and
who meets the eligibility requirements in section 256B.056, new text end is not eligible for medical
assistancedeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin , except for covered services received while an inpatient in a medical institution.
Security issues related to the inpatient treatment of an inmate are the responsibility
of the county.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2014.
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