HF 914

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/26/2023 03:26pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; specifying procedures for the disenrollment of medical
assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees; providing 12-month continuous medical
assistance eligibility for certain eligibility categories; providing continuous medical
assistance eligibility for children up to age six; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022,
sections 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; 256B.056, subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 26. new text end

new text begin Disenrollment under medical assistance and MinnesotaCare. new text end

new text begin (a) The
commissioner shall regularly update mailing addresses and other contact information for
medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees in cases of returned mail and nonresponse
using information available through managed care and county-based purchasing plans, state
health and human services programs, and other sources.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner shall not disenroll an individual from medical assistance or
MinnesotaCare in cases of returned mail until the commissioner makes at least two attempts
by phone, email, or other methods to contact the individual. The commissioner may disenroll
the individual after providing no less than 30 days for the individual to respond to the most
recent contact attempt.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.056, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Period of eligibility.

(a) Eligibility is available for the month of application
and for three months prior to application if the person was eligible in those prior months.
A redetermination of eligibility must occur every 12 months.

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:
new text end

new text begin (1) a child six years of age and older but under 21 years of age who is determined eligible
for medical assistance must remain eligible for a period of 12 months; and
new text end

new text begin (2) a child under six years of age who is determined eligible for medical assistance must
remain eligible through the month in which the child reaches six years of age.
new text end

new text begin (c) A child's eligibility under paragraph (b) may be terminated earlier if:
new text end

new text begin (i) the child or the child's representative requests voluntary termination of eligibility;
new text end

new text begin (ii) the child ceases to be a resident of this state;
new text end

new text begin (iii) the child dies; or
new text end

new text begin (iv) the agency determines eligibility was erroneously granted at the most recent eligibility
determination due to agency error or fraud, abuse, or perjury attributed to the child or the
child's representative.
new text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end For a person eligible for an insurance affordability program as defined in section
256B.02, subdivision 19, who reports a change that makes the person eligible for medical
assistance, eligibility is available for the month the change was reported and for three months
prior to the month the change was reported, if the person was eligible in those prior months.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2024, or upon federal approval,
whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes
when federal approval is obtained.
new text end