as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/19/2004 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to human services; expanding the exemption 1.3 from medical assistance co-payments; appropriating 1.4 money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, 1.5 section 256B.0631, subdivision 2. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 1.8 256B.0631, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 2. [EXCEPTIONS.] Co-payments shall be subject to the 1.10 following exceptions: 1.11 (1) children under the age of 21; 1.12 (2) pregnant women for services that relate to the 1.13 pregnancy or any other medical condition that may complicate the 1.14 pregnancy; 1.15 (3) recipients expected to reside for at least 30 days in a 1.16 hospital, nursing home, corporate adult foster care home also 1.17 registered as a housing with services establishment, or 1.18 intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded; 1.19 (4) recipients receiving hospice care; 1.20 (5) 100 percent federally funded services provided by an 1.21 Indian health service; 1.22 (6) emergency services; 1.23 (7) family planning services; 1.24 (8) services that are paid by Medicare, resulting in the 1.25 medical assistance program paying for the coinsurance and 2.1 deductible; and 2.2 (9) co-payments that exceed one per day per provider for 2.3 nonpreventive visits, eyeglasses, and nonemergency visits to a 2.4 hospital-based emergency room. 2.5 Sec. 2. [APPROPRIATION.] 2.6 $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 2.7 commissioner of human services for the fiscal year beginning 2.8 July 1, 2004, for the purposes of section 1.