SF 1387

2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; allowing incarcerated individuals remain eligible for
medical assistance until conviction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
256B.055, subdivision 14.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, 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) new text begin An individual who is enrolled in medical assistance, and who is charged with a
crime and incarcerated in a local jail, workhouse, or local juvenile correctional facility
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, if the individual is otherwise eligible.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end An individual, regardless of age, who is considered an inmate of a public
institution as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.1009, is not
eligible for medical assistance.