1999 Minnesota Statutes

     256B.061 Eligibility; retroactive effect; restrictions. 

    (a) If any individual has been determined to be eligible 
 for medical assistance, it will be made available for care and 
 services included under the plan and furnished in or after the 
 third month before the month in which the individual made 
 application for such assistance, if such individual was, or upon 
 application would have been, eligible for medical assistance at 
 the time the care and services were furnished.  The commissioner 
 may limit, restrict, or suspend the eligibility of an individual 
 for up to one year upon that individual's conviction of a 
 criminal offense related to application for or receipt of 
 medical assistance benefits. 

    (b) On the basis of information provided on the completed 
 application, an applicant who meets the following criteria shall 
 be determined eligible beginning in the month of application: 

    (1) whose gross income is less than 90 percent of the 
 applicable income standard; 

    (2) whose total liquid assets are less than 90 percent of 
 the asset limit; 

    (3) does not reside in a long-term care facility; and 

    (4) meets all other eligibility requirements. 

 The applicant must provide all required verifications within 30 
 days' notice of the eligibility determination or eligibility 
 shall be terminated. 

    HIST: 1973 c 717 s 3; 1983 c 312 art 5 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1999 
 c 245 art 4 s 36