2016 Minnesota Statutes

256B.78 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.

(a) The commissioner of human services shall establish a medical assistance demonstration project to determine whether improved access to coverage of prepregnancy family planning services reduces medical assistance and MFIP costs.

(b) This section is effective upon federal approval of the demonstration project.

History:

1Sp2001 c 9 art 2 s 55; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113

NOTE: By October 1, 2015, the commissioner of human services shall seek federal authority to operate the program in this section under the state Medicaid plan, in accordance with United States Code, title 42, section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXI). To be eligible, an individual must have family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, except that for an individual under age 21, only the income of the individual must be considered in determining eligibility. Services under this program must be available on a presumptive eligibility basis. Laws 2014, chapter 291, article 10, section 12.