2025 Minnesota Statutes

142A.40 LEGAL REFERRAL AND ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

(a) The commissioner shall award grants to one or more nonprofit programs that provide legal services based on indigency to provide legal services to individuals with emergency medical conditions or chronic health conditions who are not currently eligible for medical assistance or other public health care programs based on their legal status, but who may meet eligibility requirements with legal assistance.

(b) The grantees, in collaboration with hospitals and safety net providers, shall provide referral assistance to connect individuals identified in paragraph (a) with alternative resources and services to assist in meeting their health care needs.

History:

2015 c 71 art 11 s 18; 2024 c 80 art 1 s 96