Bill Text: MN HF1348 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Medical assistance spenddown requirements and excess income standard modified.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF1348 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1348-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to human services; modifying requirements for the medical assistance
1.3spenddown and excess income standard;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 256B.056, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.5256B.056, subdivision 5c.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.056, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 5. Excess income. A person who has excess income is eligible for medical
1.10assistance if the person has expenses for medical care that are more than the amount of the
1.11person's excess income, computed by deducting incurred medical expenses from the excess
1.12income to reduce the excess to the income standard specified in subdivision 5c. The person
1.13shall elect to have the medical expenses deducted at the beginning of a one-month budget
1.14period or at the beginning of a six-month budget period. The commissioner shallallow
1.15 require persons eligible for assistance on a recurring one-month spenddown basis under
1.16this subdivisionto elect to pay the monthly spenddown amount in advance of the month
1.17of eligibility to the state agency in order to maintain eligibility on a continuous basis. If
1.18the recipient does not pay the spenddown amount on or before the 20th of the month, the
1.19recipient is ineligiblefor this option for the following month. The local agency shall code
1.20the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to indicate that the recipienthas
1.21elected this option is paying the monthly spenddown in advance. The state agency shall
1.22convey recipient eligibility information relative to the collection of the spenddown to
1.23providers through the Electronic Verification System (EVS). A recipientelecting making
1.24 advance payment must pay the state agency the monthly spenddown amount on or before
1.25the 20th of the month in order to be eligiblefor this option in the following month.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013, or upon any necessary
2.2federal approval, whichever is later.
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256B.056, subdivision 5c,
2.4is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 5c. Excess income standard. (a) The excess income standard for parents
2.6and caretaker relatives, pregnant women, infants, and children ages two through 20 is the
2.7standard specified in subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
2.8(b) The excess income standard for a person whose eligibility is based on blindness,
2.9disability, or age of 65 or more years shall equal75 100 percent of the federal poverty
2.10guidelines.
2.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014.
2.12 Sec. 3. FEDERAL WAIVERS.
2.13The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers and approvals necessary to
2.14implement the changes to the medical assistance spenddown required by the amendments
2.15to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 5.
1.3spenddown and excess income standard;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 256B.056, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.5256B.056, subdivision 5c.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.056, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 5. Excess income. A person who has excess income is eligible for medical
1.10assistance if the person has expenses for medical care that are more than the amount of the
1.11person's excess income, computed by deducting incurred medical expenses from the excess
1.12income to reduce the excess to the income standard specified in subdivision 5c. The person
1.13shall elect to have the medical expenses deducted at the beginning of a one-month budget
1.14period or at the beginning of a six-month budget period. The commissioner shall
1.15 require persons eligible for assistance on a recurring one-month spenddown basis under
1.16this subdivision
1.17of eligibility to the state agency in order to maintain eligibility on a continuous basis. If
1.18the recipient does not pay the spenddown amount on or before the 20th of the month, the
1.19recipient is ineligible
1.20the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to indicate that the recipient
1.21
1.22convey recipient eligibility information relative to the collection of the spenddown to
1.23providers through the Electronic Verification System (EVS). A recipient
1.24 advance payment must pay the state agency the monthly spenddown amount on or before
1.25the 20th of the month in order to be eligible
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013, or upon any necessary
2.2federal approval, whichever is later.
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256B.056, subdivision 5c,
2.4is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 5c. Excess income standard. (a) The excess income standard for parents
2.6and caretaker relatives, pregnant women, infants, and children ages two through 20 is the
2.7standard specified in subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
2.8(b) The excess income standard for a person whose eligibility is based on blindness,
2.9disability, or age of 65 or more years shall equal
2.10guidelines.
2.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014.
2.12 Sec. 3. FEDERAL WAIVERS.
2.13The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers and approvals necessary to
2.14implement the changes to the medical assistance spenddown required by the amendments
2.15to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 5.
