Bill Text: MN SF2452 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical assistance (MA) eligibility advance monthly spenddown payment requirement
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Referred to Health and Human Services [SF2452 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2452-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; modifying requirements for the medical assistance
1.3spenddown;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.056, subdivision
1.45.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.056, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 5. Excess income. A person who has excess income is eligible for medical
1.9assistance if the person has expenses for medical care that are more than the amount of the
1.10person's excess income, computed by deducting incurred medical expenses from the excess
1.11income to reduce the excess to the income standard specified in subdivision 5c. The person
1.12shall elect to have the medical expenses deducted at the beginning of a one-month budget
1.13period or at the beginning of a six-month budget period. The commissioner shallallow
1.14require persons eligible for assistance on a recurring one-month spenddown basis under
1.15this subdivisionto elect to pay the monthly spenddown amount in advance of the month
1.16of eligibility to the state agency in order to maintain eligibility on a continuous basis. If
1.17the recipient does not pay the spenddown amount on or before the 20th of the month, the
1.18recipient is ineligiblefor this option for the following month. The local agency shall code
1.19the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to indicate that the recipient
1.20has elected this option is paying the monthly spenddown in advance. The state agency
1.21shall convey recipient eligibility information relative to the collection of the spenddown to
1.22providers through the Electronic Verification System (EVS). A recipientelecting making
1.23advance payment must pay the state agency the monthly spenddown amount on or before
1.24the 20th of the month in order to be eligiblefor this option in the following month.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012, or upon any necessary
2.2federal approval, whichever is later.
2.3 Sec. 2. FEDERAL WAIVERS.
2.4The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers and approvals necessary to
2.5implement the changes to the medical assistance spenddown required by the amendments
2.6to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 5.
1.3spenddown;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.056, subdivision
1.45.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.056, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 5. Excess income. A person who has excess income is eligible for medical
1.9assistance if the person has expenses for medical care that are more than the amount of the
1.10person's excess income, computed by deducting incurred medical expenses from the excess
1.11income to reduce the excess to the income standard specified in subdivision 5c. The person
1.12shall elect to have the medical expenses deducted at the beginning of a one-month budget
1.13period or at the beginning of a six-month budget period. The commissioner shall
1.14require persons eligible for assistance on a recurring one-month spenddown basis under
1.15this subdivision
1.16of eligibility to the state agency in order to maintain eligibility on a continuous basis. If
1.17the recipient does not pay the spenddown amount on or before the 20th of the month, the
1.18recipient is ineligible
1.19the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to indicate that the recipient
1.20
1.21shall convey recipient eligibility information relative to the collection of the spenddown to
1.22providers through the Electronic Verification System (EVS). A recipient
1.23advance payment must pay the state agency the monthly spenddown amount on or before
1.24the 20th of the month in order to be eligible
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012, or upon any necessary
2.2federal approval, whichever is later.
2.3 Sec. 2. FEDERAL WAIVERS.
2.4The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers and approvals necessary to
2.5implement the changes to the medical assistance spenddown required by the amendments
2.6to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 5.
