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SF3671 • 2026

Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gruenhagen
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

What This Bill Does

  • Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Medical assistance coverage stoppage when federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to human services; stopping medical assistance coverage when federal

financial participation is temporarily withheld or discontinued; amending Minnesota

Statutes 2024, section 256B.0642.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0642, is amended to read:

256B.0642 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION.

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(a)
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The commissioner may, in the aggregate, prospectively reduce payment rates for

medical assistance providers receiving federal funds to avoid reduced federal financial

participation resulting from rates that are in excess of the Medicare limitations.

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(b) Effective June 1, 2026, if federal financial participation is temporarily withheld or

discontinued for a covered service provided under this chapter, the covered service is no

longer available to medical assistance enrollees under this chapter as of the date of the

temporary withhold or discontinuance and the commissioner is prohibited from making

payments to medical assistance providers for services provided on or after the date of the

temporary withhold or discontinuance.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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