Medical assistance eligibility redetermination timelines modification for employed persons with disabilities

A bill for an act

relating to human services; modifying medical assistance eligibility redetermination

timelines for employed persons with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes

2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 7a, by adding subdivisions.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:

Subd. 7a.

Periodic renewal of eligibility.

(a) The commissioner shall make an annual

redetermination of eligibility based on information contained in the enrollee's case file and

other information available to the agency, including but not limited to information accessed

through an electronic database, without requiring the enrollee to submit any information

when sufficient data is available for the agency to renew eligibility.

(b) If the commissioner cannot renew eligibility in accordance with paragraph (a), the

commissioner must provide the enrollee with a prepopulated renewal form containing

eligibility information available to the agency and permit the enrollee to submit the form

with any corrections or additional information to the agency and sign the renewal form via

any of the modes of submission specified in section
256B.04, subdivision 18
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(c) An enrollee who is terminated for failure to complete the renewal process may

subsequently submit the renewal form and required information within four months after

the date of termination and have coverage reinstated without a lapse, if otherwise eligible

under this chapter. The local agency may close the enrollee's case file if the required

information is not submitted within four months of termination.

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(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person who is eligible under subdivision 5 shall

be subject to a review of the person's income every six months.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 7b.

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Periodic renewal of eligibility; individuals with excess

income.

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Notwithstanding subdivision 7a, paragraph (a), a person who has excess income

but is eligible under subdivision 5 is subject to a review of the person's income every six

months.

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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 7c.

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Periodic renewal of eligibility; employed persons with disabilities.

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(a) For

a person enrolled in medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision 9, the

commissioner or local agency must provide the enrollee with the renewal form described

in subdivision 7a, paragraph (b), at least 60 calendar days before the end of the enrollee's

eligibility period. If the commissioner or local agency fails to provide the enrollee with the

renewal form 60 calendar days before the end of the enrollee's eligibility period, consistent

with Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections 435.912(e) and (g)(2), the commissioner

and the local agency must not terminate the enrollee until the end of the second month

following the month in which the enrollee's eligibility period ended.

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(b) For a person enrolled in medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision 9,

who due to a good cause is unable to respond within the required time frame to the renewal

form provided to the enrollee under subdivision 7a, paragraph (b), the commissioner must

provide the enrollee an additional 30 calendar days to respond, as permitted under Code of

Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.912(e)(1).

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(c) For a person enrolled in medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision 9,

the commissioner must not terminate the enrollee's medical assistance eligibility until the

commissioner has provided the enrollee with a notice of terminated eligibility that includes

information on the enrollee's right to appeal the termination under section 256.045.

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