Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 256B · 194 active provisions
Medical assistance for needy persons whose resources are not adequate to meet the cost of such care is hereby declared to be a matter of state concern. To provide such care, a statewide program of medical assistance, with free choice of vendor, is hereby established.
Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1987 c 363 s 14] Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1987 c 363 s 14] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1987 c 363 s 14] Subd. 4. Medical institution. "Medical institution" means any licensed medical facility that receives a license from the Minnesota Health Department or Department of Human Services or appropriate licensi…
Subdivision 1. Intent. It is the intent of the legislature to reform components of the medical assistance program for seniors and people with disabilities or other complex needs, and medical assistance enrollees in general, in order to achieve better outcomes, such as community integration and independence; improved he…
Subdivision 1. General limit. All payments for medical assistance hereunder must be made to the vendor. The maximum payment for new vendors enrolled in the medical assistance program after the base year shall be determined from the average usual and customary charge of the same vendor type enrolled in the base year. Su…
The commissioner of human services may contract with public or private entities or operate a preferred provider program to deliver health care services to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare program recipients. The commissioner may enter into risk-based and non-risk-based contracts. The commissioner must not enter int…
Subdivision 1. Contract for dental services. The commissioner may conduct a demonstration project to contract, on a prospective per capita payment basis, with an organization or organizations licensed under chapter 62C, 62D, or 62N for the provision of all dental care services beginning July 1, 1994, under the medical…
Subdivision 1. Benchmark for dental access. For coverage years 2022 to 2024, the commissioner shall establish a performance benchmark under which at least 55 percent of children and adults who were continuously enrolled for at least 11 months in either medical assistance or MinnesotaCare through a managed care or count…
(a) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1999, the commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in payment rates for the services listed in paragraph (b) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section…
Subdivision 1. General. The state agency shall supervise the administration of medical assistance for eligible recipients by the county agencies hereunder. Subd. 1a. Comprehensive health services system. The commissioner shall carry out the duties in this section with the participation of the boards of county commissio…
Subdivision 1. Statewide disbursement system. The state agency shall establish on a statewide basis a system for the centralized disbursement of medical assistance payments to vendors. Subd. 2. Account. An account is established in the state treasury from which medical assistance payments to vendors shall be made. Into…
Subdivision 1. Lien for cost of care. When the state agency provides, pays for, or becomes liable for medical care, it shall have a lien for the cost of the care upon any and all causes of action or recovery rights under any policy, plan, or contract providing benefits for health care or injury, which accrue to the per…
Subdivision 1. Alternative and complementary health care. The commissioner of human services, through the medical director and in consultation with the Health Services Advisory Council established under section 256B.0625, subdivision 3c, as part of the commissioner's ongoing duties, shall consider the potential for imp…
Subdivision 1. Administration of medical assistance. The county agencies shall administer medical assistance in their respective counties under the supervision of the state agency and the commissioner of human services as specified in section 256.01, and shall make such reports, prepare such statistics, and keep such r…
Subdivision 1. Purpose. Housing stabilization services are established to provide housing stabilization services to an individual with a disability that limits the individual's ability to obtain or maintain stable housing. The services support an individual's transition to housing in the community and increase long-ter…
Subdivision 1. Children eligible for subsidized adoption assistance. Medical assistance may be paid for a child eligible for or receiving adoption assistance payments under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 670 to 676, and to any child who is not title IV-E eligible but who w…
Subdivision 1. Residency. (a) To be eligible for medical assistance, a person must reside in Minnesota, or, if absent from the state, be deemed to be a resident of Minnesota, in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.403. (b) The commissioner shall identify individuals who are enrolled in me…
Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "periodic data matching" means obtaining updated electronic information about medical assistance and MinnesotaCare recipients on the MNsure information system from federal and state data sources accessible to the MNsure information system and using that data…
Subdivision 1. Infants and pregnant women. (a) An infant less than two years of age is eligible for medical assistance if the infant's countable household income is equal to or less than 283 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the same household size. Medical assistance for an uninsured infant younger than two…
Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 17 s 37] Subd. 3. Long-term care insurance. "Long-term care insurance" means a policy described in section 62S.01. Subd. 4. Medical assistance. "Medical assistance" means the pr…
Subdivision 1. Income deductions. When an institutionalized person is determined eligible for medical assistance, the income that exceeds the deductions in paragraphs (a) and (b) must be applied to the cost of institutional care. (a) The following amounts must be deducted from the institutionalized person's income in t…
Subdivision 1. Income not available. The income described in subdivisions 2 and 3 shall be deducted from an institutionalized spouse's monthly income and is not considered available for payment of the monthly costs of an institutionalized spouse after the institutionalized spouse has been determined eligible for medica…
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and sections 256B.058 and 256B.0595, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Community spouse" means the spouse of an institutionalized spouse. (c) "Assets otherwise available to the community spouse" means assets individually…
When payment becomes due under an annuity that names the department a remainder beneficiary, the issuer shall request and the department shall, within 45 days after receipt of the request, provide a written statement of the total amount of the medical assistance paid or confirmation that any family member designated as…
Subdivision 1. Prohibited transfers. (a) For purposes of this section, "long-term care services" includes services in a nursing facility; services that are eligible for payment according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 2, because they are provided in a swing bed; services in an intermediate care facility for persons…
Subdivision 1. [Renumbered 256B.055, subdivision 1] Subd. 1a. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 2] Subd. 1b. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 3] Subd. 1c. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 4] Subd. 1d. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 5] Subd. 1e. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 6] Subd. 1f. [Renumbered 256B.055, subd 7] Subd. 1g. [Renumbered 256B.0…