Minnesota SF 548: Rural Finance Authority bond issue and appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to human services; increasing the medical assistance income limit for​
1.3 persons with disabilities and persons age 65 and over; amending Minnesota Statutes​
1.4 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 4.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 4, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 4.Income.(a) To be eligible for medical assistance, a person eligible under section​
1.8 256B.055, subdivisions 7, 7a, and 12, may have income up to 100 133 percent of the federal​
1.9 poverty guidelines. Effective January 1, 2000, and each successive January, recipients of​
1.10 Supplemental Security Income may have an income up to the Supplemental Security Income​
1.11 standard in effect on that date.​
1.12 (b) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, a parent​
1.13 or caretaker relative may have an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty guidelines​
1.14 for the household size.​
1.15 (c) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 15, a​
1.16 person may have an income up to 133 percent of federal poverty guidelines for the household​
1.17 size.​
1.18 (d) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 16, a child​
1.19 age 19 to 20 may have an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for​
1.20 the household size.​
1​Section 1.​
25-02040 as introduced​01/10/25 REVISOR AGW/ES​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 548​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: FATEH, Boldon, Maye Quade, Abeler and Johnson Stewart)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​158​01/23/2025​
Referred to Human Services​
Author added Boldon​200​01/27/2025​
Authors added Maye Quade; Abeler​315​02/06/2025​
Author added Johnson Stewart​345​02/10/2025​

2.1 (e) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, a child​
2.2 under age 19 may have income up to 275 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for the​
2.3 household size.​
2.4 (f) In computing income to determine eligibility of persons under paragraphs (a) to (e)​
2.5 who are not residents of long-term care facilities, the commissioner shall disregard increases​
2.6 in income as required by Public Laws 94-566, section 503; 99-272; and 99-509. For persons​
2.7 eligible under paragraph (a), veteran aid and attendance benefits and Veterans Administration​
2.8 unusual medical expense payments are considered income to the recipient.​
2.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026.​
2​Section 1.​
25-02040 as introduced​01/10/25 REVISOR AGW/ES​