Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2950 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to human services; providing state-funded medical assistance and
3	3	1.3 MinnesotaCare for inmates of county jails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
4	4	1.4 sections 256B.055, subdivision 14; 256L.04, subdivision 12; 641.15, subdivision
5	5	1.5 2.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.055, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 14.Persons detained by law.(a) Medical assistance may be paid for an inmate
9	9	1.9of a correctional facility who is conditionally released as authorized under section 241.26,
10	10	1.10244.065, or 631.425, if the individual does not require the security of a public detention
11	11	1.11facility and is housed in a halfway house or community correction center, or under house
12	12	1.12arrest and monitored by electronic surveillance in a residence approved by the commissioner
13	13	1.13of corrections, and if the individual meets the other eligibility requirements of this chapter.
14	14	1.14 (b) An individual who is enrolled in medical assistance, and who is charged with a crime
15	15	1.15and incarcerated for less than 12 months shall be suspended from eligibility at the time of
16	16	1.16incarceration until the individual is released. Upon release, medical assistance eligibility is
17	17	1.17reinstated without reapplication using a reinstatement process and form, if the individual is
18	18	1.18otherwise eligible.
19	19	1.19 (c) An individual, regardless of age, who is considered an inmate of a public institution
20	20	1.20as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.1010, and who meets the
21	21	1.21eligibility requirements in section 256B.056, is not eligible for federally funded medical
22	22	1.22assistance, except for covered services received while an inpatient in a medical institution
23	23	1.23as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.1010, but is eligible for
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR AGW/HL 25-0509103/19/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 2950
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Backer and Duran04/01/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy 2.1medical assistance without federal financial participation if the individual is an inmate of
34	34	2.2a county jail in Minnesota. Security issues, including costs, related to the inpatient medical
35	35	2.3treatment of an inmate are the responsibility of the entity with jurisdiction over the inmate.
36	36	2.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256L.04, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
37	37	2.5 Subd. 12.Persons in detention.(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an applicant
38	38	2.6or enrollee residing in a correctional or detention facility is not eligible for MinnesotaCare,
39	39	2.7unless the applicant or enrollee is awaiting disposition of charges.
40	40	2.8 (b) An applicant or enrollee residing as an inmate in a county jail in Minnesota is eligible
41	41	2.9for state-funded MinnesotaCare, provided all other MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements
42	42	2.10are met.
43	43	2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 641.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44	44	2.12 Subd. 2.Medical aid.Except as provided in section 466.101, the county board shall
45	45	2.13pay the costs of medical services provided to prisoners pursuant to this section. The amount
46	46	2.14paid by the county board for a medical service shall not exceed the maximum allowed
47	47	2.15medical assistance payment rate for the service, as determined by the commissioner of
48	48	2.16human services. In the absence of a health or medical insurance or health plan that has a
49	49	2.17contractual obligation with the provider or the prisoner, medical providers shall charge no
50	50	2.18higher than the rate negotiated between the county and the provider. In the absence of an
51	51	2.19agreement between the county and the provider, the provider may not charge an amount
52	52	2.20that exceeds the maximum allowed medical assistance payment rate for the service, as
53	53	2.21determined by the commissioner of human services. The county is entitled to reimbursement
54	54	2.22from the prisoner for payment of medical bills to the extent that the prisoner to whom the
55	55	2.23medical aid was provided has the ability to pay the bills. The prisoner shall, at a minimum,
56	56	2.24incur co-payment obligations for health care services provided by a county correctional
57	57	2.25facility. The county board shall determine the co-payment amount. Notwithstanding any
58	58	2.26law to the contrary, the co-payment shall be deducted from any of the prisoner's funds held
59	59	2.27by the county, to the extent possible. If there is a disagreement between the county and a
60	60	2.28prisoner concerning the prisoner's ability to pay, the court with jurisdiction over the defendant
61	61	2.29shall determine the extent, if any, of the prisoner's ability to pay for the medical services.
62	62	2.30If a prisoner is covered by health or medical insurance or other health plan when medical
63	63	2.31services are provided, the medical provider shall bill that health or medical insurance or
64	64	2.32other plan. If the county providing the medical services for a prisoner that has coverage
65	65	2.33under health or medical insurance or other plan, that county has a right of subrogation to
66	66	2Sec. 3.
67	67	REVISOR AGW/HL 25-0509103/19/25 3.1be reimbursed by the insurance carrier for all sums spent by it for medical services to the
68	68	3.2prisoner that are covered by the policy of insurance or health plan, in accordance with the
69	69	3.3benefits, limitations, exclusions, provider restrictions, and other provisions of the policy or
70	70	3.4health plan. The county may maintain an action to enforce this subrogation right. The county
71	71	3.5does not have a right of subrogation against the medical assistance program. The county
72	72	3.6shall not charge prisoners for telephone calls to MNsure navigators, the Minnesota Warmline,
73	73	3.7a mental health provider, or calls for the purpose of providing case management or mental
74	74	3.8health services as defined in section 245.462 to prisoners. A county may assist inmates of
75	75	3.9county jails in applying for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 14, and
76	76	3.10MinnesotaCare under section 256L.04, subdivision 12.
77	77	3Sec. 3.
78	78	REVISOR AGW/HL 25-0509103/19/25