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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to human services; establishing a presumptive disability determination
3	3		1.3 process for medical assistance eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
4	4		1.4 sections 245D.02, subdivision 23; 256.01, subdivisions 18f, 29; 256B.055,
5	5		1.5 subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 256B.056, subdivisions 1b, 3, 4, 10, by
6	6		1.6 adding a subdivision; 256B.057, subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision;
7	7		1.7 256B.0761, subdivision 2; 256B.77, subdivision 7a.
8	8		1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
9	9		1.9 ARTICLE 1
10	10		1.10 PRESUMPTIVE DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS
11	11		1.11 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.055, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12	12		1.12 Subd. 7.Aged or blind persons or persons with disabilities Persons age 65 or
13	13		1.13older.(a) Medical assistance may be paid for a person who (1) is age 65 or older, (2) meets
14	14		1.14the categorical eligibility requirements of the Supplemental Security Income program or,
15	15		1.15who would meet those requirements except for excess income or assets, and who (3) meets
16	16		1.16the other eligibility requirements of this section.
17	17		1.17 (b) Following a determination that the applicant is not aged or blind and does not meet
18	18		1.18any other category of eligibility for medical assistance and has not been determined disabled
19	19		1.19by the Social Security Administration, applicants under this subdivision shall be referred
20	20		1.20to the commissioner's state medical review team for a determination of disability.
21	21		1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
22	22		1Article 1 Section 1.
23		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW
	23	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR
24	24		SENATE
25	25		STATE OF MINNESOTA
26	26		S.F. No. 1175NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27		-	(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON, Kupec, Coleman~~, Miller~~ and ~~Nelson~~)
	27	+	(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON, Kupec, Coleman and Miller)
28	28		OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
29		-	Introduction and first reading33002/10/2025
30		-	Referred to Human Services
31		-	Author added Nelson39302/13/2025
32		-	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services02/17/2025 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.055, is amended by adding a subdivision
	29	+	Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
	30	+	Referred to Human Services 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.055, is amended by adding a subdivision
33	31		2.2to read:
34	32		2.3 Subd. 7b.Persons who are blind or determined disabled.(a) Medical assistance may
35	33		2.4be paid for a person age 64 or younger who meets:
36	34		2.5 (1) the categorical eligibility requirements of the Supplemental Security Income program;
37	35		2.6 (2) the other eligibility requirements of the Supplemental Security Income program or
38	36		2.7would meet those requirements except for excess income or assets; and
39	37		2.8 (3) the other eligibility requirements of this section.
40	38		2.9 (b) Following a determination that the applicant is not blind and does not meet any other
41	39		2.10category of eligibility for medical assistance and has not been determined disabled by the
42	40		2.11Social Security Administration, an applicant under this subdivision must be referred to the
43	41		2.12commissioner's state medical review team for a determination of disability.
44	42		2.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
45	43		2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
46	44		2.15 Subd. 3.Asset limitations for certain individuals.(a) To be eligible for medical
47	45		2.16assistance, a person must not individually own more than $3,000 in assets, or if a member
48	46		2.17of a household with two family members, spouses, or parent and child, the household must
49	47		2.18not own more than $6,000 in assets, plus $200 for each additional legal dependent. For the
50	48		2.19purposes of this subdivision, a child eligible under section 256B.055, subdivision 12, is an
51	49		2.20individual with a household size of one and the child's assets must be determined without
52	50		2.21consideration of the parents' resources as provided by United States Code, title 42, section
53	51		2.221396a(e)(3). In addition to these maximum amounts, an eligible individual or family may
54	52		2.23accrue interest on these amounts, but they must be reduced to the maximum at the time of
55	53		2.24an eligibility redetermination. The accumulation of the clothing and personal needs allowance
56	54		2.25according to section 256B.35 must also be reduced to the maximum at the time of the
57	55		2.26eligibility redetermination. The value of assets that are not considered in determining
58	56		2.27eligibility for medical assistance is the value of those assets excluded under the Supplemental
59	57		2.28Security Income program for aged, blind, and disabled persons, with the following
60	58		2.29exceptions:
61	59		2.30 (1) household goods and personal effects are not considered;
62	60		2.31 (2) capital and operating assets of a trade or business that the local agency determines
63	61		2.32are necessary to the person's ability to earn an income are not considered;
64	62		2Article 1 Sec. 3.
65		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 3.1 (3) motor vehicles are excluded to the same extent excluded by the Supplemental Security
	63	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 3.1 (3) motor vehicles are excluded to the same extent excluded by the Supplemental Security
66	64		3.2Income program;
67	65		3.3 (4) assets designated as burial expenses are excluded to the same extent excluded by the
68	66		3.4Supplemental Security Income program. Burial expenses funded by annuity contracts or
69	67		3.5life insurance policies must irrevocably designate the individual's estate as contingent
70	68		3.6beneficiary to the extent proceeds are not used for payment of selected burial expenses;
71	69		3.7 (5) for a person who no longer qualifies as an employed person with a disability due to
72	70		3.8loss of earnings, assets allowed while eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.057,
73	71		3.9subdivision 9, are not considered for 12 months, beginning with the first month of ineligibility
74	72		3.10as an employed person with a disability;
75	73		3.11 (6) a designated employment incentives asset account is disregarded when determining
76	74		3.12eligibility for medical assistance for a person age 65 years or older under section 256B.055,
77	75		3.13subdivision 7. An employment incentives asset account must only be designated by a person
78	76		3.14who has been enrolled in medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision 9, for a
79	77		3.1524-consecutive-month period. A designated employment incentives asset account contains
80	78		3.16qualified assets owned by the person in the last month of enrollment in medical assistance
81	79		3.17under section 256B.057, subdivision 9. Qualified assets include retirement and pension
82	80		3.18accounts, medical expense accounts, and up to $17,000 of the person's other nonexcluded
83	81		3.19liquid assets. An employment incentives asset account is no longer designated when a person
84	82		3.20loses medical assistance eligibility for a calendar month or more before turning age 65. A
85	83		3.21person who loses medical assistance eligibility before age 65 can establish a new designated
86	84		3.22employment incentives asset account by establishing a new 24-consecutive-month period
87	85		3.23of enrollment under section 256B.057, subdivision 9. Persons eligible under this clause are
88	86		3.24not subject to the provisions in section 256B.059; and
89	87		3.25 (7) effective July 1, 2009, certain assets owned by American Indians are excluded as
90	88		3.26required by section 5006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public
91	89		3.27Law 111-5. For purposes of this clause, an American Indian is any person who meets the
92	90		3.28definition of Indian according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 447.50.
93	91		3.29 (b) No asset limit shall apply to persons eligible under sections 256B.055, subdivision
94	92		3.3015, and 256B.057, subdivision 9.
95	93		3.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
96	94		3Article 1 Sec. 3.
97		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 4.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
	95	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 4.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
98	96		4.2 Subd. 4.Income.(a) To be eligible for medical assistance, a person eligible under section
99	97		4.3256B.055, subdivisions 7, 7a, to 7b and 12, may have income up to 100 percent of the
100	98		4.4federal poverty guidelines. For the purposes of this section, a child eligible under section
101	99		4.5256B.055, subdivision 12, is an individual with a household size of one and the child's
102	100		4.6income must be determined without consideration of the parents' income as provided by
103	101		4.7United States Code, title 42, section 1396(e)(3). Effective January 1, 2000, and each
104	102		4.8successive January, recipients of Supplemental Security Income may have an income up to
105	103		4.9the Supplemental Security Income standard in effect on that date.
106	104		4.10 (b) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, a parent
107	105		4.11or caretaker relative may have an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty guidelines
108	106		4.12for the household size.
109	107		4.13 (c) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 15, a
110	108		4.14person may have an income up to 133 percent of federal poverty guidelines for the household
111	109		4.15size.
112	110		4.16 (d) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 16, a child
113	111		4.17age 19 to 20 may have an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for
114	112		4.18the household size.
115	113		4.19 (e) To be eligible for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, a child
116	114		4.20under age 19 may have income up to 275 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for the
117	115		4.21household size.
118	116		4.22 (f) In computing income to determine eligibility of persons under paragraphs (a) to (e)
119	117		4.23who are not residents of long-term care facilities, the commissioner shall disregard increases
120	118		4.24in income as required by Public Laws 94-566, section 503; 99-272; and 99-509. For persons
121	119		4.25eligible under paragraph (a), veteran aid and attendance benefits and Veterans Administration
122	120		4.26unusual medical expense payments are considered income to the recipient.
123	121		4.27 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
124	122		4.28 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.057, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
125	123		4.29 Subd. 12.Presumptive eligibility determinations made by qualified hospitals.(a)
126	124		4.30The commissioner shall establish a process to qualify hospitals that are participating providers
127	125		4.31under the medical assistance program to determine presumptive eligibility for medical
128	126		4.32assistance for applicants who:
129	127		4Article 1 Sec. 5.
130		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 5.1 (1) may have a basis of eligibility using the modified adjusted gross income methodology
	128	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 5.1 (1) may have a basis of eligibility using the modified adjusted gross income methodology
131	129		5.2as defined in section 256B.056, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1); or
132	130		5.3 (2) have a presumptive disability determination under subdivision 13 and may have a
133	131		5.4basis of eligibility using the methodology under section 256B.056, subdivision 1a, paragraph
134	132		5.5(a).
135	133		5.6 (b) A qualified hospital must determine that an applicant is not presumptively eligible
136	134		5.7under paragraph (a), clause (1), before it may determine presumptive eligibility under
137	135		5.8paragraph (a), clause (2).
138	136		5.9 (c) An infant younger than two years of age who has a presumptive disability
139	137		5.10determination under subdivision 13 by reason of an initial positive newborn screening or a
140	138		5.11compassionate care allowance and is determined not to be presumptively eligible under
141	139		5.12paragraph (a), clause (1), is presumptively eligible for medical assistance under paragraph
142	140		5.13(a), clause (2).
143	141		5.14 (d) The period of presumptive eligibility under paragraph (a), clause (2), begins on the
144	142		5.15date of the applicant's presumptive disability determination and extends until either the last
145	143		5.16day of the month following the month in which the applicant's presumptive eligibility is
146	144		5.17approved or, if the applicant submits a regular medical assistance application, until the final
147	145		5.18determination of disability by the commissioner's state medical review team according to
148	146		5.19section 256.01, subdivision 29, or by the federal Social Security Administration. If a final
149	147		5.20determination of disability is denied by the commissioner's state medical review team or
150	148		5.21the federal Social Security Administration, a new presumptive eligibility determination
151	149		5.22under paragraph (a), clause (2), must not be made for that person unless the person's condition
152	150		5.23has changed.
153	151		5.24 (e) When calculating the ratio of applicants determined eligible for medical assistance
154	152		5.25on the basis of a regular application for medical assistance to applicants determined
155	153		5.26presumptively eligible for medical assistance by the hospital, the commissioner must exclude
156	154		5.27those applicants whose eligibility for medical assistance is denied based on a final denial
157	155		5.28of a determination of disability by the commissioner's state medical review team or by the
158	156		5.29federal Social Security Administration.
159	157		5.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
160	158		5Article 1 Sec. 5.
161		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 6.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.057, is amended by adding a subdivision
	159	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 6.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.057, is amended by adding a subdivision
162	160		6.2to read:
163	161		6.3 Subd. 13.Presumptive disability determinations made by qualified hospitals.(a)
164	162		6.4The commissioner shall establish a process to qualify hospitals that are participating providers
165	163		6.5under the medical assistance program to determine presumptive disability for medical
166	164		6.6assistance for applicants who may have a categorical basis of eligibility under section
167	165		6.7256B.055, subdivision 7b or 12, as provided by United States Code, title 42, section
168	166		6.81396a(a)(47)(B).
169	167		6.9 (b) Qualifying hospitals must make a presumptive determination of disability if the
170	168		6.10applicant is a patient of the hospital and the applicant's attending physician attests in writing
171	169		6.11that:
172		-	6.12 (1) the applicant screens positive for a newborn screening condition, including heritable
173		-	6.13or congenital disorders on the commissioner of health's list of tests to be administered and
174		-	6.14the applicant requires diagnostic testing or treatment as a result of the positive screen;
175		-	6.15 (2) the applicant has been diagnosed with a condition included on the federal Social
176		-	6.16Security Administration's list of compassionate allowances conditions and urgently requires
177		-	6.17treatment; or
178		-	6.18 (3) the applicant is receiving inpatient care in the hospital, the applicant needs long-term
179		-	6.19services and supports in order to be safely discharged from the hospital, or either a long-term
180		-	6.20care facility will not admit the applicant until medical assistance benefits are in effect or
181		-	6.21the applicant is unable to return home or to a community-based setting without home and
182		-	6.22community-based waiver services; and
183		-	6.23 (i) for applicants 17 years of age or younger, has one or more medically determinable
184		-	6.24physical or mental impairments that result in marked and severe functional limitations and
185		-	6.25the impairments have lasted or are expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12
186		-	6.26months or are expected to result in death; or
187		-	6.27 (ii) for applicants 18 years of age or older, has one or more medically determinable
188		-	6.28physical or mental impairments that cause severe functional limitations or inability to work
189		-	6.29and the impairments have lasted or are expected to last for a continuous period of at least
190		-	6.3012 months or are expected to result in death.
191		-	6.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
	170	+	6.12 (1) the applicant has a positive initial newborn screening for either congenital heart
	171	+	6.13disease or a heritable or congenital disorder included on the commissioner of health's list
	172	+	6.14of tests to be administered for determining the presence of a heritable or congenital disorder
	173	+	6.15and the applicant urgently requires diagnostic testing or treatment;
	174	+	6.16 (2) the applicant has been diagnosed with a condition included on the federal Social
	175	+	6.17Security Administration's list of compassionate allowances conditions and urgently requires
	176	+	6.18treatment; or
	177	+	6.19 (3) the applicant is receiving inpatient care in the hospital, the applicant needs long-term
	178	+	6.20services and supports in order to be safely discharged from the hospital, or either a long-term
	179	+	6.21care facility will not admit the applicant until medical assistance benefits are in effect or
	180	+	6.22the applicant is unable to return home or to a community-based setting without home and
	181	+	6.23community-based waiver services; and
	182	+	6.24 (i) for applicants 17 years of age or younger, has one or more medically determinable
	183	+	6.25physical or mental impairments that result in marked and severe functional limitations and
	184	+	6.26the impairments have lasted or are expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12
	185	+	6.27months or are expected to result in death; or
	186	+	6.28 (ii) for applicants 18 years of age or older, has one or more medically determinable
	187	+	6.29physical or mental impairments that cause severe functional limitations or inability to work
	188	+	6.30and the impairments have lasted or are expected to last for a continuous period of at least
	189	+	6.3112 months or are expected to result in death.
	190	+	6.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
192	191		6Article 1 Sec. 6.
193		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 7.1 ARTICLE 2
	192	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 7.1 ARTICLE 2
194	193		7.2 CONFORMING CHANGES
195	194		7.3 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245D.02, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
196	195		7.4 Subd. 23.Person with a disability."Person with a disability" means a person determined
197	196		7.5to have a disability by the commissioner's state medical review team as identified in section
198	197		7.6256B.055, subdivision 7 7b, the Social Security Administration, or the person is determined
199	198		7.7to have a developmental disability or a related condition as defined in Minnesota Rules,
200	199		7.8part 9525.0016, subpart 2, items A to E.
201	200		7.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
202	201		7.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, subdivision 18f, is amended to read:
203	202		7.11 Subd. 18f.Asset verification system.The commissioner shall implement the Asset
204	203		7.12Verification System (AVS) according to Public Law 110-252, title VII, section 7001(d), to
205	204		7.13verify assets for an individual applying for or renewing health care benefits under section
206	205		7.14256B.055, subdivision 7 subdivisions 7 and 7b.
207	206		7.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
208	207		7.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
209	208		7.17 Subd. 29.State medical review team.(a) To ensure the timely processing of
210	209		7.18determinations of disability by the commissioner's state medical review team under sections
211	210		7.19256B.055, subdivisions 7, paragraph (b), 7b and 12, and 256B.057, subdivision 9, the
212	211		7.20commissioner shall review all medical evidence and seek information from providers,
213	212		7.21applicants, and enrollees to support the determination of disability where necessary. Disability
214	213		7.22shall be determined according to the rules of title XVI and title XIX of the Social Security
215	214		7.23Act and pertinent rules and policies of the Social Security Administration.
216	215		7.24 (b) Prior to a denial or withdrawal of a requested determination of disability due to
217	216		7.25insufficient evidence, the commissioner shall (1) ensure that the missing evidence is necessary
218	217		7.26and appropriate to a determination of disability, and (2) assist applicants and enrollees to
219	218		7.27obtain the evidence, including, but not limited to, medical examinations and electronic
220	219		7.28medical records.
221	220		7.29 (c) Any appeal made under section 256.045, subdivision 3, of a disability determination
222	221		7.30made by the state medical review team must be decided according to the timelines under
223	222		7.31section 256.0451, subdivision 22, paragraph (a). If a written decision is not issued within
224	223		7Article 2 Sec. 3.
225		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 8.1the timelines under section 256.0451, subdivision 22, paragraph (a), the appeal must be
	224	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 8.1the timelines under section 256.0451, subdivision 22, paragraph (a), the appeal must be
226	225		8.2immediately reviewed by the chief human services judge.
227	226		8.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
228	227		8.4 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
229	228		8.5 Subd. 1b.Aged, blind, and disabled Income methodology for persons who are age
230	229		8.665 or older.The $20 general income disregard allowed under the Supplemental Security
231	230		8.7Income program is included in the standard and shall not be allowed as a deduction from
232	231		8.8income for a person eligible under section 256B.055, subdivisions 7, 7a, and 12 subdivision
233	232		8.97.
234	233		8.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
235	234		8.11 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, is amended by adding a subdivision
236	235		8.12to read:
237	236		8.13 Subd. 1e.Income methodology for persons who are blind or determined disabled.The
238	237		8.14$20 general income disregard allowed under the Supplemental Security Income program
239	238		8.15is included in the standard and shall not be allowed as a deduction from income for a person
240	239		8.16eligible under section 256B.055, subdivisions 7a, 7b, and 12.
241	240		8.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
242	241		8.18 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.056, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
243	242		8.19 Subd. 10.Eligibility verification.(a) The commissioner shall require women who are
244	243		8.20applying for the continuation of medical assistance coverage following the end of the
245	244		8.2112-month postpartum period to update their income and asset information and to submit
246	245		8.22any required income or asset verification.
247	246		8.23 (b) The commissioner shall determine the eligibility of private-sector health care coverage
248	247		8.24for infants less than one year of age eligible under section 256B.055, subdivision 10, or
249	248		8.25256B.057, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and shall pay for private-sector coverage if this is
250	249		8.26determined to be cost-effective.
251	250		8.27 (c) The commissioner shall verify assets and income for all applicants, and for all
252	251		8.28recipients upon renewal.
253	252		8.29 (d) The commissioner shall utilize information obtained through the electronic service
254	253		8.30established by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
255	254		8.31and other available electronic data sources in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections
256	255		8Article 2 Sec. 6.
257		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 9.1435.940 to 435.956, to verify eligibility requirements. The commissioner shall establish
	256	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 9.1435.940 to 435.956, to verify eligibility requirements. The commissioner shall establish
258	257		9.2standards to define when information obtained electronically is reasonably compatible with
259	258		9.3information provided by applicants and enrollees, including use of self-attestation, to
260	259		9.4accomplish real-time eligibility determinations and maintain program integrity.
261	260		9.5 (e) Each person applying for or receiving medical assistance under section 256B.055,
262	261		9.6subdivision 7 subdivisions 7 and 7b, and any other person whose resources are required by
263	262		9.7law to be disclosed to determine the applicant's or recipient's eligibility must authorize the
264	263		9.8commissioner to obtain information from financial institutions to verify assets as required
265	264		9.9in section 256.01, subdivision 18f. If a person refuses or revokes the authorization, the
266	265		9.10commissioner may determine that the applicant or recipient is ineligible for medical
267	266		9.11assistance. For purposes of this paragraph, an authorization to verify assets meets the
268	267		9.12requirements of the Right to Financial Privacy Act, United States Code, title 12, chapter
269	268		9.1335, and need not be furnished to the financial institution.
270	269		9.14 (f) County and tribal agencies shall comply with the standards established by the
271	270		9.15commissioner for appropriate use of the asset verification system specified in section 256.01,
272	271		9.16subdivision 18f.
273	272		9.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
274	273		9.18 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0761, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
275	274		9.19 Subd. 2.Eligible individuals.Notwithstanding section 256B.055, subdivision 14,
276	275		9.20individuals are eligible to receive services under this demonstration if they are eligible under
277	276		9.21section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, 6, 7, 7a, 7b, 9, 15, 16, or 17, as determined by the
278	277		9.22commissioner in collaboration with correctional facilities, local governments, and Tribal
279	278		9.23governments.
280	279		9.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
281	280		9.25 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.77, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
282	281		9.26 Subd. 7a.Eligible individuals.(a) Persons are eligible for the demonstration project as
283	282		9.27provided in this subdivision.
284	283		9.28 (b) "Eligible individuals" means those persons living in the demonstration site who are
285	284		9.29eligible for medical assistance and are disabled based on a disability determination under
286	285		9.30section 256B.055, subdivisions 7, 7b, and 12, or who are eligible for medical assistance and
287	286		9.31have been diagnosed as having:
288	287		9.32 (1) serious and persistent mental illness as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 20;
289	288		9Article 2 Sec. 8.
290		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW 10.1 (2) severe emotional disturbance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 6; or
	289	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR 10.1 (2) severe emotional disturbance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 6; or
291	290		10.2 (3) developmental disability, or being a person with a developmental disability as defined
292	291		10.3in section 252A.02, or a related condition as defined in section 256B.02, subdivision 11.
293	292		10.4Other individuals may be included at the option of the county authority based on agreement
294	293		10.5with the commissioner.
295	294		10.6 (c) Eligible individuals include individuals in excluded time status, as defined in chapter
296	295		10.7256G. Enrollees in excluded time at the time of enrollment shall remain in excluded time
297	296		10.8status as long as they live in the demonstration site and shall be eligible for 90 days after
298	297		10.9placement outside the demonstration site if they move to excluded time status in a county
299	298		10.10within Minnesota other than their county of financial responsibility.
300	299		10.11 (d) A person who is a sexual psychopathic personality as defined in section 253D.02,
301	300		10.12subdivision 15, or a sexually dangerous person as defined in section 253D.02, subdivision
302	301		10.1316, is excluded from enrollment in the demonstration project.
303	302		10.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
304	303		10Article 2 Sec. 8.
305		-	~~S1175-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF1175~~ REVISOR AGW Page.Ln 1.9PRESUMPTIVE DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS..........................ARTICLE 1
	304	+	25-02135 as introduced02/04/25 REVISOR AGW/KR Page.Ln 1.9PRESUMPTIVE DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS..........................ARTICLE 1
306	305		Page.Ln 7.1CONFORMING CHANGES.................................................................ARTICLE 2
307	306		1
308	307		APPENDIX
309		-	Article locations for ~~S1175-1~~
	308	+	Article locations for 25-02135