1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing 12-month continuous medical assistance 
1.3 	eligibility for adults;amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 
1.4 	256B.056, subdivision 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.056, subdivision 7, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Period of eligibility. (a) Eligibility is available for the month of application 
1.9 	and for three months prior to application if the person was eligible in those prior months. 
1.10 	A redetermination of eligibility must occur every 12 months.
1.11 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary:
1.12 	(1) a child under 19 years of age who is determined eligible for medical assistance must 
1.13 	remain eligible for a period of 12 months;
1.14 	(2) a child 19 years of age and or older but under 21 years of age who is determined 
1.15 	eligible for medical assistance must remain eligible for a period of 12 months; and
1.16 	(3) a child under six years of age who is determined eligible for medical assistance must 
1.17 	remain eligible through the month in which the child reaches six years of age.; and
1.18 	(4) a person 21 years of age or older whose medical assistance eligibility is determined 
1.19 	using the modified adjusted gross income methodology, as specified in subdivision 1a, 
1.20 	paragraph (b), must remain eligible for a period of 12 months.
1.21 	(c) A child's An individual's eligibility under paragraph (b) may be terminated earlier 
1.22 	if:
2.1 	(1) the child or the child's individual or the individual's representative requests voluntary 
2.2 	termination of eligibility;
2.3 	(2) the child individual ceases to be a resident of this state;
2.4 	(3) the child individual dies;
2.5 	(4) the child individual attains the maximum age, if applicable; or
2.6 	(5) the agency determines eligibility was erroneously granted at the most recent eligibility 
2.7 	determination due to agency error or fraud, abuse, or perjury attributed to the child or the 
2.8 	child's individual or the individual's representative.
2.9 	(d) For a person eligible for an insurance affordability program as defined in section 
2.10 	256B.02, subdivision 19, who reports a change that makes the person eligible for medical 
2.11 	assistance, eligibility is available for the month the change was reported and for three months 
2.12 	prior to the month the change was reported, if the person was eligible in those prior months.

2.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2025, or upon federal approval, 
2.14 	whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes 
2.15 	when federal approval is obtained.