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06/07/25   REVISOR       AGW/HL        25-05702
This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  SPECIAL SESSION
  H. F. No.        1
06/09/2025     Authored by Backer, Schultz, Demuth, Niska, Scott and others
  The bill was read for the first time
  R/S Rules Suspended, urgency declared
  Read for the Second Time
  Read for the Third Time
  Passed by the House and transmitted to the Senate
  Passed by the Senate and returned to the House
06/12/2025     Presented to Governor
06/14/2025     Governor Approval
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to health; modifying MinnesotaCare coverage eligibility; amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256L.04, subdivision 10.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256L.04, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.6Subd. 10. Citizenship requirements. (a) Eligibility for MinnesotaCare is available to
1.7citizens or nationals of the United States; lawfully present noncitizens as defined in Code
1.8of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.20; and undocumented noncitizens. For purposes
1.9of this subdivision, an undocumented noncitizen is an individual who resides in the United
1.10States without the approval or acquiescence of the United States Citizenship and Immigration
1.11Services. Families with children who are citizens or nationals of the United States must
1.12cooperate in obtaining satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality
1.13according to the requirements of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law
1.14109-171.
1.15(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 7, eligible persons include families and
1.16individuals who are ineligible for medical assistance by reason of immigration status and
1.17who have incomes equal to or less than 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines, except
1.18that these persons may be eligible for emergency medical assistance under section 256B.06,
1.19subdivision 4.
1.20(c) For purposes of this subdivision, enrollment in MinnesotaCare for undocumented
1.21noncitizens who are age 18 years old or older is limited to those enrolled as of the effective
1.22date of this act. Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), undocumented noncitizens who
1.23are age 18 years old or older are ineligible for MinnesotaCare beginning January 1, 2026.
Section 1.  1
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2.1     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
      Section 1.  2