Minnesota
I. Overview of a State's Comprehensive Person-Centered Employment Initiatives
Begun in July 1999, Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with
Disabilities (MA-EPD) allows working people with disabilities to qualify
for Medical Assistance (MA) under higher income and asset limits.
MA-EPD is intended to encourage persons with disabilities to work
and enjoy the financial benefits of being employed. The program is
administered by the Department of Human Services, which assists county
welfare and human services agencies in administering the program.
The One-Stop centers established udner the Workforce Investment Act
are involved in outreach and vocational training and counseling.
New – Download
file of two summary charts
State’s Medicaid Buy-In Program Design Features
- Income Eligibility Criteria
- Resource Limits and Exclusions
- Cost Sharing – Minimum Income Level and Premium or Cost Share
Methods
- Work Related Policies and Protections
State’s SSI and Other Medicaid Income Standards for Adults
with Disabilities
II. What's New and Persons to Contact
New -
Minnesota Medicaid Buy-In Law as amended in 2003
Word file excerpt from
State legislation
Minnesota Session Laws 2003, 1st Special Session, Chapter 14
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2003/ss1.14.html
New:
Quarterly Data Report (April - June 2003) data on enrollees in Minnesota
Medicaid Buy-In program
Download Word version of the report
New:
Updated brochure describing Medicaid Buy-In program (July 2003)
Link to page to download brochure
http://edocs2.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Legacy/DHS-2087L-ENG
Persons to Contact:
MaryAlice Mowry
Ticket to Work Project Director
Continuing Care for Persons with Disabilities
Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155-3872
651-634-2058 Fax: 651-582-1808
Maryalice.mowry@state.mn.us
III. Program Development - Past and Present
- Executive Branch Leadership, Cross Disability Coalition Leadership
and Interagency Working Groups
The Minnesota Work Incentives Coalition and the Minnesota
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities provided the impetus for
the Medicaid Buy-In program. These groups, consisting primarily of
individuals with disabilities, family members, advocates, and providers,
began efforts nearly a decade ago to convince policy makers of the
need to allow disabled workers to retain their eligibility for Medicaid.
In a cooperative effort, these groups published a survey instrument
in a disability newspaper and circulated it to 200 disability-related
organizations.
- Initial Planning, Information Gathering and Program and Fiscal
Estimates
New -
For a description of the development of the Minnesota program go to
the Minnesota Case Study prepared by the George Washington University
Work Incentives Project with support from ASPE at the Department of
Health and Human Services and scroll down and click on to the Minnesota
study in the Table of Contents
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/EIcasest.htm
Or download a
Word file of the Minnesota Case Study
Minnesota's Medicaid Buy-In Program
A Powerpoint Presentation by Jeff Bangsberg
Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Presented at the National Conference of State Legislatures Annual
Meeting
Chicago, IL July 17, 2000
Download presentation
IV. State Legislation - Adopted and Pending
New-
Minnesota Medicaid Buy-In Law as amended in 2003 - Word file excerpt
from State legislation
Minnesota Session Laws 2003, 1st Special Session, Chapter 14
Download file of Medicaid Buy-In law
as amended
V. Current State Policies and Program Descriptions
- State Policies: State Plans, Regulations and Waiver Requests
to Federal Agencies - Pending and Adopted Programs
Link to site of Medicaid Buy-In regulations:
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/HlthCare/ReportsManuals/ManualCounty/chapter07.htm#0907.21.07.05
- Ensuring Informed Choice and Person - Centered Programs: Benefits
Counseling, Work Force Investment Act Implementation and Related Educational
Services
- Descriptions for Consumers and Staff Training Activities
New-
Updated brochure describing Medicaid Buy-In program (July, 2003)
Link to page to download brochure
http://edocs2.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Legacy/DHS-2087L-ENG
Minnesota Medicaid Buy-In Eligibility Policy - Eligibility policy
in State Manual.
Link to site
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/HealthCare/reportsmanuals/manualcounty/chapter07.htm#0907.21.07.05
VI. Program Data and Impact
- Medicaid Buy-In Data
6,510 Medicaid Buy-In enrollees as of June 30, 3003
Link to data on Minnesota web site
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/Contcare/disability/maepd_statistics.htm
New-
Quarterly Data Report (April – June 2003) data on enrollees
in Minnesota Medicaid Buy-In program
Download Word file
- Consumer Surveys and Evaluation
Minnesota is currently conducting study of Medicaid Buy-In enrollees
since July 1999
Minnesota is currently conducting a study of all Medicaid Buy-In enrollees
who have disenrolled using case notes and coded the reasons fro disenrollment
VII. Comprehensive Employment Initiatives
Benefits Planning
New-
The Minnesota Work Incentives Connection (MN WIC) is a joint effort
of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
with the Minnesota Department of Human Services with support of the
Social Security Administration. The Minnesota Work Incentives Connection
is designed to help people with disabilities understand how work income
affects public benefits like SSI,
SSDI/RSDI, Medical Assistance, Medicare, Minnesota Supplemental Aid
(MSA), Food Stamps and Public Housing.
Link to web site of Work Incentives Connection
http://www.mnworkincentives.com/index.html
Link to Work Incentives Connection new flyer on new Medicaid Buy-In
provisions in Minnesota
http://www.mnworkincentives.com/mnwicprint/MA-EPD%20Flyer,%20July%202003%20_CURRENT_.pdf
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