Medical Assistance

2.1.4.3 Renewals

Medical Assistance (MA) enrollees must have eligibility renewed every six or 12 months. Renewing eligibility means redetermining eligibility. Most MA enrollees have an annual renewal. Some MA enrollees have a six-month renewal. Some MA enrollees are exempt from the renewal requirement.

The types of MA that have specific renewal policies are:

MA for Families with Children and Adults (MA-FCA) Renewals
MA for People Who Are Age 65 or Older and People Who Are Blind or Have a Disability (MA-ABD) Renewals, including MA for Employed Persons with Disabilities MA-EPD), MA under the TEFRA Option for children with disabilities, 1619 (a), 1619 (b), and Medicare Savings Programs (MSP)
Children receiving Title IV-E or non-Title IV-E Foster Care, Kinship Assistance, or Adoption Assistance
MA for people with Breast or Cervical Cancer (MA-BC) Renewals
MA for people receiving services at the Center for Victims of Torture (MA-CVT) Renewals

Exempt from Renewal

The types of MA that are exempt from health care renewals, unless specified, are:

Auto newborns have eligibility renewed the month following the month of their first birthday
People enrolled in Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)
People enrolled in Transitional MA (TMA) or Transition Year MA (TYMA), unless a scheduled renewal is due when TMA or TYMA is ending
Pregnant people have eligibility renewed the month following the month the 12 month postpartum ends

Legal Citations

Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.916

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056, subdivision 7a