2.5.5 Hospitalized Incarcerated People

In general, people incarcerated in a state prison, county detention facility, or city jail are not eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) coverage. See the MA Living Arrangement policy for more information. However, a person incarcerated in one of the following facilities may qualify for MA payment for inpatient hospital or nursing facility care.

  • State prison, county detention facility, or city jail for adults. A person incarcerated in one of these facilities remains incarcerated, and thus ineligible for MA benefits, if the person:

    • is in a work-release program that requires the person to return to the facility during non-work hours or

    • has been sent by the court or correctional facility to a chemical dependency residential treatment program while serving a sentence and must return to the correctional facility after completing treatment.

  • Secure juvenile facilities licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) that are for holding, evaluation and detention

See the MA Living Arrangement policy for more information.

A person must meet the eligibility requirements that match their basis of eligibility. People are in one of the following eligibility groups:

This subchapter includes policies that apply to MA for hospitalized incarcerated people (MA-HIP) who are incarcerated and links to policies that apply to all MA programs and all Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) programs.

  1. MA-HIP General Requirements

    1. MA-HIP Applications

    2. MA Responsibilities

    3. MHCP Retroactive Eligibility

    4. MHCP Rights

  2. MA-HIP Non-Financial Eligibility

    1. MA-ABD Non-Financial Eligibility

    2. MA-FCA Non-Financial Eligibility

    3. MA-LTC

  3. MA-HIP Financial Eligibility

    1. MA-ABD Financial Eligibility

    2. MA-FCA Financial Eligibility

    3. MA-LTC

  4. MA-HIP Post-Eligibility

    1. MA-HIP Health Care Delivery

    2. MA-ABD Post Eligibility

    3. MA-FCA Post Eligibility

    4. MA-LTC