Medical Assistanc Northstar Adpotion Assistance (NAA)
2.5.6.1 Medical Assistance Northstar Adoption Assistance
Children who receive Northstar Adoption Assistance are automatically eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) without a health care application. This includes children who are receiving Title IV-E or non-IV-E Adoption Assistance and children eligible for MA in Minnesota under the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA).
Children who receive Title IV-E adoption assistance are automatically eligible for MA when they move to Minnesota.
For a child who receives non-Title IV-E adoption assistance to automatically receive MA under ICAMA, the adoption assistance agreement from the other state must include healthcare coverage. Not all states provide automatic MA for non-Title IV-E adoption assistance children, even if the state is a part of ICAMA. Those states which extend MA coverage to interstate agreements, through reciprocity under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) also known as COBRA-Reciprocity, will provide MA to non-Title IV-E adoption assistance children who move there from another state. See the COBRA & COBRA-Reciprocity chart on the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (AAICAMA) website for a state by state listing. See the MHCP Interstate Residency Agreements policy for more information.
This subchapter includes policies that apply to MA for children receiving Northstar Adoption Assistance and links to policies that apply to all MA programs and all Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) programs.
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MA Northstar Adoption Assistance (MA-NAA) General Requirements
MA-NAA Non-Financial Eligibility
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MA-NAA has no financial eligibility requirements.
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