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Effective: July 1, 2007 |
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22.05ar2 - Federal Poverty Guidelines (Archive) |
Archived: June 1, 2011 |
The federal poverty guidelines (FPG) are issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
l These guidelines are used to determine income eligibility for the Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP). The appropriate FPG figure is based on many factors including:
n The health care program for which eligibility is being determined.
n The person’s major program, subgroup and eligibility group for MinnesotaCare.
n The basis of eligibility for MA or GAMC.
n Whether children are in the household.
n The number of people included in the household size.
n Whether the person has a medical spenddown.
l The federal poverty guidelines are updated annually for July.
l The FPG is sometimes referred to as an income standard.
Each FPG section contains expanded information regarding when a specific FPG is used:
See the following forms for compiled lists of FPG figures:
l The Minnesota Health Care Programs Income and Asset Guidelines (DHS-3461). This is a comprehensive table of the federal poverty guidelines and asset information.
l The MinnesotaCare Income Guidelines (DHS-4479). This chart gives a detailed breakdown of income guidelines for MinnesotaCare.