1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1619 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.055, subdivision 14, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 14. Persons detained by law. (a) Medical assistance may be paid for an
1.6inmate of a correctional facility who is conditionally released as authorized under section
1.7241.26 , 244.065, or 631.425, if the individual does not require the security of a public
1.8detention facility and is housed in a halfway house or community correction center, or
1.9under house arrest and monitored by electronic surveillance in a residence approved
1.10by the commissioner of corrections, and if the individual meets the other eligibility
1.11requirements of this chapter.
1.12    (b) An individual who is enrolled in medical assistance, and who is charged with a
1.13crime and incarcerated in a local jail, workhouse, or local juvenile correctional facility
1.14for less than 12 months shall be suspended from eligibility at the time of incarceration
1.15until the individual is released. Upon release, medical assistance eligibility is reinstated
1.16without reapplication, if the individual is otherwise eligible.
1.17    (c) An individual, regardless of age, who is considered an inmate of a public
1.18institution as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 435.1009, is not
1.19eligible for medical assistance."
1.20Amend the title accordingly