1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 767 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 26, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144.0724, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 12. Appeal of nursing facility level of care determination. A resident or
1.5prospective resident whose level of care determination results in a denial of long-term
1.6care services can appeal the determination as outlined in section 256B.0911, subdivision
1.73a , paragraph (h), clause (7) (9)."
1.8Page 14, after line 8, insert:

1.9    "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.056, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10    Subd. 3. Asset limitations for individuals and families. (a) To be eligible for
1.11medical assistance, a person must not individually own more than $3,000 in assets, or if a
1.12member of a household with two family members, husband and wife, or parent and child,
1.13the household must not own more than $6,000 in assets, plus $200 for each additional
1.14legal dependent. In addition to these maximum amounts, an eligible individual or family
1.15may accrue interest on these amounts, but they must be reduced to the maximum at the
1.16time of an eligibility redetermination. The accumulation of the clothing and personal
1.17needs allowance according to section 256B.35 must also be reduced to the maximum at
1.18the time of the eligibility redetermination. The value of assets that are not considered in
1.19determining eligibility for medical assistance is the value of those assets excluded under
1.20the supplemental security income program for aged, blind, and disabled persons, with
1.21the following exceptions:
1.22(1) household goods and personal effects are not considered;
1.23(2) capital and operating assets of a trade or business that the local agency determines
1.24are necessary to the person's ability to earn an income are not considered;
1.25(3) motor vehicles are excluded to the same extent excluded by the supplemental
1.26security income program;
2.1(4) assets designated as burial expenses are excluded to the same extent excluded by
2.2the supplemental security income program. Burial expenses funded by annuity contracts
2.3or life insurance policies must irrevocably designate the individual's estate as contingent
2.4beneficiary to the extent proceeds are not used for payment of selected burial expenses;
2.5(5) for a person who no longer qualifies as an employed person with a disability due
2.6to loss of earnings, assets allowed while eligible for medical assistance under section
2.7256B.057, subdivision 9 , are not considered for 12 months, beginning with the first month
2.8of ineligibility as an employed person with a disability, to the extent that the person's total
2.9assets remain within the allowed limits of section 256B.057, subdivision 9, paragraph (d);
2.10    (6) when a person enrolled in medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision
2.119 , is age 65 or older and has been enrolled during each of the 24 consecutive months
2.12before the person's 65th birthday, the assets owned by the person and the person's spouse
2.13must be disregarded, up to the limits of section 256B.057, subdivision 9, paragraph (d),
2.14when determining eligibility for medical assistance under section 256B.055, subdivision
2.157 . The income of a spouse of a person enrolled in medical assistance under section
2.16256B.057, subdivision 9 , during each of the 24 consecutive months before the person's
2.1765th birthday must be disregarded when determining eligibility for medical assistance
2.18under section 256B.055, subdivision 7. Persons eligible under this clause are not subject to
2.19the provisions in section 256B.059. A person whose 65th birthday occurs in 2012 or 2013
2.20is required to have qualified for medical assistance under section 256B.057, subdivision 9,
2.21prior to age 65 for at least 20 months in the 24 months prior to reaching age 65; and
2.22(7) effective July 1, 2009, certain assets owned by American Indians are excluded as
2.23required by section 5006 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public
2.24Law 111-5. For purposes of this clause, an American Indian is any person who meets the
2.25definition of Indian according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 447.50.
2.26(b) No asset limit shall apply to persons eligible under section 256B.055, subdivision
2.2715.
2.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2014."
2.29Page 16, line 29, after "under" insert "this subdivision and" and delete "subdivisions
2.305 and" and insert "subdivision"
2.31Page 17, delete sections 6 and 7
2.32Page 20, line 32, strike "clause" and insert "clauses" and after "(7)" insert ", (8),
2.33and (9)"
2.34Page 21, delete section 9
2.35Page 29, line 11, delete "do this using" and insert "use"
2.36Page 29, line 12, delete "this" and insert "the"
3.1Page 29, line 13, delete "for its use"
3.2Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.3Amend the title accordingly