HF 3643 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 256B.06, subdivision 4 to reorganize and modify emergency medical assistance eligibility and covered services for noncitizens regardless of immigration status.

• Expands covered emergency medical services to include dialysis services, cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation), kidney transplants for end-stage renal disease patients, and long-term services/supports following emergency treatment if withholding would cause another emergency.

• Requires commissioner approval for coverage of the expanded emergency services listed above, except where prohibited by federal law.

• Reorganizes emergency medical assistance provisions by renumbering current subdivision 4 paragraphs (f), (g), (h), and (k) into a new subdivision 4a with corresponding paragraph changes.

• Updates cross-references in Minnesota Statutes 256L.04, subdivision 10 to reflect the renumbering of emergency medical assistance provisions.