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MT Code § 53-6-133 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-133. Eligibility determination

  53-6-133. Eligibility determination. (1) The local office of public assistance shall promptly determine the eligibility of each applicant under this part in accordance with the rules of the department. Each applicant must be informed of the right to a fair hearing and of the confidential nature of the information given. The department, through the local office of public assistance, shall, after the hearing, determine whether or not the applicant is eligible for assistance under this part, and aid must be furnished promptly to eligible persons. Each applicant must receive written notice of the decision concerning the applicant's application, and the right of appeal is secured to the applicant under the procedures of 53-2-606.   (2) The local office of public assistance and the department may accept the federal social security administration's determination of eligibility for supplemental security income, Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as qualifying the eligible individuals to receive medical assistance under this part.   (3) (a) The department shall verify the information provided on an application for medicaid under part 13 or under this part, using data sources allowed under federal law or regulation and Montana department of revenue information as required under subsection (3)(b), to confirm an applicant's eligibility for the program before authorizing payment of benefits under the program.   (b) The department shall request income tax and wage income from the department of revenue as allowed under 15-30-2618 and 15-31-511 to verify the income information provided by applicants who may be eligible for coverage pursuant to 53-6-1304.   (4) The department shall establish by rule the documents to be used to verify that an applicant is a Montana resident. (Subsections (3) and (4) terminate June 30, 2025, on occurrence of contingency--sec. 48, Ch. 415, L. 2019.)   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 325, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 181, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 327, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 71-1520; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 310, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 453, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 571, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 415, L. 2019.
MT Code § 53-6-134 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-134. Extension of eligibility for medical assistance to persons terminated from section 1931 medicaid program

  53-6-134. Extension of eligibility for medical assistance to persons terminated from section 1931 medicaid program. (1) In providing for the extension of eligibility for medical assistance under subsection (2), the department may provide for health insurance or other health coverage in accordance with subsections 1925(a)(4)(B) and 1925(b)(4)(C) of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-6(a)(4)(B) and 42 U.S.C. 1396r-6(b)(4)(C), and may exercise the other options contained in section 1925 of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-6, regarding the provision of medical assistance.   (2) In accordance with waivers of federal law that are granted by the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human services, the department of public health and human services may provide extended eligibility for medical assistance for a period of time established by the department by rule for persons receiving section 1931 medicaid benefits, as defined in 53-4-602, who lose eligibility because of increased earned or unearned income to the assistance unit, as that term is defined in the rules of the department, provided that the family's income does not exceed a percentage of the federal poverty level established by the department by rule. The department, in exercising its discretion to establish income standards and duration of extended medical assistance by rule, may consider the amount of funds appropriated by the legislature.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 453, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 491, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 454, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 486, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 465, L. 2001.
MT Code § 53-6-135 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-135. through 53-6-138 reserved

  53-6-135 through 53-6-138 reserved.
MT Code § 53-6-139 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-139. Terminated

  53-6-139. Terminated. Sec. 9, Ch. 616, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 616, L. 1989.
MT Code § 53-6-140 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-140. Account not to be treated as asset for purposes of eligibility

  53-6-140. Account not to be treated as asset for purposes of eligibility. If allowed by federal law, the principal and all interest or other income contained within an account established in accordance with Title 15, chapter 61, may not be treated as an asset of the employee or account holder or as an asset of a dependent of the employee or account holder for the purposes of eligibility for the Montana medicaid program.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 295, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-141 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-141. Repealed

  53-6-141. Repealed. Sec. 8, Ch. 711, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 325, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 261, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 20, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 71-1517; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 562, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 310, L. 1989.
MT Code § 53-6-142 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-142. Periodic review of assistance

  53-6-142. Periodic review of assistance. All medical assistance cases approved under this part must be reviewed as often as required under the rules of the department of public health and human services.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 325, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 71-1521; amd. Sec. 455, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-144 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-144. Relative's responsibility

  53-6-144. Relative's responsibility. Except as otherwise provided in 53-6-167 through 53-6-169, 53-6-171 through 53-6-189, and the provisions of other parts of this title, the only relatives that may be held responsible for payment of medical assistance under the program are the husband or wife of the individual, the parents of children under 18 years of age, and the parents of blind or disabled persons over 18 years of age.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 325, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 423, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 71-1525; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 492, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-147 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-147. reserved

  53-6-147 reserved.
MT Code § 53-6-148 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-148. Indian health services federal revenue account

  53-6-148. Indian health services federal revenue account. (1) There is an account in the federal special revenue fund established pursuant to 17-2-102 to be known as the Indian health service federal revenue account.   (2) Funds in the account are statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for medicaid benefits for Indian health services or tribal health services.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 364, L. 2017.
MT Code § 53-6-149 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-149. State special revenue fund account -- administration

  53-6-149. State special revenue fund account -- administration. (1) There is a hospital medicaid reimbursement account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102.   (2) All money collected under 15-66-102[, except for the money deposited pursuant to 15-66-102(3)(b) into the Montana HELP Act special revenue account provided for in 53-6-1315,] must be deposited in the account.   (3) Money in the account must be used by the department of public health and human services to provide funding [no later than May 5 of each year] for increases in medicaid payments to hospitals and for the costs of collection of the fee and other administrative activities associated with the implementation of increases in the medicaid payments to hospitals. (Bracketed language terminates June 30, 2025, on occurrence of contingency--sec. 48, Ch. 415, L. 2019.)   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 390, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 489, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 415, L. 2019.
MT Code § 53-6-150 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-150. Donated funds

  53-6-150. Donated funds. The department of public health and human services may receive private funds and nonfederal and nonstate public funds for its medical assistance programs. Donated funds must be matched with federal funds whenever possible.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 457, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 422, L. 1997.
MT Code § 53-6-151 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-151. Medicaid reserve account

  53-6-151. Medicaid reserve account. There is a medicaid reserve account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102. Money in the account must be used by the department for medicaid benefits after June 30, 2011. Any interest or income earned on the account must be deposited in the account. Each calendar quarter through December 31, 2010, the amount recovered under the federal medical assistance percentage hold harmless provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, must be transferred to the medicaid reserve account.   History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 489, L. 2009.
MT Code § 53-6-152 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-152. through 53-6-154 reserved

  53-6-152 through 53-6-154 reserved.
MT Code § 53-6-156 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-156. Medicaid fraud control unit

  53-6-156. Medicaid fraud control unit. (1) There is a medicaid fraud control unit in the department of justice. The unit is under the supervision and control of the attorney general and, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, consists of the agents and employees of the department of justice whom the attorney general considers necessary and appropriate, including but not limited to:   (a) persons qualified by education, training, experience, and high professional competence in criminal and civil investigative procedures;   (b) at least one person licensed to practice law in Montana and qualified by education, training, experience, and high professional competence to prosecute crimes; and   (c) auditors and other additional professional and support staff.   (2) The medicaid fraud control unit is a criminal justice agency within the meaning of 44-5-103. Agents designated by the attorney general have peace officer status and authority, including but not limited to search, seizure, and arrest.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 354, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-158 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-158. Cooperation of governmental agencies with medicaid fraud control unit

  53-6-158. Cooperation of governmental agencies with medicaid fraud control unit. All local, county, and state departments and agencies shall cooperate with the medicaid fraud control unit and its agents and employees to effectuate the purposes of the unit.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 354, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-159 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-159. Permitted disclosure of information obtained in medicaid fraud control unit investigations

  53-6-159. Permitted disclosure of information obtained in medicaid fraud control unit investigations. Records, documents, and other information obtained in the course of an investigation by the medicaid fraud control unit or its agents, employees, or attorneys may be disclosed:   (1) in accordance with the Montana Criminal Justice Information Act of 1979, as provided in Title 44, chapter 5; and   (2) to a medicaid agency for purposes related to administration of the medicaid program.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 354, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-161 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-161. Terminated

  53-6-161. Terminated. Sec. 8, Ch. 614, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 614, L. 1991.
MT Code § 53-6-162 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-162. Terminated

  53-6-162. Terminated. Sec. 8, Ch. 614, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 614, L. 1991.
MT Code § 53-6-163 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-163. Terminated

  53-6-163. Terminated. Sec. 8, Ch. 614, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 614, L. 1991.
MT Code § 53-6-164 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-164. Terminated

  53-6-164. Terminated. Sec. 8, Ch. 614, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 614, L. 1991.
MT Code § 53-6-165 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-165. Definitions

  53-6-165. Definitions. As used in this part, unless expressly provided otherwise, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Department" means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201.   (2) "Financial institution" means any organization in the business of moving, investing, or lending money, dealing in financial instruments, or providing financial services, including but not limited to federally chartered and state-chartered banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions.   (3) "Recipient" means an individual who has been determined by a medicaid agency to be eligible for medicaid benefits, whether or not the individual has actually received a benefit, or an individual who has received benefits, whether or not that person has been determined to be eligible.   (4) (a) "Recoverable medical assistance" means a payment pursuant to this part, including but not limited to a payment made for items or services provided to and insurance premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance paid on behalf of a recipient who:   (i) during the recipient's lifetime, was an inpatient in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, or institution for mental disease and, with respect to that institutionalization, the department determined under 53-6-171 that the person was not reasonably expected to be discharged and return home; or   (ii) was at least 55 years of age or younger if allowed by 42 U.S.C. 1396p, as may be amended, when the item or service was provided or when the insurance premium, deductible, or coinsurance was paid.   (b) The term does not include medical assistance for medicare cost sharing or for benefits described in 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E).   (5) "Recovery" means legal action brought for the payment or repayment of recoverable medical assistance or amounts of money paid for other purposes.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 492, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 403, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 153, L. 2009.
MT Code § 53-6-166 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-166. Period of ineligibility for medical assistance when assets disposed of for less than fair market value -- undue hardship exception -- department to adopt rules

  53-6-166. Period of ineligibility for medical assistance when assets disposed of for less than fair market value -- undue hardship exception -- department to adopt rules. (1) The department shall, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1396p, as may be amended, and implementing federal regulations and policies, impose upon an applicant or recipient a period of ineligibility for medical assistance under this part when the applicant or recipient or the spouse of either directly or indirectly disposes of any assets for less than fair market value during the applicable 3-year, 5-year, or other period provided by 42 U.S.C. 1396p, as may be amended, or by other federal law.   (2) A period of ineligibility for medical assistance may not be imposed upon an applicant or recipient under this section to the extent that the department determines, in accordance with procedures specified by department rule, that the denial of eligibility would cause an undue hardship as defined by department rule.   (3) The department shall adopt rules that are consistent with 42 U.S.C. 1396p, as may be amended, and that implement federal regulations and policies to implement this section. The rules adopted under this section must include but are not limited to rules addressing the following:   (a) a description of the circumstances considered to constitute an undue hardship;   (b) the procedures by which an individual may seek an undue hardship exception;   (c) the persons entitled to an undue hardship exception; and   (d) notice and opportunity for a hearing regarding imposition of a period of ineligibility or denial of an undue hardship exception.   (4) Nothing in 53-6-143, 53-6-144, 53-6-165, 53-6-167 through 53-6-169, 53-6-171 through 53-6-189, or this section is intended to prohibit the department from adopting rules consistent with federal law that provide for a period of ineligibility for public assistance programs other than medical assistance when an applicant or recipient directly or indirectly disposes of assets for less than fair market value.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 492, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-168 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-168. Payment of certain funds of deceased recipient to department

  53-6-168. Payment of certain funds of deceased recipient to department. (1) (a) A nursing facility, a financial institution, or a person holding personal funds of a deceased nursing facility resident who received medicaid benefits at any time shall, within 30 days following the resident's death, pay those funds to the department.   (b) A nursing facility may satisfy a debt owed by the deceased resident to the facility from the deceased resident's personal funds that are held by the nursing facility and that would have been payable to the facility from the resident's funds. The facility shall pay the remaining funds to the department as required by this section.   (c) Funds paid to the department under this section are not considered to be property of the deceased resident's estate, and 53-6-167 does not apply to recovery of the funds by the department.   (2) For purposes of this section, a nursing facility is holding personal funds of a resident if the facility:   (a) maintains possession of the funds in the facility; or   (b) as the recipient's trustee or representative, has deposited the resident's funds in an individual or shared account in a financial institution.   (3) The department shall apply any funds received under this section proportionately to the federal and state shares of recoverable medical assistance and shall pay any remaining amount to a person entitled by law to the funds.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 492, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 153, L. 2009.
MT Code § 53-6-169 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-169. Payment of excess burial funds or assets to department

  53-6-169. Payment of excess burial funds or assets to department. (1) After the death of a person who at any time received medicaid benefits, a mortician, funeral director, or other person, including but not limited to the decedent's spouse, heir, devisee, or personal representative, who holds funds or other property in excess of $5,000 in value that was specifically designated and set aside for paying for the disposition of the decedent's remains and for related expenses shall, after paying for the disposition and related expenses, pay all remaining funds to the department within 30 days following the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of the decedent's remains. The funds must be paid to the department regardless of any provision in a written contract, trust, or other agreement entered into on or after July 1, 1995, directing a different disposition of the funds. Funds paid to the department under this section are not considered to be property of the decedent's estate, and 53-6-167 does not apply to recovery of the funds by the department.   (2) The department shall apply any funds received under this section proportionately to the federal and state shares of recoverable medical assistance and shall pay any remaining amount to a person entitled by law to the funds.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 492, L. 1995.
MT Code § 53-6-170 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 53. Social Services and Institutions|Chapter 6. Health Care Services|Part 1. Medical Assistance -- Medicaid|53-6-170. Terminated

  53-6-170. Terminated. Sec. 18, Ch. 577, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 577, L. 1999.