REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
ISSUE DATE: 07/2025
Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) is a federally authorized program providing medical assistance to refugees. Refugees who receive RCA are automatically eligible for RMA if they are not eligible for Medical Assistance (MA). Consider eligibility for MA under all other bases of eligibility first. Refugees do not have to apply for RCA as a condition of eligibility for RMA.
If the person loses MA eligibility due to increased earnings, he/she is still eligible for RMA without an eligibility determination for the remainder of the RMA eligibility period.
For additional information on RMA, see the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual and TEMP Manual for Refugee Medical Assistance
PREVIOUS REVISIONS
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 01/2023 | changed 8 month eligibility to 12 month eligibility, added POLI/TEMP reference for TE02.07.062 |
| 09/2016 | updates the name and link of the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual. No policy was changed. |
| 12/2014 | changes the link title to Insurance Affordability Programs/Health Care Manuals due to manual name change. No policy was changed. |
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