During the monthly webinar on January 6, DHS gave an update explaining how stimulus and relief payments under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, are treated for Minnesota Health Care Programs. For additional information, please see DHS Bulletin #20-21-14 .

During the webinar a question was asked, “In what case would you exclude the extra $300 on an application?” To clarify, the $300 supplement to UI (FPUC) doesn’t count for Medical Assistance (MA) but does count for MinnesotaCare (and advanced premium tax credits). So, on the application, it would not be included in current income (income details), just the person's regular unemployment amount would be entered as current income. But then it would need to be added to projected annual income (PAI) - the dollar amount the person expects to get in 2021 (for example, 11 X $300 = $3,300).