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ISSUE DATE 02/2022

GLOSSARY: MEDICALLY NECESSARY...

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MEDICALLY NECESSARY A health service rendered in response to a life-threatening condition or pain; to treat an injury, illness, or infection; to achieve a level of physical or mental function consistent with prevailing community standards for the diagnosis or condition; to care for a mother and child through the maternity period; is a preventative health service; or to treat a condition that could result in physical or mental disability. The provider's professional peer group must recognize the service as the prevailing standard or current practice and consistent with the participant's diagnosis or condition.

MEDICARE A federal health insurance program for people who are over 65, disabled, blind, or have permanent kidney failure. Part A covers hospital care, hospice care, and home health care. Part B covers doctor's services, x rays, laboratory services, and medical supplies.

MENTAL ILLNESS An organic disorder of the brain or a clinically significant disorder that seriously limits a person’s capacity to function in primary aspects of daily living such as personal relations, living arrangements, work, and recreation.

MFIP : See MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.

GA : A psychological disorder resulting in behavior that limits people from getting, performing, or keeping SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT.

MFIP EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (MFIP-ES) MFIP Employment Services is the name of the program that provides employment services to current and former MFIP participants. See 0028 (Employment Services).

MFIP STANDARD OF NEED The appropriate standard used to determine MFIP benefit payments for the MFIP unit. See 0020.09 (MFIP/DWP Assistance Standards).

MIGRANT FARMWORKER UNITS Units with people who travel between states or work sites to follow the flow of seasonal agricultural work. Not all members of the unit must work or be in agricultural work but all members must be traveling for this purpose.

MIGRANT WORKER A person who travels away from home on a regular basis, usually with a group of other laborers, to seek employment in an agriculturally related activity.

MINIMUM WAGE The lowest wage established by law that an employer may pay an employee. See TEMP Manual TE12.05 (Minimum Wage) for the current wage amounts.

MINNESOTACARE A premium-based program that provides health care coverage to eligible people who are not eligible for Medical Assistance. It is one of the Insurance Affordability Programs. See the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual.

MINNESOTA CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM See CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM in 0002.11 (Glossary: Child Care...).

MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MFIP) Minnesota's Family Assistance program. The program is both TANF and state-funded. MFIP benefits provide cash and food benefits to eligible applicants. For information on what constitutes a family for MFIP, see 0013.03 (MFIP Bases of Eligibility).

MINNESOTA STATE JOB SERVICE See JOB SERVICE in 0002.35 (Glossary: Inventory...).

MINNESOTA SUPPLEMENTAL AID (MSA) A state-funded program that provides cash ASSISTANCE to SSI RECIPIENTs, BLIND people, people age 65 or older, and