---
id: "epm:2.5.6.1"
source: "Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual"
source_short: "EPM"
publisher: "Minnesota Department of Human Services"
section: "2.5.6.1"
title: "Medical Assistance Northstar Adoption Assistance"
breadcrumb: "2 Medical Assistance > 2.5 Medical Assistance for Certain Populations > 2.5.6 Medical Assistance for Children Receiving Northstar Adoption Assistance (NAA), Northstar Kinship Assistance (NKA), and Children in Foster Care (FC) > 2.5.6.1 Medical Assistance Northstar Adoption Assistance"
effective_date: 2019-06-01
last_modified: 2026-10-03T03:52:00.221519+00:00
version: 1
url: "https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1"
official_origin: "https://hcopub.dhs.state.mn.us/epm/2_5_6_1.htm"
legal_citations:
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---
# EPM 2.5.6.1 Medical Assistance Northstar Adoption Assistance

Children who receive Northstar Adoption Assistance are automatically eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) without a health care application. This includes children who are receiving Title IV-E or non-IV-E Adoption Assistance and children eligible for MA in Minnesota under the [Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA)](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.4.1).

Children who receive Title IV-E adoption assistance are automatically eligible for MA when they move to Minnesota.

For a child who receives non-Title IV-E adoption assistance to automatically receive MA under ICAMA, the adoption assistance agreement from the other state must include healthcare coverage. Not all states provide automatic MA for non-Title IV-E adoption assistance children, even if the state is a part of ICAMA. Those states which extend MA coverage to interstate agreements, through reciprocity under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) also known as COBRA-Reciprocity, will provide MA to non-Title IV-E adoption assistance children who move there from another state. See the [COBRA & COBRA-Reciprocity chart](https://aaicama.org/cms/index.php/medical-assistance/state-funded/cobra-cobra-reciprocity) on the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (AAICAMA) website for a state by state listing. See the MHCP Interstate Residency Agreements policy for more information.

This subchapter includes policies that apply to MA for children receiving Northstar Adoption Assistance and links to policies that apply to all MA programs and all Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) programs.
1. [MA Northstar Adoption Assistance (MA-NAA) General Requirements](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.1) [MA-NAA Non-Financial Eligibility](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.2) [MA-NAA Financial Eligibility](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.3) [MA-NAA Post Eligibility](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.4)
  1. [MA-NAA Mandatory Verifications](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.1.1) [MA Benefit Recovery](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.1) [MHCP Change in Circumstances](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.1) [MHCP Fraud](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.3) [MHCP Inconsistent Information](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.4) [MA Referral for Other Benefits](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.4) [MHCP Rights](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.1)
    1. [MA Third Party Liability](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.1.3.3) [MA Cost Effective Insurance](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.1.3.1) [MA Other Third Party Liability](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.1.3.3)
  1. [MA-NAA Basis of Eligibility](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.2.1) [MA Citizenship and Immigration Status](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.2.2) [MA County Residency](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.2.3) [MHCP State Residency for Adoption Assistance and Foster Care](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.4.2)
  1. MA-NAA has no financial eligibility requirements.
  1. [MA Benefit Recovery](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.1) [MHCP Change in Circumstances](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.1) [MHCP Fraud](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.3) [MA-NAA Health Care Delivery](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.4.1) [MHCP Inconsistent Information](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/1.3.2.4) [MA Northstar Title IV-E and Medicare](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.5.6.1.4.2) [MA Referral for Other Benefits](https://bot-corpus.mn-dhs.online/s/epm/2.1.1.2.4)