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Re: considering divorce

• Spockles member

  May 2013

  I didn't think that TEFRA turned people down unless you weren't considered a US citizen, since it's a government thing. TEFRA MA is based on your income and you pay a parental fee monthly. It is a secondary policy to your primary insurance. It can be expensive, but worth it if you're having a lot of out of pocket medical expenses. Another option you can look into that I have hear other people use is MCHA. I don't know a ton about it, but I think it also has a parental fee monthly.

   Do you have a social worker that you're working with? I'm surprised that you weren't able to get respite care. There are also various grants depending on which county you're in (I can't remember at the moment where you said you were).

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• Jenny952 member

  May 2013

  -auntie-:

  Are you working with a social worker? 

  TEFRA in MN is based on the child's income; unless you have settled significant assets in your child's name or allowed someone else so to do, they would qualify so long as they meet the criteria for disability.

   https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_007117

   

  Your state's Birth to Three Program is another resource for therapy. 

  https://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mcshn/ecip.htm

   

  
  

   

   

  TEFRA is based on the child's income, but when we applied we were told that while we did qualify, DH's and my incomes made our yearly deductible too high that we decided it wasn't worth it for us.  We are getting services through early intervention, which has been great.  We are not working with a social worker.  How would we find one? 

  

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• Spockles member

  May 2013

  We were put in contact with our social worker by our birth to three coordinator. I would check with you coordinator and see if they can refer you to a social worker. Then they can help you with anything else you might need help with. Even just having someone help you navigate through the different programs and services.

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• birdie_1010 member

  May 2013

  One more thought... You may want to look into TEFRA again.As a part of the tax bill that passed this legislative session, there was a decrease in the parental fees for TEFRA. Here is what someone passed on to me from the fiscal notes:

  Jan 1, 2014 NO fees start for 275% of poverty level and below. 

  
  

  Reduced rates below beginning July 1, 2013:

  276-525% of poverty level is a sliding scale of 1%-7.5% of AGI545-675% of poverty level is 7.5% of AGI675-975% of poverty level is a sliding scale of 7.5-10% of AGI975% of poverty level and over is 12.5% of AGI

   

  

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• Spockles member

  May 2013

  birdie_1010:

  One more thought... You may want to look into TEFRA again.As a part of the tax bill that passed this legislative session, there was a decrease in the parental fees for TEFRA. Here is what someone passed on to me from the fiscal notes:

  Jan 1, 2014 NO fees start for 275% of poverty level and below. 

  
  

  Reduced rates below beginning July 1, 2013:

  276-525% of poverty level is a sliding scale of 1%-7.5% of AGI

  545-675% of poverty level is 7.5% of AGI

  675-975% of poverty level is a sliding scale of 7.5-10% of AGI

  975% of poverty level and over is 12.5% of AGI

  Do you have a link with this information? I really hope this is the case, because I had estimated our TEFRA payment to go up a few hundred dollars per month starting in July.

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• birdie_1010 member

  May 2013

  Here is one that just confirms it went through:

  https://thearcmn.wordpress.com/

  Here is a summary of what went into the bill: 

   https://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/departments/scr/billsumm/summary_display_from_db.php?ls=88&id=1491

  Here is full text of the current statute, this bill changes the date in Subd. 2a paragraph (j) to 2013 thus reverting back to rates applicable in 2010: 

  https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=252.27

  Here are the fiscal notes that explain (on page three) how the decreases will take place: 

   https://www.mmb.state.mn.us/bis/fnts_leg/2013-14/S1034_72A.pdf

   

   

   
  

  

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• Spockles member

  May 2013

  birdie_1010:

  Here is one that just confirms it went through:

  https://thearcmn.wordpress.com/

  Here is a summary of what went into the bill: 

   https://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/departments/scr/billsumm/summary_display_from_db.php?ls=88&id=1491

  Here is full text of the current statute, this bill changes the date in Subd. 2a paragraph (j) to 2013 thus reverting back to rates applicable in 2010: 

  https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=252.27

  Here are the fiscal notes that explain (on page three) how the decreases will take place: 

   https://www.mmb.state.mn.us/bis/fnts_leg/2013-14/S1034_72A.pdf

   

   

   
  

  Thanks so much!

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• Jenny952 member

  May 2013

  Thanks for all the links!!  This is very, very helpful.  

  

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