HF 732

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/20/2023 06:46pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying income definitions for housing support;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256I.03, subdivision 7.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256I.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Countable income.

new text begin (a) new text end "Countable income" means all income received by an
applicant or recipient as described under section 256P.06, less any applicable exclusions or
disregards. deleted text begin For a recipient of any cash benefit from the SSI program, countable income
means the SSI benefit limit in effect at the time the person is a recipient of housing support,
less the medical assistance personal needs allowance under section 256B.35. If the SSI limit
or benefit is reduced for a person due to events other than receipt of additional income,
countable income means actual income less any applicable exclusions and disregards.
deleted text end

new text begin (b) For a recipient of any cash benefit from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
program who lives in a setting described in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b),
clause (2), countable income equals 30 percent of the SSI benefit limit in effect at the time
a person is a recipient of housing support. If the SSI limit or benefit is reduced for a person
due to events other than receipt of additional income, countable income equals 30 percent
of the recipient's actual income less any applicable exclusions and disregards. For recipients
under this paragraph, the medical assistance personal needs allowance described in section
256I.04, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a), clause (2), and (b), does not apply.
new text end

new text begin (c) For a recipient of any cash benefit from the SSI program who does not live in a
setting as described in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clause (2), countable
income equals the SSI benefit limit in effect at the time the person is a recipient of housing
support, less the medical assistance personal needs allowance under section 256B.35. If the
SSI limit or benefit is reduced for a person due to events other than receipt of additional
income, countable income equals actual income less any applicable exclusions and disregards.
new text end

new text begin (d) Notwithstanding the earned income disregard in section 256P.03, for a recipient of
any unearned income as defined in section 256P.06, subdivision 3, clause (2), other than
SSI who lives in a setting described in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clause
(2), countable income equals 30 percent of the recipient's total income after applicable
exclusions and disregards. Total income includes any unearned income as defined in section
256P.06 and any earned income in the month the person is a recipient of housing support.
For recipients under this paragraph, the medical assistance personal needs allowance
described in section 256I.04, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a), clause (2), and (b), does not
apply.
new text end

new text begin (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), Tribal per capita payments listed under section
256P.06, subdivision 3, clause (2), item (xii), shall not be considered countable income
under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This is section is effective August 1, 2023.
new text end