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HF 1453

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/04/2017 04:29pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying Minnesota family investment program
orientation information; modifying exempted individuals from economic assistance
program income calculations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 256J.45,
subdivision 2; 256P.06, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

General information.

The MFIP orientation must consist of a presentation
that informs caregivers of:

(1) the necessity to obtain immediate employment;

(2) the work incentives under MFIP, including the availability of the federal earned
income tax credit and the Minnesota working family tax credit;

(3) the requirement to comply with the employment plan and other requirements of the
employment and training services component of MFIP, including a description of the range
of work and training activities that are allowable under MFIP to meet the individual needs
of participants;

(4) the consequences for failing to comply with the employment plan and other program
requirements, and that the county agency may not impose a sanction when failure to comply
is due to the unavailability of child care or other circumstances where the participant has
good cause under subdivision 3;

(5) the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of participants;

(6) the types and locations of child care services available through the county agency;

(7) the availability and the benefits of the early childhood health and developmental
screening under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19; 123B.02, subdivision 16; and 123B.10;

(8) the caregiver's eligibility for transition year child care assistance under section
119B.05;

(9) the availability of all health care programs, including transitional medical assistance;

(10) the caregiver's option to choose an employment and training provider and information
about each provider, including but not limited to, services offered, program components,
job placement rates, job placement wages, and job retention rates;

(11) the caregiver's option to request approval of an education and training plan according
to section 256J.53;

(12) the work study programs available under the higher education system; deleted text begin and
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(13) information about the 60-month time limit exemptions under the family violence
waiver and referral information about shelters and programs for victims of family violencenew text begin ;
and
new text end

new text begin (14) information about the income exclusions under section 256P.06, subdivision 2new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256P.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Exempted individuals.

new text begin (a) new text end The following members of an assistance unit under
chapters 119B and 256J are exempt from having their earned income count towards the
income of an assistance unit:

(1) children under six years old;

(2) caregivers under 20 years of age enrolled at least half-time in school; and

(3) minors enrolled in school full time.

new text begin (b) The following members of an assistance unit are exempt from having their earned
and unearned income count toward the income of an assistance unit for 18 consecutive
calendar months, beginning the month following the marriage date, for benefits under chapter
256J if the household income does not exceed 275 percent of the federal poverty guidelines:
new text end

new text begin (1) a new spouse to a caretaker in an existing assistance unit; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the spouse designated by a newly married couple, when both spouses were already
members of an assistance unit under chapter 256J.
new text end

new text begin (c) If members of an assistance unit identified in paragraph (b) also receive assistance
under section 119B.05, they are exempt from having their earned income count toward the
income of the assistance unit if the household income prior to the exemption does not exceed
67 percent of the state median income for recipients under section 119B.05 for 39 consecutive
biweekly periods beginning the second biweekly period after the marriage date.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end