256.0361 Field trial operation.
Subdivision 1. Local plan. A county that is selected to serve as a field trial or control site shall carry out the activities necessary to perform the evaluation for the duration of the field trials.
Field trial counties and Indian tribes providing Minnesota family investment plan case management services must submit service delivery plans to the commissioner annually during the field trial period. The service delivery plan must describe the case management services in the county in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
In counties in which a federally recognized Indian tribe is operating Minnesota family investment plan case management services under an agreement with the commissioner of human services, the service delivery plans of the tribe and the county must provide that the parties will coordinate to provide tribal case management services, including developing a system for referrals, sanctions, and the provision of supporting services such as access to child care funds and transportation. Written agreement on these provisions will be provided in the service delivery plans of the tribe and county. If the county and Indian tribe cannot agree on these provisions, the county or tribe shall notify the commissioners of human services and economic security who shall resolve the dispute.
Subd. 2. Financial reimbursement. (a) Up to the limit of the state appropriation, a county selected by the commissioner to serve as a field trial or a comparison site for the Minnesota family investment plan shall be reimbursed by the state for the nonfederal share of administrative costs that were incurred during the development, implementation, and operation of the program and that exceed the administrative costs that would have been incurred in the absence of the program.
(b) Minnesota family investment plan assistance is included as covered programs and services under section 256.025, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3. Evaluation data. The commissioner may access data maintained by the department of economic security under sections 268.03 to 268.23 for the purpose of evaluating the Minnesota family investment plan for persons randomly assigned to a test or comparison group as part of the evaluation. This subdivision authorizes access to data concerning the three years before the time of random assignment for persons randomly assigned to a test or comparison group and data concerning the five years after random assignment.
HIST: 1991 c 292 art 5 s 21; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 9; 1993 c 306 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 30; 1996 c 417 s 31
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