HF 2637 Senate Long Description
Modifying certain human services provisions ARTICLE 1 - CHILD CARE; MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PLANTransferring the responsibility for child care assistance programs +from the commissioner of education to the commissioner of human services and +entitling diversionary work program participants to child care assistance; +requiring decreased funding allocations under certain conditions; modifying +certain parent fee requirements under the sliding fee scale; modifying and +clarifying the definition of qualified noncitizen and clarifying the definition +of shared household standard under the Minnesota family investment program; +modifying certain county agency referral and services determination interview requirements; modifying the MFIP transitional standard; authorizing +and providing for signed personal statements in lieu of affidavits for +information verification purposes; requiring and providing for county agencies to+ convert unearned income received on a periodic basis to monthly amounts; +modifying a certain 60 month time limit notice requirement; requiring county +review of sanction status before denying hardship extensions; providing +alternative eligibility for hardship extensions for employed participants and +modifying the accrual of certain exempt months; imposing certain sanctions on +parents in extended two parent assistance units not complying with certain +employment and training service requirements; requiring redetermination of +eligibility for food support payments for participants with closed financial +assistance cases; modifying the definition of employment and training service provider;+ exempting applicants requesting and qualifying for a family violence waiver +from group overview attendance requirements; expanding the assessment +information use requirement to determination of qualification of participants for a +family violence waiver and requiring a priority for activities relating to +the waivers in developing employment plans; exempting certain intensive education+ or training programs from the hourly unsubsidized employment requirement+ and requiring certain participants with closed cases for reasons other +than noncompliance with program requirements and returning to MFIP to be +allowed to complete the approved employment plan under certain conditions; +exempting certain previously exempt employment and training services +participants from certain employment and training services component requirements; +modifying certain DWP eligibility requirements; regulating DWP overpayments and underpayments; repealing the child development education and training+ loan program administered by child care resource and referral programs and+ start work grants under the food stamp program ARTICLE 2 � LONG TERM CAREModifying adult foster care license capacity for human services +licensing purposes; clarifying certain elderly waiver cost limits under medical assistance (MA) and the disallowance of certain nursing facility +enhanced payment rates relating to closed facilities ARTICLE 3 � HEALTH CAREModifying eligibility under the prescription drug program or the +purchasing alliance stop loss fund relating to eligibility for general +assistance medical care; limiting copayments under GAMC for nonpreventive office visits, eyeglasses and nonemergency visits to hospital based emergency rooms (ra)