1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; excluding aid and attendance benefits from the 
1.3 	MinnesotaCare definition of income for other household members;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 256L.01, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 256L.01, subdivision 5, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Income. (a) "Income" has the meaning given for earned and unearned 
1.9 	income for families and children in the medical assistance program, according to the 
1.10 	state's aid to families with dependent children plan in effect as of July 16, 1996. The 
1.11 	definition does not include medical assistance income methodologies and deeming 
1.12 	requirements. The earned income of full-time and part-time students under age 19 is 
1.13 	not counted as income. Public assistance payments and supplemental security income 
1.14 	are not excluded income.
1.15 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, and unless otherwise specified in this section, 
1.16 	the commissioner shall use reasonable methods to calculate gross earned and unearned 
1.17 	income including, but not limited to, projecting income based on income received within 
1.18 	the past 30 days, the last 90 days, or the last 12 months.
1.19 	(c) Aid and attendance benefits from the United States Department of Veterans 
1.20 	Affairs shall not be counted as income.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.