HF 605

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Human services programs, Minnesota Family Investment Program, and child care provisions modified; and money appropriated.

ARTICLE 1: PROGRAM INTEGRITY

Section 1: Duties as state agency language modified.

Section 2: Cooperation required language added.

Section 3: Qualifying overpayment language modified.

Section 4: Declaration language added.

ARTICLE 2: CHILDREN AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

Section 1: Family stabilization services program language clarified.

Section 2: Eligible participants language modified.

Section 3: General eligibility requirements for all applicants for child care assistance

Section 4: Payment of other child care expenses language provided.

Section 5: Parent fee language modified.

Section 6: Co-payment fee for families with annual incomes that exceed the federal poverty level language provided.

Section 7: Expiration of food support benefits and reporting requirements language provided.

Section 8: legislative approval to move programs or activities language provided.

Section 9: Commissioner's authority to administer block fund grants language added.

Section 10: Authority to transfer language added.

Section 11: State programs language modified.

Section 12: Participant language modified.

Section 13: Other property limitations language modified.

Section 14: Income exclusions language added.

Section 15: MFIP transitional standard language added.

Section 16: MFIP exit level language modified.

Section 17: MFIP household reports language modified.

Section 18: Prohibited purchases language provided.

Section 19: Time limit language added.

Section 20: Hard-to-employ participants language added.

Section 21: Employed participants language modified.

Section 22: work activity language added.

Section 23: Assessments language modified.

Section 24: Employment plan; contents language added.

Section 25: Employment plan; nonmaintenance of effort; single caregivers language provided.

Section 26: Approval of postsecondary education or training language modified.

Section 27: Basic education; English as a second language regulations modified.

Section 28: Participation requirements language modified.

Section 29: Family stabilization services program language provided.

Section 30: Work participation transitional assistance payment language provided.

Section 31: Consolidated fund language added.

Section 32: Allowable expenditures language added.

Section 33: Eligibility for services language modified.

Section 34: County and tribunal biennial service agreements language modified.

Section 35: Innovation projects language added.

Section 36: Base allocation to counties and tribes; definitions language modified.

Section 37: Injury protection for community work experience participants language provided.

Section 38: Quarterly comparison report language modified.

Section 39: failure to meet federal performance standards language added.

Section 40: expiration of cash benefits language modified.

Section 41: eligibility for diversionary work program language added.

Section 42: immediate referral to employment services language modified.

Section 43: Minnesota food support program simplified application language provided.

Section 44: Supported work language provided.

Section 45: Appropriations language provided.

Section 46: Repealer language provided.

JAJ 3/20/7