1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health and human services; allowing home visitors to be employment 
1.3 	and training providers for certain MFIP participants;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2008, sections 145A.17, by adding a subdivision; 256J.49, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 145A.17, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4a.Home visitors as MFIP employment and training service providers.
 1.9 	The local social services agency may utilize home visitors under this section as MFIP 
1.10 	employment and training service providers under section 256J.49, subdivision 4, for MFIP 
1.11 	participants who are: (1) ill or incapacitated under section 256J.425, subdivision 2; or (2) 
1.12 	minor caregivers under section 256J.54. Local social service agencies may also utilize 
1.13 	home visitors to provide outreach to MFIP families who are being sanctioned or who have 
1.14 	been terminated from MFIP due to the 60-month time limit.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256J.49, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 4.Employment and training service provider. "Employment and training 
1.17 	service provider" means:
1.18 	(1) a public, private, or nonprofit agency with which a county has contracted to 
1.19 	provide employment and training services and which is included in the county's service 
1.20 	agreement submitted under section 256J.626, subdivision 4; or
1.21 	(2) a county agency, if the county has opted to provide employment and training 
1.22 	services and the county has indicated that fact in the service agreement submitted under 
1.23 	section 256J.626, subdivision 4; or
2.1 	(3) a home visitor under section 145A.17, subdivision 4a, for minor caregivers or 
2.2 	participants who are ill or incapacitated.
2.3 	Notwithstanding section 116L.871, an employment and training services provider 
2.4 	meeting this definition may deliver employment and training services under this chapter.