1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; excluding certain income and assets from counting 
1.3 	toward income and asset limits for certain programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONERS; INCOME AND ASSET 
1.6 	EXCLUSION.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall not count conditional cash transfers 
1.8 	made to families participating in a family independence demonstration as income or 
1.9 	assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility for child care assistance 
1.10 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B; general assistance under Minnesota 
1.11 	Statutes, chapter 256D; group residential housing under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I; 
1.12 	the Minnesota family investment program, work benefit program, or diversionary work 
1.13 	program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; or the MinnesotaCare program under 
1.14 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L, for a period of three years beginning on the date a 
1.15 	family independence demonstration begins.
1.16 	(b) The commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall not count 
1.17 	conditional cash transfers made to families participating in a family independence 
1.18 	demonstration as income or assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility 
1.19 	for housing assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.201, for a period 
1.20 	of three years beginning on the date a family independence demonstration begins.