1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying housing support countable income;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256I.03, subdivision 7.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256I.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 7.Countable income. "Countable income" means all income received by an 
1.7 	applicant or recipient as described under section 256P.06, less any applicable exclusions or 
1.8 	disregards. For a recipient of any cash benefit from the SSI program who does not live in 
1.9 	a setting as described in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clause (2), countable 
1.10 	income means the SSI benefit limit in effect at the time the person is a recipient of housing 
1.11 	support, less the medical assistance personal needs allowance under section 256B.35. If the 
1.12 	SSI limit or benefit is reduced for a person due to events other than receipt of additional 
1.13 	income, countable income means actual income less any applicable exclusions and disregards.
1.14 	For a recipient of any cash benefit from the SSI program who lives in a setting as described 
1.15 	in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clause (2), countable income means 30 
1.16 	percent of the recipient's SSI benefit amount at the time the person is a recipient of housing 
1.17 	support. For a recipient of any cash benefit from veterans' programs who lives in a setting 
1.18 	as described in section 256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clause (2), countable income 
1.19 	means 30 percent of the recipient's veterans' benefit amount at the time the person is a 
1.20 	recipient of housing support.