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HF 344

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:36am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 01/28/2009

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying recovery of money requirements by
adding group residential housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
256.019, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256.019, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Retention rates.

When an assistance recovery amount is collected
and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing public assistance programs
including general assistance medical care, general assistance,new text begin group residential housing,new text end
and Minnesota supplemental aid, the county may keep one-half of the recovery made by
the county agency using any method other than recoupment. For medical assistance, if
the recovery is made by a county agency using any method other than recoupment, the
county may keep one-half of the nonfederal share of the recovery. For MinnesotaCare, if
the recovery is collected and posted by the county agency, the county may keep one-half
of the nonfederal share of the recovery.

This does not apply to recoveries from medical providers or to recoveries begun
by the Department of Human Services' Surveillance and Utilization Review Division,
State Hospital Collections Unit, and the Benefit Recoveries Division or, by the attorney
general's office, or child support collections. In the food stamp or food support program,
the nonfederal share of recoveries in the federal tax offset program only will be divided
equally between the state agency and the involved county agency.