HF 1209

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; replacing the work 
  1.3             readiness programs in Hennepin and Ramsey counties 
  1.4             with a public works training program; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 256D.05, subdivision 
  1.6             1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.7             chapter 256D. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [256D.25] [CITATION.] 
  1.10     Sections 256D.25 to 256D.259 shall be known as "the 
  1.11  metropolitan public works training act." 
  1.12     Sec. 2.  [256D.251] [DEFINITIONS.] 
  1.13     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] When used in sections 256D.25 to 
  1.14  256D.259, the terms in this section have the meaning given them. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [COUNTY OR COUNTY AGENCY.] "County" or "county 
  1.16  agency" means the agency in Hennepin or Ramsey county with the 
  1.17  responsibility for providing social services and established 
  1.18  under the authority of chapter 393.  A county agency may join 
  1.19  with other county agencies to jointly carry out the 
  1.20  responsibilities of sections 256D.25 to 256D.259.  County agency 
  1.21  may also mean any entity with which the county contracts to 
  1.22  carry out the county responsibilities under sections 256D.25 to 
  1.23  256D.259. 
  1.24     Subd. 3.  [EDUCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT 
  1.25  PLAN.] "Educational skill development plan" means the plan 
  1.26  prepared jointly by the county agency and the program 
  2.1   participant which is designed to provide the participant with 
  2.2   sufficient educational skills to secure permanent private sector 
  2.3   employment. 
  2.4      Subd. 4.  [JOB SEARCH BENEFIT.] "Job search benefit" means 
  2.5   an hourly minimum wage stipend paid to an individual who has 
  2.6   been placed in a public works training slot.  The stipend is 
  2.7   paid to the individual for approved hours spent searching for 
  2.8   employment under a job search plan.  A participant earns eight 
  2.9   hours of approved job search time for every 32 hours of work 
  2.10  completed in a public works training slot.  The job search time 
  2.11  may be taken in weekly increments or in one period during the 
  2.12  last month of the program eligibility period. 
  2.13     Subd. 5.  [JOB PLAN.] "Job plan" means the plan developed 
  2.14  jointly by a program participant and the county agency.  The 
  2.15  plan must contain specific information on the training slot, 
  2.16  including the nature of the work to be performed, the amount of 
  2.17  wages to be paid, and the other benefits to be provided to the 
  2.18  participant. 
  2.19     Subd. 6.  [PARTICIPANT.] "Participant" means one who has 
  2.20  been deemed eligible for the public works program, under section 
  2.21  256D.252, who has been placed in a public works training slot, 
  2.22  and is actively fulfilling program requirements in sections 
  2.23  256D.25 to 256D.259. 
  2.24     Subd. 7.  [PUBLIC WORKS TRAINING SLOT.] (a) "Public works 
  2.25  training slot" means a work opportunity: 
  2.26     (1) in any state agency administered by the commissioner of 
  2.27  jobs and training under sections 256D.25 to 256D.259; or 
  2.28     (2) on a public works or other project developed by the 
  2.29  county, on its own or through contract with other entities, to 
  2.30  provide employment training for participants under sections 
  2.31  256D.25 to 256D.259. 
  2.32     (b) Public works training projects must provide: 
  2.33     (1) program participants with work opportunities that 
  2.34  involve job skills that can be transferred to permanent jobs in 
  2.35  the private sector upon completion of the training program; and 
  2.36     (2) a benefit to the community. 
  3.1      (c) Public works training projects can include, but are not 
  3.2   limited to: 
  3.3      (1) housing and neighborhood rehabilitation; 
  3.4      (2) municipal beautification; 
  3.5      (3) public road and building repairs; 
  3.6      (4) agricultural projects; 
  3.7      (5) parks and trails grooming; 
  3.8      (6) social services projects; or 
  3.9      (7) positions in the following:  public hospitals, nursing 
  3.10  homes, schools, correctional facilities, municipal offices, and 
  3.11  public or private nonprofit agencies. 
  3.12     (d) Public works training slots may provide participants 
  3.13  with up to 32 hours per week of paid employment. 
  3.14     (e) The public works training slot must be one that cannot 
  3.15  be otherwise funded by a state agency or political subdivision 
  3.16  from its own sources. 
  3.17     (f) The state agency or county project must submit 
  3.18  assurances that: 
  3.19     (1) no current employees will be replaced by individuals 
  3.20  hired under this program; and 
  3.21     (2) no currently vacant or future employment slots will be 
  3.22  filled with an individual placed under sections 256D.25 to 
  3.23  256D.259. 
  3.24     Sec. 3.  [256D.252] [PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.] 
  3.25     Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBILITY.] Applicants who are residents 
  3.26  of Hennepin or Ramsey county who:  (1) have income and resources 
  3.27  no greater than the limits set by the commissioner of human 
  3.28  services under sections 256D.01 to 256D.21; and (2) are not 
  3.29  eligible for general assistance or any federal income assistance 
  3.30  programs, shall be eligible to participate in the Minnesota 
  3.31  metro public works training program.  For purposes of continued 
  3.32  eligibility under sections 256D.25 to 256D.259, benefits earned 
  3.33  under section 256D.256 shall be excluded from the calculation of 
  3.34  income and resources. 
  3.35     Subd. 2.  [DURATION OF PARTICIPATION.] Participation in the 
  3.36  program established by this section shall be for a maximum of 
  4.1   nine consecutive months in any 12-month period, except that 
  4.2   individuals who leave the program to take other employment, or 
  4.3   because they have a medically certified illness or disability, 
  4.4   may participate in the program for nine nonconsecutive months 
  4.5   within a 12-month period. 
  4.6      Sec. 4.  [256D.253] [DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
  4.7   SERVICES.] 
  4.8      The commissioner of human services shall:  
  4.9      (1) supervise counties in administration of sections 
  4.10  256D.25 to 256D.259; 
  4.11     (2) coordinate with the commissioner of jobs and training 
  4.12  for planning, development, and evaluation of the public works 
  4.13  training program; 
  4.14     (3) allocate available funds to counties and provide 
  4.15  payments to recipients in accordance with the requirements of 
  4.16  section 256D.256; 
  4.17     (4) in coordination with the commissioner of jobs and 
  4.18  training, solicit and review county plans and year-end 
  4.19  evaluations of the programs operated under sections 256D.25 to 
  4.20  256D.259; and 
  4.21     (5) ensure that the plan developed for operation of the 
  4.22  public works training program established by sections 256D.25 to 
  4.23  256D.259 conforms to the work and training requirements of the 
  4.24  federal Food Stamp Act, so that state and county agencies will 
  4.25  be eligible for federal funds available for administration of 
  4.26  work and training programs under the Food Stamp Act. 
  4.27     Sec. 5.  [256D.254] [DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF JOBS AND 
  4.28  TRAINING.] 
  4.29     The commissioner of jobs and training shall: 
  4.30     (1) develop a list of public works training slots available 
  4.31  in state agencies and supervise the administration of these 
  4.32  training slots; 
  4.33     (2) develop a system for making the list of state agency 
  4.34  training slots accessible for use by county agencies for 
  4.35  placement of individuals under section 256D.256; 
  4.36     (3) develop a job orientation packet for use by counties 
  5.1   under section 256D.256; 
  5.2      (4) coordinate with the commissioner of human services in 
  5.3   the planning, development, and evaluation of the public works 
  5.4   training program; and 
  5.5      (5) work with the commissioner of human services to solicit 
  5.6   and review county plans and year-end evaluations of public works 
  5.7   training programs. 
  5.8      Sec. 6.  [256D.255] [DUTIES OF THE COUNTY AGENCY.] 
  5.9      The county agency shall: 
  5.10     (1) determine eligibility of all applicants for the public 
  5.11  works training program under section 256D.252; 
  5.12     (2) administer the program in accordance with the 
  5.13  requirements of sections 256D.25 to 256D.259; 
  5.14     (3) ensure insofar as possible that all participants 
  5.15  eligible under section 256D.252 are placed in public works 
  5.16  training slots as defined in section 256D.251, subdivision 7; 
  5.17     (4) utilize the list of state agency slots available as 
  5.18  developed by the commissioner of jobs and training; 
  5.19     (5) develop its own work projects or contract with other 
  5.20  public or private nonprofit agencies to develop and administer 
  5.21  public works projects; 
  5.22     (6) consider the following in selecting or developing 
  5.23  public works projects: 
  5.24     (i) the number of work training slots that can be 
  5.25  guaranteed by the project; 
  5.26     (ii) the benefit the project will have on the state or 
  5.27  local community; 
  5.28     (iii) the likelihood that the participant will be able to 
  5.29  transfer the job skills required by the project to a permanent 
  5.30  job in the private sector upon completion of the program; 
  5.31     (iv) the prior experience of project sponsors and 
  5.32  administrators; and 
  5.33     (v) the ability of project sponsors to fulfill their 
  5.34  financial obligations to the project; 
  5.35     (7) give priority to those projects which give assurances 
  5.36  of providing the greatest number of work training slots in the 
  6.1   most cost-effective manner and the greatest benefit to the state 
  6.2   or local community, as set forth in section 256D.251, 
  6.3   subdivision 7; 
  6.4      (8) prepare and submit to the commissioner of human 
  6.5   services the plan required under section 256E.09 as part of a 
  6.6   biennial plan for the county public works training program; and 
  6.7      (9) at the conclusion of each state fiscal year, submit a 
  6.8   report to the commissioner of human services describing and 
  6.9   evaluating the operation of the county public works program.  
  6.10  The report shall include the following information: 
  6.11     (i) the number of participants placed during the fiscal 
  6.12  year that just ended; 
  6.13     (ii) the cost of each placement; 
  6.14     (iii) the nature of the projects completed and their impact 
  6.15  on the community; and 
  6.16     (iv) follow-up information on participants, including 
  6.17  outcome measures, such as private employment. 
  6.18     Sec. 7.  [256D.256] [PROGRAM COMPONENTS.] 
  6.19     Subdivision 1.  [JOB SELECTION.] The county agency shall 
  6.20  assist each program participant in preparing a job plan and in 
  6.21  selecting from the state agency public works job list or a 
  6.22  county program, the job most suitable to the participant's 
  6.23  skills and experience.  Each participant must be willing to 
  6.24  accept any available job as a condition of continued 
  6.25  participation in the program. 
  6.26     Subd. 2.  [EDUCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.] The county 
  6.27  agency shall assist each program participant in developing an 
  6.28  educational skill development plan.  For individuals without a 
  6.29  high school diploma, that plan must, at a minimum, contain a 
  6.30  program of at least six hours per week designed to enable the 
  6.31  individual to attain a diploma or GED equivalent.  The county 
  6.32  agency, in developing the educational plan with the participant, 
  6.33  shall focus on educational programs free and available in the 
  6.34  community or programs for which scholarships or other financial 
  6.35  aids are readily available. 
  6.36     Subd. 3.  [ORIENTATION.] The county shall provide a minimum 
  7.1   of one-half day of orientation for each program participant 
  7.2   before the participant begins the work assignment.  The 
  7.3   orientation session may be a group session and shall generally 
  7.4   follow the guidelines prescribed by the commissioner of jobs and 
  7.5   training.  All participants are required to participate in 
  7.6   orientation as a condition of program eligibility. 
  7.7      Subd. 4.  [HOURS AND WAGES.] Each individual placed in a 
  7.8   public works training slot shall be paid at minimum wage for 
  7.9   each hour of work completed in a public works training slot up 
  7.10  to a maximum of 32 hours per week.  Payments shall be the 
  7.11  responsibility of the county agency but shall be made directly 
  7.12  to the recipient by the commissioner of human services using the 
  7.13  MAXIS computer system.  A state agency or county project may 
  7.14  supplement the minimum hourly wages at their discretion. 
  7.15     Subd. 5.  [PROGRAM BENEFITS.] (a) If a county is unable to 
  7.16  place an eligible participant in a public works training slot, 
  7.17  the individual shall be entitled to work readiness benefits 
  7.18  under section 256D.051 for the duration of the eligibility 
  7.19  period specified in 256D.252, so long as the individual 
  7.20  continues to be otherwise eligible. 
  7.21     (b) All program participants are eligible for medical 
  7.22  benefits under section 256D.03, subdivision 4. 
  7.23     (c) The county shall provide special transportation 
  7.24  assistance as necessary or may negotiate with the agency or 
  7.25  governmental unit sponsoring the public works training slot, to 
  7.26  have the agency or governmental unit provide transportation for 
  7.27  participants, where that is appropriate and cost-effective.  The 
  7.28  state agency shall reimburse counties for 50 percent of the 
  7.29  transportation aid. 
  7.30     (d) Within the limit of available funds, the county agency 
  7.31  shall provide eligible participants with funds necessary to 
  7.32  secure clothing, tools, and equipment directly related to 
  7.33  starting employment.  The commissioner of human services shall 
  7.34  allocate available funds to counties based on their public works 
  7.35  training caseload in the prior fiscal year.  In state fiscal 
  7.36  year 1995, the commissioner shall allocate funds to counties 
  8.1   based on the county caseload for work readiness in fiscal year 
  8.2   1994. 
  8.3      (e) An individual placed in a public works training slot 
  8.4   under subdivision 4 shall be eligible for eight hours of job 
  8.5   search benefits for every 32 hours of work completed.  In order 
  8.6   to earn the job search benefit, the individual must be actively 
  8.7   seeking work in accordance with a job search plan developed in 
  8.8   agreement with the county agency. 
  8.9      Subd. 6.  [OTHER BENEFITS.] (a) Notwithstanding section 
  8.10  176.011, subdivision 9, or any other law to the contrary, for 
  8.11  purposes of workers' compensation, a participant in a public 
  8.12  works training slot developed by the county is an employee of 
  8.13  the county.  The cost of workers' compensation for persons in 
  8.14  county developed slots shall be split equally between the county 
  8.15  and the state.  A participant in a public works training slot 
  8.16  administered by the commissioner of jobs and training is an 
  8.17  employee of the state. 
  8.18     (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for purposes 
  8.19  of tort liability under sections 3.732 and 3.736, a participant 
  8.20  in a public works training slot is an employee of the state. 
  8.21     Subd. 7.  [LIMITATIONS.] Participants in the public works 
  8.22  training program under sections 256D.25 to 256D.259 are not 
  8.23  public employees for purposes of chapter 43A, 179A, 197, or 353, 
  8.24  or any other laws governing hiring or discharge of public 
  8.25  employees. 
  8.26     Subd. 8.  [INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT ASSESSMENT.] A county 
  8.27  agency shall assess the employability of each individual 
  8.28  participant, pursuant to section 256D.05, subdivision 1, clause 
  8.29  (8), upon the participant's completion of the public works 
  8.30  training program. 
  8.31     Sec. 8.  [256D.258] [STATE AND COUNTY SHARES.] 
  8.32     Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 256.025, 
  8.33  256D.03, or any other law to the contrary, the state department 
  8.34  of human services shall be responsible for reimbursing counties 
  8.35  for 100 percent of the total of benefit payments for which the 
  8.36  county is responsible under section 256D.256, subdivisions 4 and 
  9.1   5, paragraphs (b) and (e), except that in instances where the 
  9.2   county agency fails to place an eligible participant in a public 
  9.3   works training slot, the state shall reimburse counties for only 
  9.4   50 percent of the benefits paid under section 256D.256, 
  9.5   subdivision 5, paragraphs (a) and (b). 
  9.6      Sec. 9.  [256D.259] [COMMISSIONERS' COUNCIL.] 
  9.7      Program planning and evaluation shall be conducted under 
  9.8   the direction of a council of commissioners, composed of the 
  9.9   commissioners of education, jobs and training, human services, 
  9.10  natural resources, and transportation, and the director of the 
  9.11  higher education coordinating board (HECB).  The commissioners 
  9.12  or their designees shall meet every six weeks beginning July 1, 
  9.13  1995, to plan for implementation of the program and its 
  9.14  evaluation.  An evaluation of the program shall be conducted by 
  9.15  a nongovernmental entity and shall be submitted by the council 
  9.16  of commissioners to the legislature, by January 15, 1997, with 
  9.17  recommendations on whether or not the program should be expanded 
  9.18  statewide.  The evaluation shall include, at a minimum, 
  9.19  information on the number of participants, by county, who have 
  9.20  been placed in public works programs during the prior fiscal 
  9.21  year of operation and the average cost of each placement during 
  9.22  that year.  The evaluation shall also include descriptions of 
  9.23  the public works projects completed by participants in the 
  9.24  program during the prior year.  The evaluation shall also 
  9.25  include follow-up information on the employment status of 
  9.26  individuals who have participated in the program. 
  9.27     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 256D.05, 
  9.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  9.29     Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBILITY.] (a) Each person or family 
  9.30  whose income and resources are less than the standard of 
  9.31  assistance established by the commissioner and who is a resident 
  9.32  of the state shall be eligible for and entitled to general 
  9.33  assistance if the person or family is: 
  9.34     (1) a person who is suffering from a professionally 
  9.35  certified permanent or temporary illness, injury, or incapacity 
  9.36  which is expected to continue for more than 30 days and which 
 10.1   prevents the person from obtaining or retaining employment; 
 10.2      (2) a person whose presence in the home on a substantially 
 10.3   continuous basis is required because of the professionally 
 10.4   certified illness, injury, incapacity, or the age of another 
 10.5   member of the household; 
 10.6      (3) a person who has been placed in, and is residing in, a 
 10.7   licensed or certified facility for purposes of physical or 
 10.8   mental health or rehabilitation, or in an approved chemical 
 10.9   dependency domiciliary facility, if the placement is based on 
 10.10  illness or incapacity and is pursuant to a plan developed or 
 10.11  approved by the county agency through its director or designated 
 10.12  representative; 
 10.13     (4) a person who resides in a shelter facility described in 
 10.14  subdivision 3; 
 10.15     (5) a person not described in clause (1) or (3) who is 
 10.16  diagnosed by a licensed physician, psychological practitioner, 
 10.17  or other qualified professional, as mentally retarded or 
 10.18  mentally ill, and that condition prevents the person from 
 10.19  obtaining or retaining employment; 
 10.20     (6) a person who has an application pending for, or is 
 10.21  appealing termination of benefits from, the social security 
 10.22  disability program or the program of supplemental security 
 10.23  income for the aged, blind, and disabled, provided the person 
 10.24  has a professionally certified permanent or temporary illness, 
 10.25  injury, or incapacity which is expected to continue for more 
 10.26  than 30 days and which prevents the person from obtaining or 
 10.27  retaining employment; 
 10.28     (7) a person who is unable to obtain or retain employment 
 10.29  because advanced age significantly affects the person's ability 
 10.30  to seek or engage in substantial work; 
 10.31     (8) a person who, following participation in a public works 
 10.32  training program under sections 256D.25 to 256D.259 or 
 10.33  participation in the work readiness program, completion of an 
 10.34  individualized employability assessment by the work readiness 
 10.35  service provider, and consultation between the county agency and 
 10.36  the work readiness service provider, the work readiness service 
 11.1   provider determines is not employable.  For purposes of this 
 11.2   item, a person is considered employable if the county agency 
 11.3   determines that there exist positions of employment in the local 
 11.4   labor market, regardless of the current availability of openings 
 11.5   for those positions, that the person is capable of performing.  
 11.6   Eligibility under this category must be reassessed at least 
 11.7   annually by the county agency and must be based upon the results 
 11.8   of a new individualized employability assessment completed by 
 11.9   the work readiness service provider.  The recipient shall, if 
 11.10  otherwise eligible, continue to receive general assistance while 
 11.11  the annual individualized employability assessment is completed 
 11.12  by the work readiness service provider, rather than receive work 
 11.13  readiness payments under section 256D.051.  Subsequent 
 11.14  eligibility for general assistance is dependent upon the county 
 11.15  agency determining, following consultation with the work 
 11.16  readiness service provider, that the person is not employable, 
 11.17  or the person meeting the requirements of another general 
 11.18  assistance category of eligibility; 
 11.19     (9) a person who is determined by the county agency, in 
 11.20  accordance with emergency and permanent rules adopted by the 
 11.21  commissioner, to be learning disabled, provided that if a 
 11.22  rehabilitation plan for the person is developed or approved by 
 11.23  the county agency, the person is following the plan; 
 11.24     (10) a child under the age of 18 who is not living with a 
 11.25  parent, stepparent, or legal custodian, but only if:  the child 
 11.26  is legally emancipated or living with an adult with the consent 
 11.27  of an agency acting as a legal custodian; the child is at least 
 11.28  16 years of age and the general assistance grant is approved by 
 11.29  the director of the county agency or a designated representative 
 11.30  as a component of a social services case plan for the child; or 
 11.31  the child is living with an adult with the consent of the 
 11.32  child's legal custodian and the county agency.  For purposes of 
 11.33  this clause, "legally emancipated" means a person under the age 
 11.34  of 18 years who:  (i) has been married; (ii) is on active duty 
 11.35  in the uniformed services of the United States; (iii) has been 
 11.36  emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iv) is 
 12.1   otherwise considered emancipated under Minnesota law, and for 
 12.2   whom county social services has not determined that a social 
 12.3   services case plan is necessary, for reasons other than that the 
 12.4   child has failed or refuses to cooperate with the county agency 
 12.5   in developing the plan; 
 12.6      (11) a woman in the last trimester of pregnancy who does 
 12.7   not qualify for aid to families with dependent children.  A 
 12.8   woman who is in the last trimester of pregnancy who is currently 
 12.9   receiving aid to families with dependent children may be granted 
 12.10  emergency general assistance to meet emergency needs; 
 12.11     (12) a person who is eligible for displaced homemaker 
 12.12  services, programs, or assistance under section 268.96, but only 
 12.13  if that person is enrolled as a full-time student; 
 12.14     (13) a person who lives more than two hours round-trip 
 12.15  traveling time from any potential suitable employment; 
 12.16     (14) a person who is involved with protective or 
 12.17  court-ordered services that prevent the applicant or recipient 
 12.18  from working at least four hours per day; 
 12.19     (15) a family as defined in section 256D.02, subdivision 5, 
 12.20  which is ineligible for the aid to families with dependent 
 12.21  children program.  If all children in the family are six years 
 12.22  of age or older, or if suitable child care is available for 
 12.23  children under age six at no cost to the family, all the adult 
 12.24  members of the family must register for and cooperate in the 
 12.25  work readiness program under section 256D.051 or the public 
 12.26  works training program under sections 256D.25 to 256D.259.  If 
 12.27  one or more of the children is under the age of six and suitable 
 12.28  child care is not available without cost to the family, all the 
 12.29  adult members except one adult member must register for and 
 12.30  cooperate with the work readiness program under section 256D.051 
 12.31  search requirements.  The adult member who must participate in 
 12.32  the work readiness program search is the one having earned the 
 12.33  greater of the incomes, excluding in-kind income, during the 
 12.34  24-month period immediately preceding the month of application 
 12.35  for assistance.  When there are no earnings or when earnings are 
 12.36  identical for each adult, the applicant must designate the adult 
 13.1   who must participate in work readiness search and that 
 13.2   designation must not be transferred or changed after program 
 13.3   eligibility is determined as long as program eligibility 
 13.4   continues without an interruption of 30 days or more.  The adult 
 13.5   members required to register for and cooperate with the work 
 13.6   readiness program are not eligible for financial search 
 13.7   requirements can apply for assistance under section 256D.051, 
 13.8   except as provided in section 256D.051, subdivision 6, or 
 13.9   sections 256D.25 to 256D.259, and shall be included in the 
 13.10  general assistance grant.  If an adult member fails to cooperate 
 13.11  with work search requirements of section 256D.051, the local 
 13.12  agency shall not take that member's needs into account in making 
 13.13  the grant determination as provided by the termination 
 13.14  provisions of section 256D.051, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b).  
 13.15  The time limits of section 256D.051, subdivision 1, do not apply 
 13.16  to persons eligible under this clause; or 
 13.17     (16) a person over age 18 whose primary language is not 
 13.18  English and who is attending high school at least half time. 
 13.19     (b) Persons or families who are not state residents but who 
 13.20  are otherwise eligible for general assistance may receive 
 13.21  emergency general assistance to meet emergency needs. 
 13.22     (c) As a condition of eligibility under paragraph (a), 
 13.23  clauses (1), (3), (5), (8), and (9), the recipient must complete 
 13.24  an interim assistance agreement and must apply for other 
 13.25  maintenance benefits as specified in section 256D.06, 
 13.26  subdivision 5, and must comply with efforts to determine the 
 13.27  recipient's eligibility for those other maintenance benefits.  
 13.28     (d) The burden of providing documentation for a county 
 13.29  agency to use to verify eligibility for general assistance or 
 13.30  work readiness is upon the applicant or recipient.  The county 
 13.31  agency shall use documents already in its possession to verify 
 13.32  eligibility, and shall help the applicant or recipient obtain 
 13.33  other existing verification necessary to determine eligibility 
 13.34  which the applicant or recipient does not have and is unable to 
 13.35  obtain. 
 13.36     Sec. 11.  [OPERATION OF THE HENNEPIN-RAMSEY PUBLIC WORKS 
 14.1   PROGRAM.] 
 14.2      The program shall be operated in Hennepin and Ramsey 
 14.3   counties notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.4   sections 256D.051, 256D.052, 256D.101, and 256D.111.  In 
 14.5   Hennepin and Ramsey counties, the requirements of Minnesota 
 14.6   Statutes, sections 256D.25 to 256D.259, shall operate in lieu of 
 14.7   the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 256D.051 and 
 14.8   256D.052.