1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying MFIP reporting requirements;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.30, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.30, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Monthly MFIP household reports. Each assistance unit with a member who 
1.7 	has earned income or a recent work history, and each assistance unit that has income deemed 
1.8 	to it from a financially responsible person must complete a monthly an MFIP household 
1.9 	report form once every six months. "Recent work history" means the individual received 
1.10 	earned income in the report month or any of the previous three calendar months period even 
1.11 	if the earnings are excluded. To be complete, the MFIP household report form must be 
1.12 	signed and dated by the caregivers no earlier than the last day of the reporting period. All 
1.13 	questions required to determine assistance payment eligibility must be answered, and 
1.14 	documentation of earned income must be included.