1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/22/2013 09:00am
A bill for an act
relating to state government; excluding certain income and assets from counting
toward income and asset limits for certain programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) The commissioner of human services shall not count conditional cash transfers
made to families participating in a family independence demonstration as income or
assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility for child care assistance
programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B; general assistance under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 256D; group residential housing under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I;
the Minnesota family investment program, work benefit program, or diversionary work
program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; or the MinnesotaCare program under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L, for a period of three years beginning on the date a
family independence demonstration begins.
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(b) The commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall not count
conditional cash transfers made to families participating in a family independence
demonstration as income or assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility
for housing assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.201, for a period
of three years beginning on the date a family independence demonstration begins.
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