SF 2973

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to child care; making changes to the at-home 
  1.3             infant care program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 
  1.4             Supplement, section 119B.061, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
  1.5             and 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.8   119B.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] Beginning July 1, 1998, a 
  1.10  family receiving or eligible to in which a parent provides care 
  1.11  for the family's infant child may receive a subsidy in lieu of 
  1.12  assistance if the family is eligible for, or is receiving 
  1.13  assistance under the basic sliding fee program is eligible for 
  1.14  assistance for a parent to provide short-term child care for the 
  1.15  family's infant child.  An eligible family must meet the 
  1.16  eligibility factors under section 119B.09, the income criteria 
  1.17  under section 119B.12, and the requirements of this section.  
  1.18  The commissioner shall establish a pool of up to seven percent 
  1.19  of the annual appropriation for the basic sliding fee program to 
  1.20  provide assistance under the at-home infant child care program.  
  1.21  At the end of the fiscal year, any unspent funds must be used 
  1.22  for assistance under the basic sliding fee program. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.24  119B.061, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.25     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.] A family with an infant 
  2.1   under the age of one year is eligible for assistance if: 
  2.2      (1) the family is not receiving MFIP-S, other cash 
  2.3   assistance, or other child care assistance; 
  2.4      (2) the family has not previously received all of the 
  2.5   one-year exemption from the work requirement for infant care 
  2.6   under the MFIP-S program; 
  2.7      (3) the family has not previously received a life-long 
  2.8   total of 12 months of assistance under this section; and 
  2.9      (4) the family is participating in the basic sliding fee 
  2.10  program or, for the first child in a family, provides 
  2.11  verification of employment at the time of application and meets 
  2.12  the program requirements. 
  2.13     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  2.14  119B.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.15     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBLE PARENT.] Only A family is eligible for 
  2.16  assistance under this section if one parent, in a two-parent 
  2.17  family, is eligible for assistance cares for the family's infant 
  2.18  child.  The eligible parent must: 
  2.19     (1) be over the age of 18; 
  2.20     (2) provide care for the infant full-time care for the 
  2.21  child in the child's home; and 
  2.22     (3) provide child care for any other children in the family 
  2.23  that who are eligible for child care assistance under chapter 
  2.24  119B. 
  2.25     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  2.26  119B.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.27     Subd. 4.  [ASSISTANCE.] (a) A family is limited to a 
  2.28  lifetime total of 12 months of assistance under this section.  
  2.29  The maximum rate of assistance must be at 75 percent of the rate 
  2.30  established under section 119B.13 for care of infants in 
  2.31  licensed family day care in the applicant's county of 
  2.32  residence.  Assistance must be calculated to reflect the copay 
  2.33  requirement and the family's income level. 
  2.34     (b) A participating family must continue to report income 
  2.35  and other family changes as specified in the county's plan under 
  2.36  section 119B.08, subdivision 3.  The family must treat any 
  3.1   assistance received under this section as unearned income. 
  3.2      (c) Participation in the at-home infant child care program 
  3.3   must be considered participation in the basic sliding fee 
  3.4   program for purposes of continuing eligibility under section 
  3.5   119B.03, subdivision 3. 
  3.6      (d) The time that a family that receives assistance under 
  3.7   this section is ineligible for must be deducted from the 
  3.8   one-year exemption from work requirements under the MFIP-S 
  3.9   program. 
  3.10     (e) Assistance under this section does not establish an 
  3.11  employer-employee relationship between any member of the 
  3.12  assisted family and the county or state.