1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying unearned income included in economic 
1.3 	assistance program calculations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.4 	256P.06, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256P.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Income inclusions. The following must be included in determining the income 
1.8 	of an assistance unit:
1.9 	(1) earned income; and
1.10 	(2) unearned income, which includes:
1.11 	(i) interest and dividends from investments and savings;
1.12 	(ii) capital gains as defined by the Internal Revenue Service from any sale of real property;
1.13 	(iii) proceeds from rent and contract for deed payments in excess of the principal and 
1.14 	interest portion owed on property;
1.15 	(iv) income from trusts, excluding special needs and supplemental needs trusts;
1.16 	(v) interest income from loans made by the participant or household;
1.17 	(vi) cash prizes and winnings;
1.18 	(vii) unemployment insurance income that is received by an adult member of the 
1.19 	assistance unit unless the individual receiving unemployment insurance income is:
1.20 	(A) 18 years of age and enrolled in a secondary school; or
2.1 	(B) 18 or 19 years of age, a caregiver, and is enrolled in school at least half-time;
2.2 	(viii) for the purposes of programs under chapters 256D and 256I, retirement, survivors, 
2.3 	and disability insurance payments;
2.4 	(ix) nonrecurring income over $60 per quarter unless the nonrecurring income is: (A) 
2.5 	from tax refunds, tax rebates, or tax credits; (B) a reimbursement, rebate, award, grant, or 
2.6 	refund of personal or real property or costs or losses incurred when these payments are 
2.7 	made by: a public agency; a court; solicitations through public appeal; a federal, state, or 
2.8 	local unit of government; or a disaster assistance organization; (C) provided as an in-kind 
2.9 	benefit; or (D) earmarked and used for the purpose for which it was intended, subject to 
2.10 	verification requirements under section 256P.04;
2.11 	(x) retirement benefits;
2.12 	(xi) cash assistance benefits, as defined by each program in chapters 119B, 256D, 256I, 
2.13 	and 256J;
2.14 	(xii) Tribal per capita payments unless excluded by federal and state law;
2.15 	(xiii) income from members of the United States armed forces unless excluded from 
2.16 	income taxes according to federal or state law;
2.17 	(xiv) for the purposes of programs under chapters 119B, 256D, and 256I, all child support 
2.18 	payments for programs under chapters 119B, 256D, and 256I;
2.19 	(xv) for the purposes of programs under chapter 256J, the amount of child support 
2.20 	received that exceeds $100 for assistance units with one child and $200 for assistance units 
2.21 	with two or more children for programs under chapter 256J;
2.22 	(xvi) spousal support; and
2.23 	(xvii) workers' compensation.; and
2.24 	(xviii) for the purposes of programs under chapters 119B and 256J, the amount of 
2.25 	retirement, survivors, and disability insurance payments received by a nonexempt member 
2.26 	of the assistance unit that exceeds the applicable monthly federal maximum Supplemental 
2.27 	Security Income payments.