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as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/13/2025 04:17pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 02/06/2025

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A bill for an act
relating to state government; prohibiting state-funded services to undocumented
noncitizens; providing that undocumented noncitizens are ineligible for
MinnesotaCare and the North Star Promise scholarship program; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 136A.1465, subdivision 1; 256L.04, subdivision
10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [16A.1393] STATE-FUNDED SERVICES TO UNDOCUMENTED
NONCITIZENS PROHIBITED.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, noncitizens of the United States who are
undocumented or otherwise not lawfully present in the United States must not receive from
any person or entity any service, payment, grant, loan, subsidy, or other form of financial
aid or assistance funded by state tax revenue.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1465, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

The following terms have the meanings given:

(1) "eligible student" means a resident student under section 136A.101, subdivision 8,
new text begin clauses (1) to (8) or (10), new text end who is enrolled in any public postsecondary educational institution
or Tribal college and who meets the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2;

(2) "gift aid" includes:

(i) all federal financial aid that is not a loan or pursuant to a work-study program;

(ii) state financial aid, unless designated for other expenses, that is not a loan or pursuant
to a work-study program;

(iii) institutional financial aid, including a grant, scholarship, tuition waiver, fellowship
stipend, or other payment, unless designated for other expenses, that is not a loan or pursuant
to a work-study program; and

(iv) all private financial aid that is not a loan or pursuant to a work-study program.

Financial aid from the state, public postsecondary educational institutions, and Tribal colleges
that is specifically designated for other expenses is not gift aid for purposes of the North
Star Promise scholarship.

(3) "other expenses" includes books, required supplies, child care, emergency assistance,
food, and housing;

(4) "public postsecondary educational institution" means an institution operated by this
state, or the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota;

(5) "recognized cost of attendance" has the meaning given in United States Code, title
20, chapter 28, subchapter IV, part F, section 1087ll;

(6) "Tribal college" means a college defined in section 136A.1796, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c); and

(7) "tuition and fees" means the actual tuition and mandatory fees charged by an
institution.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to scholarship awards beginning in the fall term of the 2025-2026 academic year.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256L.04, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Citizenship requirements.

(a) Eligibility for MinnesotaCare is deleted text begin availabledeleted text end new text begin
limited
new text end to citizens or nationals of the United Statesdeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin andnew text end lawfully present noncitizens as
defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 155.20deleted text begin ; anddeleted text end new text begin .new text end Undocumented
noncitizensnew text begin are ineligible for MinnesotaCarenew text end . For purposes of this subdivision, an
undocumented noncitizen is an individual who resides in the United States without the
approval or acquiescence of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Families
with children who are citizens or nationals of the United States must cooperate in obtaining
satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality according to the requirements
of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 7, eligible persons include families and
individuals who arenew text begin lawfully present andnew text end ineligible for medical assistance by reason of
immigration status and who have incomes equal to or less than 200 percent of federal poverty
guidelinesdeleted text begin , except that these persons may be eligible for emergency medical assistance
under section 256B.06, subdivision 4
deleted text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end