Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules Index (topics)
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
See also GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE
Administration
Employment and Economic Development Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 116J.401
Human services boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03, 256D.17
Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.17, 393.07
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03
Supervision, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.04
Amount
Emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06, 256D.08
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Appeals
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Denial of other maintenance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Drug dependent persons, representative payee assignments, Minn. Rules 9500.1272
Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.20, 256.045
Overpayments and underpayments, corrective payments, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.08
Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259
Applicants
Appeals, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.20, 256.045
Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.01
Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.05, 256.029
Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215
Immigration status, verification and reporting, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.03, 256.01
Interim assistance authorization agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Notice received, weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 270B.14
Residence, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02, 256D.024, 256D.05, 256G.03
Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245
Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
SSI applicants, Minn. Rules 9500.1254
Statements, verification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.07
Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 270B.14
Applications
Assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Concurrent with MFIP applications, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.05
Consent, contact with third parties, Minn. Rules 9500.1215
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.07
Income reporting, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.07
Pending, residency requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1213
Assistance payments, see Benefits under this topic
Assistance unit
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219, 9500.1221, 9500.1223
Assistance units, see Recipients under this topic
Authorized representative
County agency, providing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Designation, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Benefits
Budgets, Minn. Rules 9500.1243
Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 16D.16
Denial of other maintenance benefits, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Drug dependent persons, Minn. Rules 9500.1272
Electronic (EBT) transfer
Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.38
Cash benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.987
Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.13
Prohibited purchases, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.13
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.09
Terminals in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.13
Exemption from creditors' remedies, Minn. Statutes 2026 571.925
Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1237
Issuance, Minn. Rules 9500.1239
Payments to vendors, see same under this topic
Pending hearing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Prospective budgeting, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.09
Warrants for payment, restrictive endorsements, cashing in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.13
Budgets, payment amounts, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1243
Cash assistance benefits, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Centralized disbursement system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Chemically dependent persons, see CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS
Children, eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219
Claims
Children, transfer of custody, Minn. Statutes 2026 260B.331, 260C.331
Claims against estates, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.16
Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.017
County of financial responsibility, see under COUNTIES
County of financial responsibility, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1248
Data processing procedures, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.17
Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Employment and economic development law, Minn. Statutes 2026 116L.19
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 290A.03
Disregards
Displaced homemakers, stipends, Minn. Statutes 2026 116L.96
Earned income disregard, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.01, 256P.03, 256P.06
Single adults living with parent, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Domestic violence waiver, information, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.05
Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272
Earned income
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225
Electronic benefits transfer, see Benefits under this topic
Eligibility
Assistance unit, see same under this topic
Changes, Minn. Rules 9500.1245
Children, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.01
Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.13, 142A.25, 256.98, 256D.05
Documentation, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.04, Minn. Rules 9500.1215
Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.029
Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261
Emergency general assistance, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06
Exclusion from resources, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06, 462A.45
Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024, 256D.425
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05, 256D.08, Minn. Rules 9500.1219
Income, see same under this topic
Ineligibility, personal statement in lieu of documentation, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Payment eligibility test, Minn. Rules 9500.1233
Personal property limitation, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.02
Property limitations, Minn. Rules 9500.1221
Prospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233
Public assistance reporting information system, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Recertification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.04
Residence, see Applicants under this topic
Residents, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Retrospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233
Severability of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05, 256D.09
Supplemental nutrition assistance program households, Minn. Statutes 2026 142F.101
Uniform public assistance eligibility and verification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.08, 256P.001 to 256P.08
Verification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.04, Minn. Rules 9500.1215
Emergency, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Emergency general assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261, 9500.1272
Application, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.05, 256D.07
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06, 256D.08
Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02, 256D.09
Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Reduction, termination, or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.10
Rental assistance, annual projection of needs, Minn. Statutes 2026 462A.2096
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06, 256D.08
Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.09
Employment
Grants to recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1237
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219
Employment and training services, Employment and Economic Development Department, Minn. Statutes 2026 116J.401, 116L.86
Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 270B.14
Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.045
Family assistance unit, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Family general assistance
Applicants, see same under this topic
Recipients, see same under this topic
Federal aid
Disbursement, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.04
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 245.97
Federal disability benefits, advocacy, support services, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Filing unit
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1213
Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223
Exclusion from assistance unit, Minn. Rules 9500.1219
Form of payment
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.09
Representative payees, benefits defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD
Funding
Counties, total government fund expenditures, reduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 275.065
Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2026 245.97, 256D.04
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03
Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2026 261.063
State aid, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03, 256D.04
General Assistance Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01 to 256D.17
General assistance medical care, see GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE
Hearings
Administrative fraud disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.046
Applicants or recipients, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.045
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Disqualification, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.98
Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.10
Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.045
Hospitals, inpatient payment system, Minn. Rules 9500.1090 to 9500.1140
Household report forms, Minn. Rules 9500.1245
Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT
Human services aids, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.04
Income
Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026
Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 551.05
Calculations, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.06
Children, calculations, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 16D.16
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02, 256P.01
Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Earned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225
Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223
Garnishment, exemption
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 550.37
Information about, in forms, Minn. Statutes 2026 571.72, 571.912, 571.932
Lived-experience engagement income, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 462A.45
Rental, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.05
Reporting, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.07, 256P.10
Self-employment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.05
Unearned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226
Income maintenance and support services, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2026 116L.19
Integrated state-operated managed care systems for disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2026 256B.693
Interagency agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 116L.86
Interim assistance
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Reimbursement, Minn. Rules 9500.1254
Lawsuits, applicant, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.07
Literacy of recipients, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03, 256D.04
Mental illness, persons with
Benefits assistance, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 245.4712
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
MFIP, see MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MFIP)
Negotiated rates
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Facilities with negotiated rates, payments to, Minn. Rules 9500.1239
Notice
Applications, Minn. Rules 9500.1213
Excess property, exclusions, Minn. Rules 9500.1221
Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259
Orders, judicial review, rights, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.10
Overpayments, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Payments, see Benefits under this topic
Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026
Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 551.05
Calculation, prospective budgeting of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.09
Compelling, writ of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.13
Defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2026 290A.03
Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.07, 256D.09
Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02, 256D.09
Garnishment, exemption
Garnishment of earnings, Minn. Statutes 2026 571.925
General provisions, Minn. Statutes 2026 571.72
Levy on funds at financial institution, Minn. Statutes 2026 550.143, 571.912
Prejudgment garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2026 571.931, 571.932
Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2026 16D.13, 256P.08
Payments to vendors, see same under this topic
Personal property taxes, delinquent taxes, liens or levies, Minn. Statutes 2026 277.20, 277.21
Reduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.09, 256D.10
State aid, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03, 256D.04
Termination or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01, 256D.10, 256P.10
Time, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.07
Underpayments, correction, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.08
Weekly payments and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Payments to vendors
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Direct payments, provisions, Minn. Rules 9500.1239
Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272
Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05, 256D.09
Interim assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1254
Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Personal property, eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221
Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Public assistance, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2026 116L.19
Purpose of program, Minn. Rules 9500.1202
Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 9500.1200
Qualified providers, see Payments to vendors under this topic
Quality control/quality assurance
Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.017
Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.017
Real property
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221
Recipients
Alcoholic persons, vendor payments, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05, 256D.09
Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.045, 256D.06
Assistance units, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.01
Converting to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03
Death, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.16
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215
Felony drug convictions, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Graduation incentives program, see under SCHOOLS (K-12)
Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 62A.045, 62A.046
Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT
Ill or incapacitated recipients, see HOUSING SUPPORT
Immunization reminders, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Income, see same under this topic
Interim assistance, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Legal noncitizens, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Legal settlement, Minn. Statutes 2026 245.97
Medical assistance benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Medicare, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Notice received
Combined hearings, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.046
Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.10
Vocational assessment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Parents of MFIP minor caregivers, financial responsibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2026 142G.34
Personal data, Minn. Statutes 2026 13.46
Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 270B.14
Random drug screening, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Random drug testing, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024
Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Residence, verification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05
Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245
Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Screening, federal benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.06
Social Security numbers, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.045
State-approved alternative programs (K-12), eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 123A.06
Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.05, 256D.09
Supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training programs, participation, Minn. Statutes 2026 142F.10
Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 270B.14
Telephone assistance, see TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PLAN
Records, right to review, applicants and recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1211
Recovery of money
County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01
Overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2026 16D.13
Referrals
Chemical use assessment, Minn. Rules 9500.1272
Other maintenance benefits programs, Minn. Rules 9500.1254
Relative's responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.15
Rental income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.05
Reports about
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.04
Residence requirements, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Reports about, generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1250
Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Residence, Minn. Statutes 2026 256G.03, 256G.07
Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219
Sanctions, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.98
Self-employment income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256P.01, 256P.05
SSI (supplementary security income) applicants, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Standards, Minn. Rules 9500.1231
Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.01
State aid, payment to local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.03, 256D.04
State participation
Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261
Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1232
Substance use disorder treatment services
Eligibility, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 254B.04
Generally, see Treatment under SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, PERSONS WITH
Medical expenses, spend down, Minn. Statutes 2026 254B.04
Supplemental aid, see SUPPLEMENTAL AID
Suspension, Minn. Rules 9500.1233
Termination, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.01, 256P.10
Appeals, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259
Noncompliance with referral requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1254
Prospective ineligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233
Underpayments
Correction, Minn. Rules 9500.1243
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Unearned income
Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226
Unitary Residence and Financial Responsibility Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 256G.01
Vendors, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206
Violations and penalties
Applicants, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024, 256D.07
Drug offenses, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024
Fleeing felons, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024
Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD
Probation, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024
Recipients, confession of judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.09
Supervised release, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.024
Waivers
Applicants, residence requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2026 256.98
Residence requirements, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.02
Writs of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2026 256D.13