Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 45-H.F.No. 985 
           An act relating to human services; clarifying 
          eligibility for aid for unborn children and prenatal 
          care payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, 
          section 256.73, subdivision 5. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 256.73, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [AID FOR UNBORN CHILDREN.] (a) For the purposes 
of sections 256.72 to 256.87, assistance payments shall be made 
during the final three months of pregnancy to a woman who has no 
other children but who otherwise qualifies for assistance except 
for medical assistance payments which shall be made at the time 
that pregnancy is confirmed by a physician if the pregnant woman 
has no other children and otherwise qualifies for assistance as 
provided in section 256B.06, subdivision 1.  No payments shall 
be made for the needs of the unborn or for any special needs 
occasioned by the pregnancy except as provided in clause (b).  
The commissioner of human services shall promulgate, pursuant to 
the administrative procedures act, rules to implement this 
subdivision. 
    (b) The commissioner may, according to rules, make payments 
for the purpose of meeting special needs occasioned by or 
resulting from pregnancy both for a pregnant woman with no other 
children as well as for a pregnant woman receiving assistance as 
provided in sections 256.72 to 256.87.  The special needs 
payments shall be dependent upon the needs of the pregnant woman 
and the resources allocated to the county by the commissioner 
and shall be limited to payments for medically recognized 
special or supplemental diet needs and the purchase of a crib 
and necessary clothing for the future needs of the unborn child 
at birth.  The commissioner shall, according to rules, make 
payments for medically necessary prenatal care of the pregnant 
woman and the unborn child. 
    Approved April 29, 1985