1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing the medical
1.3 	assistance spenddown standard for persons who are
1.4 	aged, blind, or disabled; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 256B.056, subdivision 5c.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.056,
1.8 	subdivision 5c, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5c.Excess income standard.  (a) The excess income
1.10 	standard for families with children is the standard specified in
1.11 	subdivision 4.
1.12 	(b) The excess income standard for a person whose
1.13 	eligibility is based on blindness, disability, or age of 65 or
1.14 	more years is ~~70~~ 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines
1.15 	for the family size. ~~Effective July 1, 2002, the excess income~~
1.16 	~~standard for this paragraph shall equal 75 percent of the~~
1.17 	~~federal poverty guidelines.~~
1.18 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.