1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying child care assistance income eligibility;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119B.09, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.General eligibility requirements for all applicants for child 
1.7 	care assistance. (a) Child care services must be available to families who need child 
1.8 	care to find or keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary to find 
1.9 	employment and who:
1.10 	(1) have household income less than or equal to 67 percent of the state median 
1.11 	income, adjusted for family size, and meet the requirements of section 119B.05; receive 
1.12 	MFIP assistance; and are participating in employment and training services under chapter 
1.13 	256J; or
1.14 	(2) have household income less than or equal to 47 percent of the state median 
1.15 	income, adjusted for family size, at program entry and less than or equal to 67 percent of 
1.16 	the state median income, adjusted for family size, at program exit.
1.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a family's eligibility for child care assistance 
1.18 	under section 119B.03 shall not be terminated until the family has had income equal to or 
1.19 	greater than 40 percent above the income exit level established in paragraph (a), clause 
1.20 	(2), for at least 12 consecutive months.
1.21 	(c) Child care services must be made available as in-kind services.
1.22 	~~(c)~~ (d) All applicants for child care assistance and families currently receiving child 
1.23 	care assistance must be assisted and required to cooperate in establishment of paternity 
1.24 	and enforcement of child support obligations for all children in the family as a condition 
2.1 	of program eligibility. For purposes of this section, a family is considered to meet the 
2.2 	requirement for cooperation when the family complies with the requirements of section 
2.3 	256.741.