1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; excluding certain
1.3 	participants in measuring MFIP work participation and
1.4 	the self-support index; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 256J.751, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.751,
1.8 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2.Quarterly comparison report.  The commissioner
1.10 	shall report quarterly to all counties on each county's
1.11 	performance on the following measures:
1.12 	(1) percent of MFIP caseload working in paid employment;
1.13 	(2) percent of MFIP caseload receiving only the food
1.14 	portion of assistance;
1.15 	(3) number of MFIP cases that have left assistance;
1.16 	(4) federal participation requirements as specified in
1.17 	Title 1 of Public Law 104-193;
1.18 	(5) median placement wage rate;
1.19 	(6) caseload by months of TANF assistance;
1.20 	(7) percent of MFIP and diversionary work program (DWP)
1.21 	cases off cash assistance or working 30 or more hours per week
1.22 	at one-year, two-year, and three-year follow-up points from a
1.23 	baseline quarter.  This measure is called the self-support
1.24 	index.  Twice annually, the commissioner shall report an
1.25 	expected range of performance for each county, county grouping,
2.1 	and tribe on the self-support index.  The expected range shall
2.2 	be derived by a statistical methodology developed by the
2.3 	commissioner in consultation with the counties and tribes. For
2.4 	purposes of measuring the self-support index, participants under
2.5 	section 256J.425, subdivisions 2 and 3, are excluded.The
2.6 	statistical methodology shall control differences across
2.7 	counties in economic conditions and demographics of the MFIP and
2.8 	DWP case load; and
2.9 	(8) the MFIP work participation rate, defined as the
2.10 	participation requirements specified in title 1 of Public Law
2.11 	104-193 applied to all MFIP cases except child only cases and
2.12 	cases exempt under section 256J.56. For purposes of measuring
2.13 	the work participation rate, participants under section
2.14 	256J.561, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), clauses (2) and (3), and
2.15 	subdivision 3, are excluded.