1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying use of electronic benefit transfer cards;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245A.11, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 245A.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.6 	to read:
1.7 		Subd. 12.Use of resident EBT cards by program staff. For a staff person at a licensed 
1.8 	residential program to make food purchases on behalf of a program resident using the 
1.9 	resident's electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, the staff person must be listed as an 
1.10 	authorized representative of the resident. A residential program must maintain a log of 
1.11 	purchases made by program staff using a resident's EBT card and must retain a record of 
1.12 	purchases made under this subdivision according to section 245A.041.