1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying requirements for the public assistance 
1.3 	electronic benefit transfer card; imposing a 60-day residency requirement on 
1.4 	general assistance and MFIP;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 
1.5 	256D.02, by adding a subdivision; 256J.12, subdivisions 1a, 2; Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 256.987, by adding a subdivision; repealing 
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.02, subdivision 12a.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 256.987, is amended by 
1.10 	adding a subdivision to read:
1.11 		Subd. 3.Photo on card required. EBT debit cards issued after July 1, 2012, 
1.12 	must include a photo of the cardholder on the EBT debit card. The commissioner shall 
1.13 	implement a plan to convert all other active EBT debit cards to include a photo of the 
1.14 	cardholder by July 1, 2013.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.16 	to read:
1.17 		Subd. 12b.Resident; general assistance. (a) For purposes of eligibility for general 
1.18 	assistance, a person must be a resident of this state.
1.19 	(b) A "resident" is a person living in the state for at least 60 days with the intention of 
1.20 	making the person's home here and not for any temporary purpose. Time spent in a shelter 
1.21 	for battered women shall count toward satisfying the 60-day residency requirement. All 
1.22 	applicants for these programs are required to demonstrate the requisite intent and may do 
1.23 	so in any of the following ways:
2.1 	(1) by showing that the applicant maintains a residence at a verified address, other 
2.2 	than a place of public accommodation. An applicant may verify a residence address by 
2.3 	presenting a valid state driver's license, a state identification card, a voter registration 
2.4 	card, or a rent receipt; or
2.5 	(2) by verifying residence according to Minnesota Rules, part 9500.1219, subpart 
2.6 	3, item C. 
2.7 	(c) The county shall not deny an application solely because the applicant does not 
2.8 	meet at least one of the criteria in this subdivision, but shall continue to process the 
2.9 	application and leave the application pending until the residency requirement is met or 
2.10 	until eligibility or ineligibility is established. 
2.11 	(d) For purposes of eligibility for emergency general assistance, the 60-day residency 
2.12 	requirement under this section shall not be waived. 
2.13 	(e) If any provision of this subdivision is enjoined from implementation or found 
2.14 	unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall 
2.15 	remain valid and shall be given full effect. 

2.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256J.12, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 1a.~~30-day~~ 60-day residency requirement. An assistance unit is considered 
2.18 	to have established residency in this state only when a child or caregiver has resided in this 
2.19 	state for at least ~~30~~ 60 consecutive days with the intention of making the person's home 
2.20 	here and not for any temporary purpose. The birth of a child in Minnesota to a member 
2.21 	of the assistance unit does not automatically establish the residency in this state under 
2.22 	this subdivision of the other members of the assistance unit. Time spent in a shelter for 
2.23 	battered women shall count toward satisfying the ~~30-day~~ 60-day residency requirement.

2.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256J.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.25 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. ~~(a) A county shall waive the 30-day residency requirement~~ 
2.26 	~~where unusual hardship would result from denial of assistance.~~
2.27 	~~(b) For purposes of this section, unusual hardship means an assistance unit:~~
2.28 	~~(1) is without alternative shelter; or~~
2.29 	~~(2) is without available resources for food.~~
2.30 	~~(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply (1) "metropolitan~~ 
2.31 	~~statistical area" is as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau; (2) "alternative shelter" includes~~ 
2.32 	~~any shelter that is located within the metropolitan statistical area containing the county and~~ 
2.33 	~~for which the family is eligible, provided the assistance unit does not have to travel more~~ 
3.1 	~~than 20 miles to reach the shelter and has access to transportation to the shelter. Clause (2)~~ 
3.2 	~~does not apply to counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan statistical area.~~
3.3 	~~(d)~~ (a)  Applicants are considered to meet the residency requirement under 
3.4 	subdivision 1a if they once resided in Minnesota and:
3.5 	(1) joined the United States armed services, returned to Minnesota within 30 days of 
3.6 	leaving the armed services, and intend to remain in Minnesota; or
3.7 	(2) left to attend school in another state, paid nonresident tuition or Minnesota 
3.8 	tuition rates under a reciprocity agreement, and returned to Minnesota within 30 days of 
3.9 	graduation with the intent to remain in Minnesota.
3.10 	~~(e)~~ (b) The ~~30-day~~ 60-day residence requirement is met when:
3.11 	(1) a minor child or a minor caregiver moves from another state to the residence of 
3.12 	a relative caregiver; and
3.13 	(2) the relative caregiver has resided in Minnesota for at least ~~30~~ 60 consecutive 
3.14 	days and:
3.15 	(i) the minor caregiver applies for and receives MFIP; or
3.16 	(ii) the relative caregiver applies for assistance for the minor child but does not 
3.17 	choose to be a member of the MFIP assistance unit.

3.18 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 3.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.02, subdivision 12a, is repealed.