1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.28 Provisions related specifically to food stamp 
  assistance. 

    Subdivision 1.    Expedited issuance of food stamp 
 assistance.  The following households are entitled to 
 expedited issuance of food stamp assistance: 

    (1) households with less than $150 in monthly gross income 
 provided their liquid assets do not exceed $100; 

    (2) migrant or seasonal farm worker households who are 
 destitute as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, 
 subtitle B, chapter 2, subchapter C, part 273, section 273.10, 
 paragraph (e)(3), provided their liquid assets do not exceed 
 $100; and 

    (3) eligible households whose combined monthly gross income 
 and liquid resources are less than the household's monthly rent 
 or mortgage and utilities. 

    The benefits issued through expedited issuance of food 
 stamp assistance must be deducted from the amount of the full 
 monthly MFIP-S assistance payment and a supplemental payment for 
 the difference must be issued. 

    Subd. 2.    Food stamps for household members not in the 
 assistance unit.  (a) For household members who purchase and 
 prepare food with the MFIP-S assistance unit but are not part of 
 the assistance unit, the county agency must determine a separate 
 food stamp benefit based on regulations agreed upon with the 
 United States Department of Agriculture. 

    (b) This subdivision does not apply to optional members who 
 have chosen not to be in the assistance unit. 

    (c) Fair hearing requirements for persons who receive food 
 stamps under this subdivision are governed by section 256.045, 
 and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter 
 II, part 273, section 273.15. 

    Subd. 3.    Income disregard for certain programs, food 
 assistance portion of assistance payment.  The portion of the 
 MFIP-S assistance payment that is designated by the commissioner 
 as the food assistance portion of the assistance payment must be 
 disregarded as income in the following programs: 

    (1) housing subsidy programs; 

    (2) low-income home energy assistance program; 

    (3) Supplemental Security Income, when determining interim 
 assistance amount; and 

    (4) other programs that do not count food stamps as income. 

    For the purposes of this subdivision, the food assistance 
 portion of the assistance payment means a predetermined portion 
 of the MFIP-S assistance payment that may be received in 
 point-of-purchase sites or as food stamps.  The predetermined 
 portion of the assistance payment will vary by family profile, 
 which is based on family size. 

    Subd. 4.    Food portion of MFIP-S assistance grant.  (a)
 The MFIP-S assistance grant must be reduced in an amount equal 
 to the food portion of the transitional standard for an 
 assistance unit when a relative caregiver chooses not to be part 
 of the assistance unit and is exempt from work activities under 
 this chapter. 

    (b) The food portion of the MFIP-S grant must be reduced by 
 $30 for MFIP-S recipients who are also recipients of public 
 housing subsidies. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 17