1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.36 Allocation for unmet need of other household 
  members. 

    Except as prohibited in paragraphs (a) and (b), an 
 allocation of income is allowed to meet the unmet need of an 
 ineligible spouse or an ineligible child under the age of 21 for 
 whom the caregiver is financially responsible who also lives 
 with the caregiver.  An allocation is allowed from the 
 caregiver's income to meet the need of an ineligible or excluded 
 person.  That allocation is allowed in an amount up to the 
 difference between the MFIP-S family allowance for the 
 assistance unit when that excluded or ineligible person is 
 included in the assistance unit and the MFIP-S family allowance 
 for the assistance unit when the excluded or ineligible person 
 is not included in the assistance unit.  These allocations must 
 be deducted from the caregiver's counted earnings and from 
 unearned income subject to paragraphs (a) and (b). 

    (a) Income of a minor child in the assistance unit must not 
 be allocated to meet the need of a person who is not a member of 
 the assistance unit, including the child's parent, even when 
 that parent is the payee of the child's income. 

    (b) Income of an assistance unit must not be allocated to 
 meet the needs of a person ineligible for failure to cooperate 
 with program requirements including child support requirements, 
 a person ineligible due to fraud, or a relative caregiver and 
 the caregiver's spouse who opt out of the assistance unit. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 25