1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.42 60-month time limit. 

    Subdivision 1.    Time limit.  (a) An assistance unit in 
 which any adult caregiver has received 60 months of cash 
 assistance funded in whole or in part by the TANF block grant, 
 MFIP-S, AFDC, or family general assistance, funded in whole or 
 in part by state appropriations, is ineligible to receive MFIP-S.
 Any cash assistance funded with TANF dollars, or MFIP-S 
 assistance funded in whole or in part by state appropriations, 
 that was received by the unit on or after the date TANF was 
 implemented, including any assistance received in states of 
 prior residence, counts toward the 60-month limitation.  The 
 60-month limit applies to a minor who is the head of a household 
 or who is married to the head of a household.  The 60-month time 
 period does not need to be consecutive months for this provision 
 to apply.  

    (b) Months before July 1998 in which individuals receive 
 assistance as part of an MFIP, MFIP-R, or MFIP or MFIP-R 
 comparison group family under sections 256.031 to 256.0361 or 
 sections 256.047 to 256.048 are not included in the 60-month 
 time limit. 

    Subd. 2.    Assistance from another state.  An 
 individual whose needs have been otherwise provided for in 
 another state, in whole or in part by the TANF block grant 
 during a month, is ineligible to receive MFIP-S for the month. 

    Subd. 3.    Adults living on an Indian reservation.  In 
 determining the number of months for which an adult has received 
 assistance under MFIP-S, the county agency must disregard any 
 month during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation if, 
 during the month:  

    (1) at least 1,000 individuals were living on the 
 reservation; and 

    (2) at least 50 percent of the adults living on the 
 reservation were unemployed. 

    Subd. 4.    Victims of domestic violence.  Any cash 
 assistance received by an assistance unit in a month when a 
 caregiver is complying with a safety plan under the MFIP-S 
 employment and training component does not count toward the 
 60-month limitation on assistance. 

    Subd. 5.    Exemption for certain families.  (a) Any 
 cash assistance received by an assistance unit does not count 
 toward the 60-month limit on assistance during a month in which 
 the parental caregiver is in the category in section 256J.56, 
 clause (1).  The exemption applies for the period of time the 
 caregiver belongs to one of the categories specified in this 
 subdivision. 

    (b) From July 1, 1997, until the date MFIP-S is operative 
 in the caregiver's county of financial responsibility, any cash 
 assistance received by a caregiver who is complying with 
 sections 256.73, subdivision 5a, and 256.736, if applicable, 
 does not count toward the 60-month limit on assistance.  
 Thereafter, any cash assistance received by a caregiver who is 
 complying with the requirements of sections 256J.14 and 256J.54, 
 if applicable, does not count towards the 60-month limit on 
 assistance. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 32; 1997 c 203 art 12 s 12