2006 Minnesota Statutes

256D.425 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
    Subdivision 1. Persons entitled to receive aid. A person who is aged, blind, or 18 years of
age or older and disabled and who is receiving supplemental security benefits under Title XVI
on the basis of age, blindness, or disability (or would be eligible for such benefits except for
excess income) is eligible for a payment under the Minnesota supplemental aid program, if the
person's net income is less than the standards in section 256D.44. Persons who are not receiving
supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability
insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act due to exhausting time limited benefits
are not eligible to receive benefits under the MSA program. Persons who are not receiving Social
Security or other maintenance benefits for failure to meet or comply with the Social Security or
other maintenance program requirements are not eligible to receive benefits under the MSA
program. Persons who are found ineligible for supplemental security income because of excess
income, but whose income is within the limits of the Minnesota supplemental aid program, must
have blindness or disability determined by the state medical review team.
    Subd. 2. Resource standards. The resource standards and restrictions for supplemental
aid under this section shall be those used to determine eligibility for disabled individuals in
the supplemental security income program.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1995 c 207 art 5 s 40; 1995 c 248 art 17 s 7]
    Subd. 4. Cooperation. To be eligible for the Minnesota supplemental aid program,
applicants and recipients must cooperate with the state and local agency to identify potentially
liable third-party payors and assist the state in obtaining third-party payments. Cooperation
includes identifying any third party who may be liable for benefits provided under this chapter to
the applicant, recipient, or any other family member for whom application is made, and providing
relevant information to assist the state in pursuing a potentially liable third party.
History: 1989 c 282 art 5 s 101; 1990 c 568 art 3 s 90; 1995 c 207 art 5 s 11; art 6 s 107;
1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 4; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113