1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256.0361 Field trial operation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Local plan.  A county that is selected 
 to serve as a field trial or control site shall carry out the 
 activities necessary to perform the evaluation for the duration 
 of the field trials. 

    Field trial counties and Indian tribes providing Minnesota 
 family investment plan case management services must submit 
 service delivery plans to the commissioner annually during the 
 field trial period.  The service delivery plan must describe the 
 case management services in the county in a manner prescribed by 
 the commissioner.  

    In counties in which a federally recognized Indian tribe is 
 operating Minnesota family investment plan case management 
 services under an agreement with the commissioner of human 
 services, the service delivery plans of the tribe and the county 
 must provide that the parties will coordinate to provide tribal 
 case management services, including developing a system for 
 referrals, sanctions, and the provision of supporting services 
 such as access to child care funds and transportation.  Written 
 agreement on these provisions will be provided in the service 
 delivery plans of the tribe and county.  If the county and 
 Indian tribe cannot agree on these provisions, the county or 
 tribe shall notify the commissioners of human services and 
 economic security who shall resolve the dispute.  

    Subd. 2.    Financial reimbursement.  (a) Up to the 
 limit of the state appropriation, a county selected by the 
 commissioner to serve as a field trial or a comparison site for 
 the Minnesota family investment plan shall be reimbursed by the 
 state for the nonfederal share of administrative costs that were 
 incurred during the development, implementation, and operation 
 of the program and that exceed the administrative costs that 
 would have been incurred in the absence of the program. 

    (b) Minnesota family investment plan assistance is included 
 as covered programs and services under section 256.025, 
 subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 3.    Evaluation data.  The commissioner may 
 access data maintained by the department of economic security 
 under sections 268.03 to 268.23 for the purpose of evaluating 
 the Minnesota family investment plan for persons randomly 
 assigned to a test or comparison group as part of the 
 evaluation.  This subdivision authorizes access to data 
 concerning the three years before the time of random assignment 
 for persons randomly assigned to a test or comparison group and 
 data concerning the five years after random assignment. 

    HIST: 1991 c 292 art 5 s 21; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 9; 1993 c 306 
 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 30; 1996 c 417 s 31