1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; modifying the general assistance standard of assistance;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256D.01, subdivision 1b.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256D.01, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 1b.Rules; standard of assistance.The commissioner shall adopt rules to set
1.7standards of assistance and methods of calculating payment to conform with subdivision
1.81a. When a recipient is a resident of a licensed residential facility, except shelters for the
1.9homeless or shelters under section 611A.31, the recipient is not eligible for a full general
1.10assistance standard. The state standard of assistance for those recipients who reside in a
1.11licensed residential facility and have personal needs not otherwise provided for is:
1.12 (1) 70 percent of the general assistance standard for recipients receiving housing
1.13assistance under chapter 256I and residing in a licensed residential facility under section
1.14256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2); or
1.15 (2) the personal needs allowance authorized for medical assistance recipients under
1.16section 256B.35 for recipients residing in other licensed residential facilities.
1Section 1.
25-02714 as introduced01/28/25 REVISOR DTT/ES
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1161NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: XIONG)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/10/2025
Referred to Health and Human Services