1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to veterans; modifying human services data and veterans data provisions;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.461, subdivision 27; 197.065.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.461, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 27.State soldiers assistance program Veterans affairs programs.Access to
1.7information for purposes of verifying eligibility for the State Soldiers Assistance Program,
1.8the Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, and the Supplemental Security Income/Social Security
1.9Disability Insurance Outreach, Access, and Recovery program is governed by section
1.10197.065.
1.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.065, is amended to read:
1.12 197.065 ACCESS TO DATABASE.
1.13 Notwithstanding section 13.46, subdivision 2, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
1.14electronically access the MAXIS database maintained by the Department of Human Services
1.15for the purpose of verifying eligibility status of applicants for benefits under the State
1.16Soldiers Assistance Program, the Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, and the Supplemental
1.17Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance Outreach, Access, and Recovery
1.18program. The commissioner may electronically access the MAXIS database to ensure that
1.19veterans are connected to all available state and federal resources for which the veterans
1.20are eligible.
1Sec. 2.
25-00194 as introduced11/21/24 REVISOR EB/DG
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1706NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development