1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to welfare; deleting a provision that would 
  1.3             require the county agency to count $100 of a rental or 
  1.4             housing subsidy as unearned income for purposes of the 
  1.5             MFIP program; repealing provisions related to the 
  1.6             September Alien Verification for Entitlements federal 
  1.7             program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 
  1.8             256D.053, subdivision 1; and 256J.37, subdivision 9; 
  1.9             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.01, 
  1.10            subdivision 18; and 256J.32, subdivision 7a; Laws 
  1.11            1997, chapter 203, article 9, section 21; Laws 1998, 
  1.12            chapter 407, article 6, section 111; and Laws 2000, 
  1.13            chapter 488, article 10, sections 28 and 30. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256D.053, 
  1.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.17     Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.] The Minnesota food 
  1.18  assistance program is established to provide food assistance to 
  1.19  legal noncitizens residing in this state who are ineligible to 
  1.20  participate in the federal Food Stamp Program solely due to the 
  1.21  provisions of section 402 or 403 of Public Law Number 104-193, 
  1.22  as authorized by Title VII of the 1997 Emergency Supplemental 
  1.23  Appropriations Act, Public Law Number 105-18, and as amended by 
  1.24  Public Law Number 105-185. 
  1.25     Beginning July 1, 2002, the Minnesota food assistance 
  1.26  program is limited to those noncitizens described in this 
  1.27  subdivision who are 50 years of age or older. 
  1.28     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256J.37, 
  1.29  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  2.1      Subd. 9.  [UNEARNED INCOME.] (a) The county agency must 
  2.2   apply unearned income to the MFIP standard of need.  When 
  2.3   determining the amount of unearned income, the county agency 
  2.4   must deduct the costs necessary to secure payments of unearned 
  2.5   income.  These costs include legal fees, medical fees, and 
  2.6   mandatory deductions such as federal and state income taxes. 
  2.7      (b) Effective July 1, 2001, the county agency shall count 
  2.8   $100 of the value of public and assisted rental subsidies 
  2.9   provided through the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
  2.10  (HUD) as unearned income.  The full amount of the subsidy must 
  2.11  be counted as unearned income when the subsidy is less than $100.
  2.12     (c) The provisions of paragraph (b) shall not apply to MFIP 
  2.13  participants who are exempt from the employment and training 
  2.14  services component because they are: 
  2.15     (i) individuals who are age 60 or older; 
  2.16     (ii) individuals who are suffering from a professionally 
  2.17  certified permanent or temporary illness, injury, or incapacity 
  2.18  which is expected to continue for more than 30 days and which 
  2.19  prevents the person from obtaining or retaining employment; or 
  2.20     (iii) caregivers whose presence in the home is required 
  2.21  because of the professionally certified illness or incapacity of 
  2.22  another member in the assistance unit, a relative in the 
  2.23  household, or a foster child in the household. 
  2.24     (d) The provisions of paragraph (b) shall not apply to an 
  2.25  MFIP assistance unit where the parental caregiver receives 
  2.26  supplemental security income. 
  2.27     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.28     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.01, subdivision 
  2.29  18; and 256J.32, subdivision 7a, are repealed. 
  2.30     (b) Laws 1997, chapter 203, article 9, section 21; Laws 
  2.31  1998, chapter 407, article 6, section 111; and Laws 2000, 
  2.32  chapter 488, article 10, sections 28 and 30, are repealed.