1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; allowing for income and child development in the 
1.3 	first three years of life demonstration project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONERS; INCOME AND ASSET 
1.6 	EXCLUSION.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall not count payments made to 
1.8 	families participating in an income and child development in the first three years of life 
1.9 	demonstration as income or assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility 
1.10 	for child care assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B; the Minnesota 
1.11 	family investment program, work benefit program, or diversionary work program under 
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, during the duration of the demonstration.
1.13 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall not count payments made to 
1.14 	families participating in the income and child development in the first three years of life 
1.15 	demonstration as income for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility for 
1.16 	medical assistance under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B, and MinnesotaCare under 
1.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L.
1.18 	(c) For the purposes of this section, "income and child development in the first 
1.19 	three years of life demonstration" means a demonstration project funded by the United 
1.20 	States Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health to 
1.21 	evaluate whether the unconditional cash payments have a causal effect on the cognitive, 
1.22 	socioemotional, and brain development of infants and toddlers.
1.23 	(d) This section shall only be implemented if Minnesota is chosen as a site for the child 
1.24 	development in the first three years of life demonstration site, and expires January 1, 2022.
2.1 	(e) The commissioner of human services shall provide a report to the legislative 
2.2 	committees having jurisdiction over human services issues by January 1, 2023, informing 
2.3 	the legislature on the progress and outcomes of the demonstration under this section.