1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing the MFIP transitional standard; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256J.24, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256J.24, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.MFIP transitional standard. (a) The MFIP transitional standard is based 
1.7 	on the number of persons in the assistance unit eligible for both food and cash assistance 
1.8 	unless the restrictions in subdivision 6 on the birth of a child apply. The following table 
1.9 	represents the transitional standards effective October 1, 2004.

1.10

1.11

Number of Eligible 
People

Transitional 
Standard

Cash Portion

Food Portion

1.12 | 1 | $379: | $250 | $129
1.13 | 2 | $675: | $437 | $238
1.14 | 3 | $876: | $532 | $344
1.15 | 4 | $1,036: | $621 | $415
1.16 | 5 | $1,180: | $697 | $483
1.17 | 6 | $1,350: | $773 | $577
1.18 | 7 | $1,472: | $850 | $622
1.19 | 8 | $1,623: | $916 | $707
1.20 | 9 | $1,772: | $980 | $792
1.21 | 10 | $1,915: | $1,035 | $880
1.22 | over 10 | add $142: | $53 | $89
1.23 | per additional member. | |
1.24 	(b) The commissioner shall increase the transitional standard by 100 percent 
1.25 	beginning July 1, 2007, to be distributed in the cash portion of the grant. Each year 
1.26 	thereafter, the commissioner shall adjust the transitional standard to reflect an inflation 
2.1 	adjustment. The index for the inflation adjustment must be based on the change in the 
2.2 	Consumer Price Index-All Items (United States City Average) (CPI-U) forecasted by the 
2.3 	commissioner of finance's national economic consultant, as forecasted in the fourth quarter 
2.4 	of the calendar year preceding the rate year. The inflation adjustment must be based on the 
2.5 	12-month period from the midpoint of the previous rate year to the midpoint of the rate 
2.6 	year for which the rate is being determined.
2.7 	(c) The commissioner shall annually publish in the State Register the transitional 
2.8 	standard for an assistance unit sizes 1 to 10 including a breakdown of the cash and food 
2.9 	portions.