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 2022, section 256D.01, subdivision 1b.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256D.01, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 1b.Rules; standard of assistance. The commissioner shall adopt rules to set 
1.7 	standards of assistance and methods of calculating payment to conform with subdivision 
1.8 	1a. When a recipient is a resident of a licensed residential facility, except shelters for the 
1.9 	homeless or shelters under section 611A.31, the recipient is not eligible for a full general 
1.10 	assistance standard. The state standard of assistance for those recipients who reside in a 
1.11 	licensed 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 
1.13 	assistance under chapter 256I and residing in a licensed residential facility under section 
1.14 	256I.04, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2); or
1.15 	(2) the personal needs allowance authorized for medical assistance recipients under 
1.16 	section 256B.35 for recipients residing in other licensed residential facilities.