1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying eligibility criteria for group residential 
1.3 	housing;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256I.04, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256I.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Individual eligibility requirements. An individual is eligible for 
1.7 	and entitled to a group residential housing payment to be made on the individual's behalf 
1.8 	if the county agency has approved the individual's residence in a group residential housing 
1.9 	setting and the individual meets the requirements in paragraph (a) ~~or~~, (b), or (c).
1.10 	(a) The individual is aged, blind, or is over 18 years of age and disabled as 
1.11 	determined under the criteria used by the title II program of the Social Security Act, 
1.12 	and meets the resource restrictions and standards of the supplemental security income 
1.13 	program, and the individual's countable income after deducting the (1) exclusions and 
1.14 	disregards of the SSI program, (2) the medical assistance personal needs allowance 
1.15 	under section 256B.35, and (3) an amount equal to the income actually made available 
1.16 	to a community spouse by an elderly waiver recipient under the provisions of sections 
1.17 	256B.0575, paragraph (a), clause (4), and 256B.058, subdivision 2, is less than the 
1.18 	monthly rate specified in the county agency's agreement with the provider of group 
1.19 	residential housing in which the individual resides.
1.20 	(b) The individual meets a category of eligibility under section 256D.05, subdivision 
1.21 	1, paragraph (a), and the individual's resources are less than the standards specified by 
1.22 	section 256D.08, and the individual's countable income as determined under sections 
1.23 	256D.01 to 256D.21, less the medical assistance personal needs allowance under section 
2.1 	256B.35 is less than the monthly rate specified in the county agency's agreement with the 
2.2 	provider of group residential housing in which the individual resides.
2.3 	(c) An individual who meets the eligibility criteria in paragraph (b), except for 
2.4 	the income and resource eligibility criteria, and is receiving a group residential housing 
2.5 	payment, must not lose group residential housing eligibility due to earned income for 12 
2.6 	months or until such time that the individual is not income-eligible for group residential 
2.7 	housing, whichever is sooner.