1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to child care; clarifying uses of MFIP child 
  1.3             care funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  1.4             Supplement, section 119B.05, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.7   119B.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.] Families eligible 
  1.9   for child care assistance under the MFIP child care program are: 
  1.10     (1) MFIP participants who are employed or in job search and 
  1.11  meet the requirements of section 119B.10; 
  1.12     (2) persons who are members of transition year families 
  1.13  under section 119B.011, subdivision 20; 
  1.14     (3) families who are participating in employment 
  1.15  orientation or job search, or other employment or training 
  1.16  activities that are included in an approved employability 
  1.17  development plan under chapter 256K; 
  1.18     (4) MFIP families who are participating in work activities, 
  1.19  defined in section 256J.49, subdivision 13, as required in their 
  1.20  job search support or employment plan, or in appeals, hearings, 
  1.21  assessments, or orientations according to chapter 256J.  Child 
  1.22  care assistance to support work activities as described in 
  1.23  section 256J.49 must be available according to sections 
  1.24  119B.011, subdivision 11, 124D.13, 256E.08, and 611A.32 and 
  1.25  titles IVA, IVB, IVE, and XX of the Social Security Act; and 
  2.1      (5) families who are participating in programs as required 
  2.2   in tribal contracts under section 119B.02, subdivision 2, or 
  2.3   256.01, subdivision 2.