2024 Minnesota Statutes

142A.28 RECOVERY OF MONEY; APPORTIONMENT.

Subdivision 1.Retention rates.

(a) When an assistance recovery amount is collected and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing public assistance programs, the county may keep one-half of the recovery made by the county agency using any method other than recoupment.

(b) This section does not apply to recoveries by the attorney general's office or child support collections. In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nonfederal share of recoveries in the federal tax offset program only will be divided equally between the state agency and the involved county agency.

Subd. 2.Retention rates for AFDC and MFIP.

(a) When an assistance recovery amount is collected and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing the aid to families with dependent children program formerly codified in 1996 in sections 256.72 to 256.87 or MFIP under chapter 142G, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency from the proceeds of the recovery using the applicable rate specified in paragraph (b) or (c).

(b) For recoveries of overpayments made on or before September 30, 1996, from the aid to families with dependent children program including the emergency assistance program, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency at a rate of one-quarter of the recovery made by any method other than recoupment.

(c) For recoveries of overpayments made after September 30, 1996, from the aid to families with dependent children program including the emergency assistance program and programs funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families program under section 142G.03, subdivision 2, and recoveries of nonfederally funded food assistance under section 142G.11, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency at a rate of one-quarter of the recovery made by any method other than recoupment.

History:

2024 c 80 art 1 s 44

NOTE: A transfer of a power or responsibility in this chapter to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is effective upon notice of the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the commissioners of administration, management and budget, and other relevant departments along with the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the relevant legislative committees and divisions. Laws 2024, chapter 80, article 8, section 72, Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 12, section 30.