Bill Text: MN HF979 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Uniform asset limit requirement analysis required across human service assistance programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF979 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF979-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; requiring the commissioner to analyze the
1.3establishment of uniform asset limits across human services assistance programs.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. UNIFORM ASSET LIMIT REQUIREMENTS.
1.6The commissioner of human services, in consultation with county human services
1.7representatives, shall analyze the differences in asset limit requirements across human
1.8services assistance programs, including group residential housing, Minnesota supplemental
1.9aid, general assistance, Minnesota family investment program, diversionary work program,
1.10the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance programs,
1.11and child care programs. The goal of the analysis is to establish a consistent asset limit
1.12across human services programs and minimize the administrative burdens on counties in
1.13implementing asset tests. The commissioner shall report its findings and conclusions to
1.14the health and human services legislative committees by January 15, 2012, and include
1.15draft legislation establishing a uniform asset limit for human services assistance programs.
1.3establishment of uniform asset limits across human services assistance programs.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. UNIFORM ASSET LIMIT REQUIREMENTS.
1.6The commissioner of human services, in consultation with county human services
1.7representatives, shall analyze the differences in asset limit requirements across human
1.8services assistance programs, including group residential housing, Minnesota supplemental
1.9aid, general assistance, Minnesota family investment program, diversionary work program,
1.10the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance programs,
1.11and child care programs. The goal of the analysis is to establish a consistent asset limit
1.12across human services programs and minimize the administrative burdens on counties in
1.13implementing asset tests. The commissioner shall report its findings and conclusions to
1.14the health and human services legislative committees by January 15, 2012, and include
1.15draft legislation establishing a uniform asset limit for human services assistance programs.
