H.F. No. 3390 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes section 197.05 to allow the commissioner of veterans affairs to issue grants to veterans required by court order to participate in substance abuse treatment or mental health counseling without requiring them to meet standard financial eligibility schedules.

• Creates a new veterans nursing home tax credit allowing eligible veterans or individuals paying for their nursing home care to claim a credit equal to 50 percent of nursing home costs, with maximum credits of $30,000 for married couples filing separate returns and $60,000 for all other filers.

• Requires the commissioners of veterans affairs, military affairs, and human services to jointly study and report by January 1, 2017 on the feasibility of providing medical assistance and MinnesotaCare coverage to veterans and National Guard members who meet federal health care eligibility guidelines.

• Appropriates unspecified amounts in fiscal year 2017 to fund honor guard compensation at veteran funerals, grants to the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans for homeless prevention assistance, domestic abuse counseling through the Change Step program, soldiers' assistance grants, and veterans courts development statewide.