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MN SF3333

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2018

Primary Sponsor

Julie Rosen

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Origin

Senate

90th Legislature 2017-2018

AI Summary

  • EBT cards for cash benefits must include the cardholder's name, photograph, and list of authorized family members, with cardholders required to show identification before purchases and cards issued within 30 calendar days of eligibility determination.

  • Prohibits use of EBT cards to purchase tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, with violations resulting in program disqualification, and requires returned items to be credited back to the card rather than given as cash.

  • Establishes asset limits for medical assistance eligibility: $3,000 for individuals, $6,000 for two-person households, plus $200 for each additional dependent, with limits applying to families and children at $10,000-$20,000 depending on household size.

  • Requires local probation agencies to provide weekly lists of probationers testing positive for illegal controlled substances to welfare fraud divisions for purposes of eligibility determinations under general assistance, supplemental aid, and MFIP programs.

  • Commissioner of human services must seek federal waivers to implement asset limits reinstatement for families with children and single adults, and to remove self-attestation requirements for medical assistance eligibility establishment.

Legislative Description

Welfare provisions and EBT card requirements modifications; asset limits imposition; probation officers requirement to provide of a list of probationers who test positive for illegal substances to the welfare fraud division establishment

Last Action

Author added Kiffmeyer

4/16/2018

Committee Referrals

Human Services Reform Finance and Policy3/14/2018

Full Bill Text

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