MN HF4136

County agencies limited to contributing no more than 50% of total SNAP administrative costs, with the state commissioner required to reimburse counties for the difference between federal reimbursement and the county's share

State commissioner assumes full responsibility for bearing any SNAP federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions, removing the previous requirement that counties share half of such penalties

Removes provision that previously distributed SNAP sanctions among counties based on their proportional administrative costs and benefit issuance amounts

Counties prohibited from reducing or withholding benefits to recipients to cover costs of fiscal penalties, with the previous requirement that county funds cover penalty costs struck from law

Amends multiple sections of Minnesota Statutes (142A.03, 142F.05, 256.017) to shift SNAP administrative cost burden from counties toward the state