MN SF4495

Prohibits individuals enrolled in Minnesota public assistance programs (MFIP, SNAP, general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, housing support, medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, and child care assistance) from using licensed money transmitters to send money to foreign countries

Requires mandatory disenrollment from all public assistance programs for any individual who violates the prohibition on international money transfers

Mandates licensed money transmitters submit electronic reports every six months to both the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families and the Commissioner of Human Services identifying all individuals who sent money to foreign countries

Requires commissioners to cross-reference money transmitter reports against public assistance enrollment records and terminate eligibility for any enrolled individuals found to have made international transfers

Amends Minnesota Statutes sections 142A.03 and 256.01, and creates new section 53B.681