1.2relating to human services; modifying the effective date of the MFIP housing
1.3assistance grant;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256J.35.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256J.35, is amended to read:
1.6256J.35 AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PAYMENT.
1.7Except as provided in paragraphs (a) to (d), the amount of an assistance payment is
1.8equal to the difference between the MFIP standard of need or the Minnesota family wage
1.9level in section 256J.24 and countable income.
1.10(a) Beginning July 1, 2015 2014, MFIP assistance units are eligible for an MFIP
1.11housing assistance grant of $110 per month, unless:
1.12(1) the housing assistance unit is currently receiving public and assisted rental
1.13subsidies provided through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
1.14and is subject to section 256J.37, subdivision 3a; or
1.15(2) the assistance unit is a child-only case under section 256J.88.
1.16(b) When MFIP eligibility exists for the month of application, the amount of the
1.17assistance payment for the month of application must be prorated from the date of
1.18application or the date all other eligibility factors are met for that applicant, whichever is
1.19later. This provision applies when an applicant loses at least one day of MFIP eligibility.
1.20(c) MFIP overpayments to an assistance unit must be recouped according to section
1.21256J.38, subdivision 4 .
1.22(d) An initial assistance payment must not be made to an applicant who is not
1.23eligible on the date payment is made.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2014.