1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 256D General Assistance
Section 256D.066 Interstate payment standards.

256D.066 Interstate payment standards.

(a) Effective July 1, 1997, the amount of assistance paid to an eligible assistance unit in which all members have resided in this state for less than 12 consecutive calendar months immediately preceding the date of application shall be the lesser of either the payment standard that would have been received by the assistance unit from the state of immediate prior residence, or the amount calculated in accordance with this chapter. The lesser payment shall continue until the assistance unit meets the 12-month requirement. Payment shall be calculated by applying this state's budgeting policies and the unit's net income shall be deducted from the payment standard in the other state or in this state, whichever is lower. At county option, payment shall be made in vendor form for rent and utilities, up to the limit of the grant amount, and residual amounts, if any, shall be paid directly to the assistance unit.

(b) During the first 12 months an assistance unit resides in this state, the number of months that the unit is eligible to receive general assistance benefits is limited to the number of months the unit would have been eligible to receive similar benefits in the state of immediate prior residence.

(c) This policy applies whether or not the unit received similar benefits while residing in the state of previous residence.

(d) When a unit moves to this state from another state where the unit has exhausted that state's time limit for receiving similar benefits, the unit will not be eligible to receive any general assistance benefits in this state for 12 months from the date the unit moves here.

(e) Applicants must provide verification of their state of immediate prior residence, in the form of tax statements, a driver's license, automobile registration, rent receipts, or other forms of verification approved by the commissioner.

(f) For the purposes of this subdivision, "state of immediate prior residence" means:

(i) the state in which the applicant declares the applicant spent the most time in the 30 days prior to moving to this state; or

(ii) the applicant is in the migrant work stream and the applicant maintains a home in another state.

(g) Migrant workers as defined in section 256J.08 and until March 31, 1998, their immediate families are exempt from this section, provided the migrant worker provides verification that the migrant family worked in this state within the last 12 months and earned at least $1,000 in gross wages during the time the migrant worker worked in this state.

HIST: 1997 c 85 art 3 s 44