2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145.893 — Nutritional supplement program.

     145.893 Nutritional supplement program. 


    Subdivision 1.    Vouchers.  An eligible individual 
 shall receive vouchers for the purchase of specified nutritional 
 supplements in type and quantity approved by the commissioner.  
 Alternate forms of delivery may be developed by the commissioner 
 in appropriate cases. 


    Subd. 2.    Eligibility.  An individual shall be 
 eligible for nutritional supplements who is not receiving a 
 similar supplement under any federal, state, or local program 
 and 


    (a) Is pregnant or lactating; or 


    (b) Is an infant or a child; and 


    (c) Is eligible for or a recipient of any form of public 
 assistance authorized by law and is certified by the local 
 health agency to be a nutritional risk; or 


    (d) Is certified by the local health agency to be a 
 nutritional risk and is without sufficient resources to purchase 
 necessary nutritional supplements. 


    Subd. 3.    Cessation.  Eligibility for nutritional 
 supplements shall cease upon certification by the local health 
 agency that the individual is no longer a nutritional risk, but 
 in no case later than: 


    (a) For lactating women, 12 months after the birth of a 
 surviving child; and 


    (b) For children, at five years of age. 


    HIST: 1975 c 346 s 3; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1978 c 762 s 5