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MN Stat § 256N.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256N — Northstar Care For Children|Section 256N.001 — Citation.

256N.001 CITATION. Sections 256N.001 to 256N.28 may be cited as the "Northstar Care for Children Act." Sections 256N.001 to 256N.28 establish Northstar Care for Children, which authorizes certain benefits to support a child in need who is served by the Minnesota child welfare system and who is the responsibility of the state, local county social service agencies, or tribal social service agencies authorized under section 256.01, subdivision 14b, or are otherwise eligible for federal adoption assistance. A child eligible under this chapter has experienced a child welfare intervention that has resulted in the child being placed away from the child's parents' care and is receiving foster care services consistent with chapter 260B, 260C, or 260D, or is in the permanent care of relatives through a transfer of permanent legal and physical custody, or in the permanent care of adoptive parents. History:   2013 c 108 art 17 s 4
MN Stat § 256N.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256N — Northstar Care For Children|Section 256N.01 — Public Policy.

256N.01 PUBLIC POLICY. (a) The legislature declares that the public policy of this state is to keep children safe from harm and to ensure that when children suffer harmful or injurious experiences in their lives, appropriate services are immediately available to keep them safe. (b) Children do best in permanent, safe, nurturing homes where they can maintain lifelong relationships with adults. Whenever safely possible, children are best served when they can be nurtured and raised by their parents. Where services cannot be provided to allow a child to remain safely at home, an out-of-home placement may be required. When this occurs, reunification should be sought if it can be accomplished safely. When it is not possible for parents to provide safety and permanency for their children, an alternative permanent home must quickly be made available to the child, drawing from kinship sources whenever possible. (c) Minnesota understands the importance of having a comprehensive approach to temporary out-of-home care and to permanent homes for children who cannot be reunited with their families. It is critical that stable benefits be available to caregivers to ensure that the child's needs can be met whether the child's situation and best interests call for temporary foster care, transfer of permanent legal and physical custody to a relative, or adoption. Northstar Care for Children focuses on the child's needs and strengths, and the actual level of care provided by the caregiver, without consideration for the type of placement setting. In this way caregivers are not faced with the burden of making specific long-term decisions based upon competing financial incentives. History:   2013 c 108 art 17 s 5
MN Stat § 256N.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256N — Northstar Care For Children|Section 256N.20 — Northstar Care For Children; Generally.

256N.20 NORTHSTAR CARE FOR CHILDREN; GENERALLY. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. A child is eligible for Northstar Care for Children if the child is eligible for: (1) foster care under section 256N.21; (2) Northstar kinship assistance under section 256N.22; or (3) adoption assistance under section 256N.23. Subd. 2. Assessments. Except as otherwise specified, a child eligible for Northstar Care for Children shall receive an assessment under section 256N.24. Subd. 3. Agreements. When a child is eligible for Northstar kinship assistance or adoption assistance, negotiations with caregivers and the development of a written, binding agreement must be conducted under section 256N.25. Subd. 4. Benefits and payments. A child eligible for Northstar Care for Children is entitled to benefits specified in section 256N.26, based primarily on assessments under section 256N.24, and, if appropriate, negotiations and agreements under section 256N.25. Although paid to the caregiver, these benefits must be considered benefits of the child rather than of the caregiver. Subd. 5. Federal, state, and local shares. The cost of Northstar Care for Children must be shared among the federal government, state, counties of financial responsibility, and certain tribes as specified in section 256N.27. Subd. 6. Administration and appeals. The commissioner and financially responsible agency, or other agency designated by the commissioner, shall administer Northstar Care for Children according to section 256N.28. The notification and fair hearing process applicable to this chapter is defined in section 256N.28. Subd. 7. Transition. A child in foster care, relative custody assistance, or adoption assistance prior to January 1, 2015, who remains with the same caregivers, continues to receive benefits under programs preceding Northstar Care for Children, unless the child moves to a new foster care placement, permanency is obtained for the child, or the commissioner initiates transition of a child receiving pre-Northstar Care for Children relative custody assistance, Northstar kinship assistance, or adoption assistance under this chapter. Provisions for the transition to Northstar Care for Children for certain children in preceding programs are specified in section 256N.28, subdivisions 2 and 7. Additional provisions for children in: foster care are specified in section 256N.21, subdivision 6; relative custody assistance under section 257.85 are specified in section 256N.22, subdivision 12; and adoption assistance under chapter 259A are specified in section 256N.23, subdivision 13. History:  2013 c 108 art 17 s 7; 2014 c 312 art 25 s 34
MN Stat § 256N.261 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256N — Northstar Care For Children|Section 256N.261 — Support For Adoptive, Foster, And Kinship Families.

256N.261 SUPPORT FOR ADOPTIVE, FOSTER, AND KINSHIP FAMILIES. Subdivision 1. Program established. The commissioner shall design and implement a coordinated program to reduce the need for placement changes or out-of-home placements of children and youth in foster care, adoptive placements, and permanent physical and legal custody kinship placements, and to improve the functioning and stability of these families. To the extent federal funds are available, the commissioner shall provide the following adoption and foster care-competent services and ensure that placements are trauma-informed and child and family-centered: (1) a program providing information, referrals, a parent-to-parent support network, peer support for youth, family activities, respite care, crisis services, educational support, and mental health services for children and youth in adoption, foster care, and kinship placements and adoptive, foster, and kinship families in Minnesota; (2) training offered statewide in Minnesota for foster, adoptive, and kinship families, and the professionals who serve the families, on the effects of trauma, common disabilities of adopted children and children in foster care and kinship placements, and challenges in adoption, foster care, and kinship placements; and (3) periodic evaluation of these services to ensure program effectiveness in preserving and improving the success of adoptive, foster, and kinship placements. Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Child and family-centered" means individualized services that respond to a child's or youth's strengths, interests, and current developmental stage, including social, cognitive, emotional, physical, cultural, racial, and spiritual needs, and offer support to the entire adoptive, foster, or kinship family. (c) "Trauma-informed" means care that acknowledges the effect trauma has on children and the children's families; modifies services to respond to the effects of trauma; emphasizes skill and strength-building rather than symptom management; and focuses on the physical and psychological safety of the child and family. History:  1Sp2017 c 6 art 7 s 28; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 60
MN Stat § 256P.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256P — Economic Assistance Program Eligibility And Verification|Section 256P.001 — Applicability.

256P.001 APPLICABILITY. General assistance and Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D, child care assistance programs under chapter 119B, and programs governed by chapter 256I or 256J are subject to the requirements of this chapter, unless otherwise specified or exempted. History:  2014 c 312 art 28 s 31; 2015 c 71 art 5 s 22,35
MN Stat § 256P.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256P — Economic Assistance Program Eligibility And Verification|Section 256P.03 — Earned Income Disregard.

256P.03 EARNED INCOME DISREGARD. Subdivision 1. Exempted programs. Participants who qualify for child care assistance programs under chapter 119B, Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D, and housing support under chapter 256I on the basis of eligibility for Supplemental Security Income are exempt from this section. Subd. 2. Earned income disregard. The agency shall disregard the first $65 of earned income plus one-half of the remaining earned income per month. History:  2014 c 312 art 28 s 34; 2015 c 71 art 5 s 27,35; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 256P.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256P — Economic Assistance Program Eligibility And Verification|Section 256P.05 — Self-employment Earnings.

256P.05 SELF-EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS. Subdivision 1. Exempted programs. Participants who qualify for Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D and housing support under chapter 256I on the basis of eligibility for Supplemental Security Income are exempt from this section. Participants who qualify for child care assistance programs under chapter 119B are exempt from subdivision 3. Subd. 2. Self-employment income determinations. Applicants and participants must choose one of the methods described in this subdivision for determining self-employment earned income. An agency must determine self-employment income, which is either: (1) one-half of gross earnings from self-employment; or (2) taxable income as determined from an Internal Revenue Service tax form that has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service for the most recent year and according to guidance provided for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A 12-month average using taxable income shall be used to budget monthly income. Subd. 3. Self-employment budgeting. (a) The self-employment budget period begins in the month of application or in the first month of self-employment. (b) Applicants and participants who elect to use taxable income as described in subdivision 2, clause (2), to determine self-employment income must continue to use this method until recertification, unless there is an unforeseen significant change in gross income equaling a decline in gross income of the amount equal to or greater than the earned income disregard as defined in section 256P.03 from the income used to determine the benefit for the current month. (c) For applicants and participants who elect to use one-half of gross earnings as described in subdivision 2, clause (1), to determine self-employment income, earnings must be counted as income in the month received. History: 2014 c 312 art 28 s 36; 2015 c 71 art 5 s 30,35; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 39; 1Sp2021 c 7 art 7 s 24 NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 7, section 24, is effective May 1, 2022. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 7, section 24, the effective date.
MN Stat § 256Q.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.01 — Plan Established.

256Q.01 PLAN ESTABLISHED. A savings plan known as the Minnesota ABLE plan is established. In establishing this plan, the legislature seeks to encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities to maintain health, independence, and quality of life, and to provide secure funding for disability-related expenses on behalf of designated beneficiaries with disabilities that will supplement, but not supplant, benefits provided through private insurance, the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the beneficiary's employment, and other sources. History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 44
MN Stat § 256Q.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.02 — Citation.

256Q.02 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Achieving a Better Life Experience Act" or "Minnesota ABLE Act." History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 45
MN Stat § 256Q.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.04 — Able Plan Requirements.

256Q.04 ABLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. State residency requirement. The designated beneficiary of an ABLE account must be a resident of Minnesota, or the resident of a state that has entered into a contract with Minnesota to provide its residents access to the Minnesota ABLE plan. Subd. 2. Single account requirement. No more than one ABLE account shall be established per beneficiary, except as permitted under section 529A(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subd. 3. Accounts-type plan. The plan must be operated as an accounts-type plan. A separate account must be maintained for each designated beneficiary for whom contributions are made. Subd. 4. Contribution and account requirements. Contributions to an ABLE account are subject to the requirements of section 529A(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code prohibiting noncash contributions and contributions in excess of the annual contribution limit. The total account balance may not exceed the maximum account balance limit imposed under section 136G.09, subdivision 8. Subd. 5. Limited investment direction. Designated beneficiaries may not direct the investment of assets in their accounts more than twice in any calendar year. Subd. 6. Security for loans. An interest in an account must not be used as security for a loan. History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 47
MN Stat § 256Q.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.06 — Plan Accounts.

256Q.06 PLAN ACCOUNTS. Subdivision 1. Contributions to an account. Any person may make contributions to an ABLE account on behalf of a designated beneficiary. Contributions to an account made by persons other than the account owner become the property of the account owner. A person does not acquire an interest in an ABLE account by making contributions to an account. Contributions to an account must be made in cash, by check, or by other commercially acceptable means, as permitted by the Internal Revenue Service and approved by the plan administrator in cooperation with the commissioner and the board. Subd. 2. Contribution and account limitations. Contributions to an ABLE account are subject to the requirements of section 529A(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The total account balance of an ABLE account may not exceed the maximum account balance limit imposed under section 136G.09, subdivision 8. The plan administrator must reject any portion of a contribution to an account that exceeds the annual contribution limit or that would cause the total account balance to exceed the maximum account balance limit imposed under section 136G.09, subdivision 8. Subd. 3. Authority of account owner. An account owner is the only person entitled to: (1) request distributions; (2) request rollover distributions; or (3) change the beneficiary of an ABLE account to a member of the family of the current beneficiary, but only if the beneficiary to whom the ABLE account is transferred is an eligible individual. Subd. 4. Effect of plan changes on participation agreement. Amendments to this chapter automatically amend the participation agreement. Any amendments to the operating procedures and policies of the plan automatically amend the participation agreement after adoption by the commissioner or the board. Subd. 5. Special account to hold plan assets in trust. All assets of the plan, including contributions to accounts, are held in trust for the exclusive benefit of account owners. Assets must be held in a separate account in the state treasury to be known as the Minnesota ABLE plan account or in accounts with the third-party provider selected pursuant to section 256Q.05, subdivision 4. Plan assets are not subject to claims by creditors of the state, are not part of the general fund, and are not subject to appropriation by the state. Payments from the Minnesota ABLE plan account shall be made under this chapter. History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 49
MN Stat § 256Q.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.07 — Investment Of Able Accounts.

256Q.07 INVESTMENT OF ABLE ACCOUNTS. Subdivision 1. State Board of Investment to invest. The State Board of Investment shall invest the money deposited in accounts in the plan. Subd. 2. Permitted investments. The board may invest the accounts in any permitted investment under section 11A.24, except that the accounts may be invested without limit in investment options from open-ended investment companies registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, United States Code, title 15, sections 80a-1 to 80a-64. Subd. 3. Contracting authority. The board may contract with one or more third parties for investment management, record keeping, or other services in connection with investing the accounts. The board and commissioner may jointly contract with third-party providers, if the commissioner and board determine that it is desirable to contract with the same entity or entities for administration and investment management. History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 50
MN Stat § 256Q.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256Q — Minnesota Able Plan|Section 256Q.08 — Account Distributions.

256Q.08 ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS. Subdivision 1. Qualified distribution methods. (a) Qualified distributions may be made: (1) directly to participating providers of goods and services that are qualified disability expenses, if purchased for a beneficiary; (2) in the form of a check payable to both the beneficiary and provider of goods or services that are qualified disability expenses; or (3) directly to the beneficiary, if the beneficiary has already paid qualified disability expenses. (b) Qualified distributions must be withdrawn proportionally from contributions and earnings in an account owner's account on the date of distribution as provided in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. Subd. 2. Distributions upon death of a beneficiary. Upon the death of a beneficiary, the amount remaining in the beneficiary's account must be distributed pursuant to section 529A(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subd. 3. Nonqualified distribution. An account owner may request a nonqualified distribution from an account at any time. Nonqualified distributions are based on the total account balances in an account owner's account and must be withdrawn proportionally from contributions and earnings as provided in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. The earnings portion of a nonqualified distribution is subject to a federal additional tax pursuant to section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subdivision, "earnings portion" means the ratio of the earnings in the account to the total account balance, immediately prior to the distribution, multiplied by the distribution. History:   2015 c 71 art 7 s 51
MN Stat § 256R.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256R — Nursing Facility Rates|Section 256R.01 — General.

256R.01 GENERAL. Subdivision 1. Payment rates. Payment rates paid to any nursing facility receiving medical assistance payments must be those rates established pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted under it. Subd. 2. Authority of commissioner. The commissioner shall establish, by rule, procedures for determining rates for care of residents of nursing facilities which qualify as vendors of medical assistance, and for implementing the provisions of this chapter and section 256B.50. The procedures shall specify the costs that are allowable for establishing payment rates through medical assistance. Subd. 3. Compliance with federal requirements. If any provision of this chapter and section 256B.50 is determined by the United States government to be in conflict with existing or future requirements of the United States government with respect to federal participation in medical assistance, the federal requirements shall prevail. History:   2016 c 99 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 256R.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256R — Nursing Facility Rates|Section 256R.05 — Required Practices.

256R.05 REQUIRED PRACTICES. Subdivision 1. Preadmission screening. (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for nursing facilities shall be authorized for a medical assistance recipient only if a preadmission screening has been conducted prior to admission or the county has authorized an exemption. Medical assistance reimbursement for nursing facilities shall not be provided for any recipient who the local screener has determined does not meet the level of care criteria for nursing facility placement in section 144.0724, subdivision 11, or, if indicated, has not had a level II OBRA evaluation as required under the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, unless an admission for a recipient with mental illness is approved by the local mental health authority or an admission for a recipient with developmental disability is approved by the state developmental disability authority. (b) The nursing facility must not bill a person who is not a medical assistance recipient for resident days that preceded the date of completion of screening activities as required under section 256.975, subdivisions 7a to 7c. The nursing facility must include unreimbursed resident days in the nursing facility resident day totals reported to the commissioner. Subd. 2. Referrals to Medicare providers. (a) Notwithstanding sections 256R.04 and 256R.06, subdivisions 2 and 4, nursing facility providers that do not participate in or accept Medicare assignment must refer and document the referral of dual eligible recipients for whom placement is requested and for whom the resident would be qualified for a Medicare-covered stay to Medicare providers. The commissioner shall audit nursing facilities that do not accept Medicare and determine if dual eligible individuals with Medicare qualifying stays have been admitted. If such a determination is made, the commissioner shall deny Medicaid payment for the first 20 days of that resident's stay. (b) A nursing facility that violates this subdivision is subject to section 256R.04, subdivisions 7 and 8. History:   2016 c 99 art 1 s 5