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MN Stat § 256.0121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.0121 — Southern Cities Community Health Clinic.

256.0121 SOUTHERN CITIES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC. Subdivision 1. Service provision. The commissioner of human services shall offer medically necessary psychiatric and dental services to developmentally disabled clients in the Faribault service area through the Southern Cities Community Health Clinic. For purposes of this requirement, the Faribault service area is expanded to also include geographic areas of the state within 100 miles of Faribault. Subd. 2. Consultation required. The commissioner of human services shall consult with providers of psychiatric and dental services to developmentally disabled clients, family members of developmentally disabled clients, the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over health and human services fiscal issues, and the exclusive representatives when considering policy changes related to: (1) the future of the Southern Cities Community Health Clinic; (2) the services currently provided by that clinic to developmentally disabled clients in the Faribault regional center catchment area; and (3) changes in the model for providing those services. Subd. 3. Guarantee of service availability; legislative notice. (a) The Department of Human Services shall guarantee the provision of medically necessary psychiatric and dental services to developmentally disabled clients in the Faribault service area through the Southern Cities Community Health Clinic until or unless other appropriate arrangements have been made to provide those clients with those services and the requirements of paragraph (b) are met. (b) The commissioner shall notify the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over health and human services fiscal issues of plans to use other arrangements to provide medically necessary psychiatric and dental services to developmentally disabled clients in the Faribault service area. The commissioner must not implement these arrangements unless a regular legislative session has convened and adjourned since the date notice was given under this paragraph. History:   2000 c 465 s 6
MN Stat § 256.016 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.016 — Plain Language In Written Materials.

256.016 PLAIN LANGUAGE IN WRITTEN MATERIALS. (a) To the extent reasonable and consistent with the goals of providing easily understandable and readable materials and complying with federal and state laws governing the programs, all written materials relating to services and determinations of eligibility for or amounts of benefits that will be given to applicants for or recipients of assistance under a program administered or supervised by the commissioner of human services must be understandable to a person who reads at the seventh-grade level, using the Flesch scale analysis readability score as determined under section 72C.09. (b) All written materials relating to determinations of eligibility for or amounts of benefits that will be given to applicants for or recipients of assistance under programs administered or supervised by the commissioner of human services must be developed to satisfy the plain language requirements of the Plain Language Contract Act under sections 325G.29 to 325G.36. Materials may be submitted to the attorney general for review and certification. Notwithstanding section 325G.35, subdivision 1, the attorney general shall review submitted materials to determine whether they comply with the requirements of section 325G.31. The remedies available pursuant to sections 8.31 and 325G.33 to 325G.36 do not apply to these materials. Failure to comply with this section does not provide a basis for suspending the implementation or operation of other laws governing programs administered by the commissioner. (c) The requirements of this section apply to all materials modified or developed by the commissioner on or after July 1, 1988. The requirements of this section do not apply to materials that must be submitted to a federal agency for approval, to the extent that application of the requirements prevents federal approval. (d) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a lawsuit brought to require the commissioner to comply with this section or to affect individual appeal rights granted pursuant to section 256.045. History:  1988 c 689 art 2 s 123; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 41
MN Stat § 256.0161 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.0161 — Forecast On Children's Health Care Services.

256.0161 FORECAST ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Beginning November 2011, and as part of its annual November and February forecasts thereafter, the commissioner of human services shall provide an accounting of health care expenditures for persons aged birth to 22 years, separate from expenditures for enrolled parents, for all services provided in a Minnesota public health care program. History:   2011 c 29 s 1
MN Stat § 256.018 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.018 — County Public Assistance Incentive Fund.

256.018 COUNTY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCENTIVE FUND. The commissioner shall grant incentive awards of money specifically appropriated for this purpose to counties: (1) that have not been assessed an administrative penalty under section 256.017 in the corresponding fiscal year; and (2) that perform satisfactorily according to indicators established by the commissioner. After consultation with county agencies, the commissioner shall inform county agencies in writing of the performance indicators that govern the awarding of the incentive fund for each fiscal year by April of the preceding fiscal year. The commissioner may set performance indicators to govern the awarding of the total fund, may allocate portions of the fund to be awarded by unique indicators, or may set a sole indicator to govern the awarding of funds. The funds shall be awarded to qualifying county agencies according to their share of benefits for the programs related to the performance indicators governing the distribution of the fund or part of it as compared to the total benefits of all qualifying county agencies for the programs related to the performance indicators governing the distribution of the fund or part of it. History:  1988 c 719 art 8 s 3; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 113; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 84
MN Stat § 256.019 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.019 — Recovery Of Money; Apportionment.

256.019 RECOVERY OF MONEY; APPORTIONMENT. Subdivision 1. Retention rates. When an assistance recovery amount is collected and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing public assistance programs including general assistance medical care formerly codified in chapter 256D, general assistance, and Minnesota supplemental aid, the county may keep one-half of the recovery made by the county agency using any method other than recoupment. For medical assistance, if the recovery is made by a county agency using any method other than recoupment, the county may keep one-half of the nonfederal share of the recovery. For MinnesotaCare, if the recovery is collected and posted by the county agency, the county may keep one-half of the nonfederal share of the recovery. This does not apply to recoveries from medical providers or to recoveries begun by the Department of Human Services' Surveillance and Utilization Review Division, State Hospital Collections Unit, and the Benefit Recoveries Division or, by the attorney general's office, or child support collections. In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nonfederal share of recoveries in the federal tax offset program only will be divided equally between the state agency and the involved county agency. Subd. 2. Retention rates for AFDC and MFIP. (a) When an assistance recovery amount is collected and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing the aid to families with dependent children program formerly codified in 1996 in sections 256.72 to 256.87 or MFIP under chapter 256J, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency from the proceeds of the recovery using the applicable rate specified in paragraph (b) or (c). (b) For recoveries of overpayments made on or before September 30, 1996, from the aid to families with dependent children program including the emergency assistance program, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency at a rate of one-quarter of the recovery made by any method other than recoupment. (c) For recoveries of overpayments made after September 30, 1996, from the aid to families with dependent children including the emergency assistance program and programs funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families program under section 256J.02, subdivision 2, and recoveries of nonfederally funded food assistance under section 256J.11, the commissioner shall reimburse the county agency at a rate of one-quarter of the recovery made by any method other than recoupment. History:  1988 c 719 art 8 s 29; 1993 c 306 s 2; 1997 c 85 art 5 s 4; 1999 c 159 s 38; 2000 c 488 art 10 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 106; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 7; 2016 c 158 art 2 s 59; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 1 s 42
MN Stat § 256.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.02 — Investigations; Examinations; Supervision.

256.02 INVESTIGATIONS; EXAMINATIONS; SUPERVISION. Subdivision 1. Duties. The commissioner of human services shall investigate the whole system of public charities and charitable institutions in the state, especially infirmaries and public hospitals, and examine their condition and management. The commissioner may require the officers in charge of any such institution to furnish such information and statistics as the commissioner deems necessary, upon blanks furnished by the commissioner. The commissioner shall examine all plans for new infirmaries, or for repairs at an estimated cost of over $200, before the same are adopted by the county or other municipal board, and have an advisory supervision over all such institutions. Upon the request of the governor, the commissioner shall specially investigate any charitable institution and report its condition; and for this purpose the commissioner is hereby authorized to send for persons and papers, administer oaths, and take testimony to be transcribed and included in the report. Subd. 2.  [Temporary] History:  (4448) RL s 1899; 1949 c 228 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 27 subd 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 256.023 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.023 — One Hundred Percent County Assistance.

256.023 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COUNTY ASSISTANCE. The commissioner of human services may maintain client records and issue public assistance benefits that are over state and federal standards or that are not required by state or federal law, providing the cost of benefits is paid by the counties to the Department of Human Services. History:  1991 c 292 art 5 s 8; 2002 c 277 s 6
MN Stat § 256.027 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.027 — Use Of Vans Permitted.

256.027 USE OF VANS PERMITTED. The commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall prescribe procedures to permit the occasional use of lift-equipped vans that have been financed, in whole or in part, by public money to transport an individual whose own lift-equipped vehicle is unavailable because of equipment failure and who is thus unable to complete a trip home or to a medical facility. The commissioner shall encourage publicly financed lift-equipped vans to be made available to a county sheriff's department, and to other persons who are qualified to drive the vans and who are also qualified to assist the individual in need of transportation, for this purpose. History:  1Sp1993 c 1 art 5 s 10; 1997 c 187 art 1 s 17
MN Stat § 256.028 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.028 — Tax Rebates.

256.028 TAX REBATES. Any federal or state tax rebate received by a recipient of a public assistance program shall not be counted as income or as an asset for purposes of any of the public assistance programs under this chapter or any other chapter, including, but not limited to, chapter 256B, 256D, 256E, 256I, 256J, or 256L to the extent permitted under federal law. History:   1999 c 245 art 4 s 18
MN Stat § 256.0281 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.0281 — Interagency Data Exchange.

256.0281 INTERAGENCY DATA EXCHANGE. The Department of Human Services, the Department of Health, and the Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities may establish interagency agreements governing the electronic exchange of data on providers and individuals collected, maintained, or used by each agency when such exchange is outlined by each agency in an interagency agreement to accomplish the purposes in clauses (1) to (4): (1) to improve provider enrollment processes for home and community-based services and state plan home care services; (2) to improve quality management of providers between state agencies; (3) to establish and maintain provider eligibility to participate as providers under Minnesota health care programs; or (4) to meet the quality assurance reporting requirements under federal law under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act related to home and community-based waiver programs. Each interagency agreement must include provisions to ensure anonymity of individuals, including mandated reporters, and must outline the specific uses of and access to shared data within each agency. Electronic interfaces between source data systems developed under these interagency agreements must incorporate these provisions as well as other HIPAA provisions related to individual data. History:  2009 c 79 art 8 s 13; 2009 c 173 art 1 s 44
MN Stat § 256.029 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.029 — Domestic Violence Informational Brochure.

256.029 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE. (a) The commissioner shall provide a domestic violence informational brochure that provides information about the existence of domestic violence waivers for eligible public assistance applicants to all applicants of general assistance, Minnesota family investment program, medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare. The brochure must explain that eligible applicants may be temporarily waived from certain program requirements due to domestic violence. The brochure must provide information about services and other programs to help victims of domestic violence. (b) The brochure must be funded with TANF funds. History:  2006 c 282 art 22 s 7; 2016 c 158 art 2 s 60
MN Stat § 256.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.04 — [temporary]

 256.04 [Temporary]
MN Stat § 256.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.25 — Old Age Assistance To Be Allowed As Claim In District Court.

256.25 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TO BE ALLOWED AS CLAIM IN DISTRICT COURT. On the death of any person who received any old age assistance under this or any previous old age assistance law of this state, or on the death of the survivor of a married couple, either or both of whom received old age assistance, the total amount paid as old age assistance to either or both, without interest, shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of such person or persons by the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate. If the value of the estate of any such person has been enhanced as a result of the failure on the part of a recipient to make a full disclosure of the amount or value of the recipient's property, or the amount or value of the combined property of a married couple, in any old age assistance proceeding, the claim shall be allowed by the court as a preferred claim and have preference to the extent of such enhancement over all other claims, excepting only claims for expenses of administration, funeral expenses, and expenses of last sickness. If the value of any such estate, exclusive of household goods, wearing apparel, and a burial lot, is more than the value of the property of such person, as disclosed by the applicant in any old age assistance proceeding, it shall be prima facie evidence that the value of such estate was enhanced by the payment of old age assistance to the extent of the excess, but not exceeding the total amount of old age assistance paid to such person or persons. The statute of limitations which limits the county agency or the state agency, or both, to recover only for assistance granted within six years shall not apply to any claim made under Minnesota Statutes 1971, sections 256.11 to 256.43 for reimbursement for any assistance granted hereunder. History:  (3199-25) Ex1935 c 95 s 15; 1939 c 242 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 123; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
MN Stat § 256.263 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.263 — Land Acquired By State Under Old Age Assistance Liens.

256.263 LAND ACQUIRED BY STATE UNDER OLD AGE ASSISTANCE LIENS. Subdivision 1. Duty of county board. When land shall have been acquired by the state under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 256.26, either by conveyance in settlement of the lien held by the state, or by foreclosure of such lien, it shall be the duty of the county board to manage and lease the real estate while the state continues to own it. Subd. 2. Management. While the state owns such real estate, if the county board by resolution stating the price to be paid in cash shall recommend the sale and conveyance thereof, and transmit a copy of such resolution to the state agency, the state agency shall make an order approving the sale for the price recommended and transmit a copy thereof to the county auditor, in the county where the land is situated. Thereupon, when the purchase price is paid by the purchaser to the treasurer of such county, the chair of the county board shall execute a deed in the name of the state, which shall be attested by the county auditor, conveying such land to the purchaser. History:  1945 c 172 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 124; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 256.362 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.362 — Reports And Implementation.

256.362 REPORTS AND IMPLEMENTATION. Subdivision 1. Wellness component. The commissioners of human services and health shall recommend to the legislature, by January 1, 1993, methods to incorporate discounts for wellness factors of up to 25 percent into the MinnesotaCare program premium sliding scale. Beginning October 1, 1992, the commissioner of human services shall inform MinnesotaCare program enrollees of the future availability of the wellness discount, and shall encourage enrollees to incorporate wellness factors into their lifestyles. Subd. 2. Federal health insurance credit. By October 1, 1992, the commissioners of human services and revenue shall apply for any federal waivers or approvals necessary to allow enrollees in state health care programs to assign the federal health insurance credit component of the earned income tax credit to the state. Subd. 3. Coordination of medical assistance and the MinnesotaCare program. (a) The commissioner shall develop and implement a plan to combine medical assistance and MinnesotaCare program application and eligibility procedures. The plan may include the following changes: (1) use of a single mail-in application; (2) elimination of the requirement for personal interviews; (3) postponing notification of paternity disclosure requirements; (4) modifying verification requirements for pregnant women and children; (5) using shorter forms for recertifying eligibility; (6) expedited and more efficient eligibility determinations for applicants; (7) expanded outreach efforts, including combined marketing of the two plans; and (8) other changes that improve access to services provided by the two programs. (b) The plan may include seeking the following changes in federal law: (1) extension and expansion of exemptions for different eligibility groups from Medicaid quality control sanctions; (2) changing requirements for the redetermination of eligibility; (3) eliminating asset tests for all children; and (4) other changes that improve access to services provided by the two programs. (c) The commissioner shall seek any necessary federal approvals, and any necessary changes in federal law. The commissioner shall implement each element of the plan as federal approval is received, and shall report to the legislature by January 1, 1993, on progress in implementing this plan. Subd. 4. Plan for managed care. By January 1, 1993, the commissioner of human services shall present a plan to the legislature for providing all medical assistance and MinnesotaCare program services through managed care arrangements. The commissioner shall apply to the secretary of health and human services for any necessary federal waivers or approvals, and shall begin to implement the plan for managed care upon receipt of the federal waivers or approvals. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1994 c 625 art 8 s 74] History:  1992 c 549 art 4 s 1; 1993 c 247 art 4 s 11; 1994 c 625 art 8 s 72
MN Stat § 256.462 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256 — Human Services|Section 256.462 — Applicability Of Other Law; Recovery Of Assistance Furnished.

256.462 APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW; RECOVERY OF ASSISTANCE FURNISHED. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1973 c 717 s 33] Subd. 2. Applicability. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 256.25, as to the allowance as claims in the probate court of amounts paid as old age assistance are made applicable to amounts paid as assistance under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1971, sections 256.451 to 256.475. Subd. 3. Recovery of assistance furnished; apportionment. When any amount shall be recovered from any source for assistance furnished under the provisions of any public assistance program, there shall be paid to the United States the amount which shall be due under the terms of the Social Security Act, and the balance thereof shall be paid into the treasuries of the state and county, substantially in the proportion in which they respectively contributed toward the total assistance paid. The amount due the respective participating units of government shall be determined by rule adopted by the commissioner of human services pursuant to a formula of reimbursement prescribed or authorized by the federal Social Security Administration. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1973 c 717 s 33] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1973 c 717 s 33] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1973 c 717 s 33] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1973 c 717 s 33] History:  1953 c 617 s 11; 1959 c 25 s 1; 1973 c 717 s 14; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 62