Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 240.1 (1) Benefits for the entire assistance unit must be paid in vendor form for shelter and 240.2 utilities during any time the applicant is part of the assistance unit. 240.3 (2) The convicted applicant or participant shall be subject to random drug testing as a 240.4 condition of continued eligibility and following any positive test for an illegal controlled 240.5 substance under chapter 152 is subject to the following sanctions: 240.6 (i) for failing a drug test the first time, the residual amount of the participant's grant after 240.E making vendor payments for shelter and utility costs, if any, must be reduced by an amount 240.8 equal to 30 percent of the MFIP standard of need for an assistance unit of the same size. 240.9 When a sanction under this subdivision is in effect, the job counselor must attempt to meet 240.10 with the person face-to-face. During the face-to-face meeting, the job counselor must explain 240.11 the consequences of a subsequent drug test failure and inform the participant of the right to 240.12 appeal the sanction under section 256J.40. If a face-to-face meeting is not possible, the 240.13 county agency must send the participant a notice of adverse action as provided in section 240.14 256J.31, subdivisions 4 and 5, and must include the information required in the face-to-face 240.15 meeting; or 240.16 (ii) for failing a drug test two times, the participant is permanently disqualified from 240.17 receiving MFIP assistance, both the cash and food portions. The assistance unit's MFIP 240.18 grant must be reduced by the amount which would have otherwise been made available to 240.19 the disqualified participant. Disqualification under this item does not make a participant 240.20 ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Before a 240.21 disqualification under this provision is imposed, the job counselor must attempt to meet 240.22 with the participant face-to-face. During the face-to-face meeting, the job counselor must 240.23 identify other resources that may be available to the participant to meet the needs of the 240.24 family and inform the participant of the right to appeal the disqualification under section 240.25 256J.40. If a face-to-face meeting is not possible, the county agency must send the participant 240.26 a notice of adverse action as provided in section 256J.31, subdivisions 4 and 5, and must 240.27 include the information required in the face-to-face meeting. 240.28 (3) A participant who fails a drug test the first time and is under a sanction due to other 240.29 MFIP program requirements is considered to have more than one occurrence of 240.3o noncompliance and is subject to the applicable level of sanction as specified under section 240.31 256J.46, subdivision 1, paragraph (d). 240.32 (b) Applicants requesting only SNAP benefits or participants receiving only SNAP 240.33 benefits, who have been convicted of a drug offense that occurred after July 1, 1997, except 240.34 for convictions related to cannabis, marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinols, may, if otherwise Article 6 Sec. 34. 240