Minnesota Statutes Proprietary Schools (Ch. 141-142) § 142G.18. Persons ineligible; vendor payments

Subdivision 1. Person convicted of drug offenses. (a) An individual who has been convicted of a felony level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification is subject to the following:

(b) Applicants requesting only SNAP benefits or participants receiving only SNAP benefits, who have been convicted of a felony-level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification may, if otherwise eligible, receive SNAP benefits. The convicted applicant or participant may be subject to random drug testing. Following a positive test for an illegal controlled substance, the county must provide information about substance use disorder treatment programs to the applicant or participant.

(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, “drug offense” means a conviction that occurred during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification ofsections 152.021to152.025,152.0261,152.0262,152.096, or152.137. Drug offense also means a conviction in another jurisdiction of the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance, or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses, if the conviction occurred during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification and the conviction is for a crime that would be a felony if committed in Minnesota.

(d) This subdivision does not apply for convictions or positive test results related to cannabis, marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinols.