Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 256P.07. Reporting of income and changes

Subdivision 1.Exempted programs. Participants who qualify for Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D and for housing support under chapter 256I on the basis of eligibility for Supplemental Security Income are exempt from this section.

Subdivision 1. Exempted programs. Participants who receive Supplemental Security Income and qualify for Minnesota supplemental aid under chapter 256D or for housing support under chapter 256I are exempt from reporting income under this chapter.

Subd. 1a. Child care assistance programs. Participants who qualify for child care assistance programs under chapter 119B are exempt from this section except the reporting requirements in subdivision 6.

Subd. 2.Reporting requirements. An applicant or participant must provide information on an application and any subsequent reporting forms about the assistance unit's circumstances that affect eligibility or benefits. An applicant or assistance unit must report changes identified in subdivision 3. When information is not accurately reported, both an overpayment and a referral for a fraud investigation may result. When information or documentation is not provided, the receipt of any benefit may be delayed or denied, depending on the type of information required and its effect on eligibility.

Subd. 2. Reporting requirements. An applicant or participant must provide information on an application and any subsequent reporting forms about the assistance unit's circumstances that affect eligibility or benefits. An applicant or assistance unit must report changes that affect eligibility or benefits as identified in subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 during the application period or by the tenth of the month following the month that the assistance unit's circumstances changed. When information is not accurately reported, both an overpayment and a referral for a fraud investigation may result. When information or documentation is not provided, the receipt of any benefit may be delayed or denied, depending on the type of information required and its effect on eligibility.

Subd. 3. Changes that must be reported. An assistance unit must report the changes or anticipated changes specified in clauses (1) to (12) within ten days of the date they occur, at the time of recertification of eligibility undersection 256P.04, subdivisions 8and9, or within eight calendar days of a reporting period, whichever occurs first. An assistance unit must report other changes at the time of recertification of eligibility undersection 256P.04, subdivisions 8and9, or at the end of a reporting period, as applicable. When an agency could have reduced or terminated assistance for one or more payment months if a delay in reporting a change specified under clauses (1) to (12) had not occurred, the agency must determine whether a timely notice could have been issued on the day that the change occurred. When a timely notice could have been issued, each month's overpayment subsequent to that notice must be considered a client error overpayment undersection 119B.11, subdivision 2a, or256P.08. Changes in circumstances that must be reported within ten days must also be reported for the reporting period in which those changes occurred. Within ten days, an assistance unit must report:

Subd. 3. Changes that must be reported.(a) An assistance unit must report changes or anticipated changes as described in this section.

Subd. 4.MFIP-specific reporting. In addition to subdivision 3, an assistance unit under chapter 256J, within ten days of the change, must report:

Subd. 4. MFIP-specific reporting. In addition to subdivision 3, an assistance unit under chapter 256J must report:

Subd. 5.DWP-specific reporting. In addition to subdivisions 3 and 4, an assistance unit participating in the diversionary work program undersection 256J.95must report on an application:

Subd. 7. Minnesota supplemental aid-specific reporting. In addition to subdivision 3, an assistance unit participating in the Minnesota supplemental aid program undersection 256D.44, subdivision 5, paragraph (g), within ten days of the change, must report shelter expenses.

Subd. 9. General assistance-specific reporting. In addition to subdivision 3, an assistance unit participating in the general assistance program under chapter 256D must report: