1.1Senator Gruenhagen moved to amend
S.F. No. 3295 as follows (...):
1.2Page 147, delete section 1 and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142G.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4 Subdivision 1.
Person convicted of drug offenses. (a) An individual who has been
1.5convicted of a felony level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date
of
1.6application or recertification is subject to the following:
1.7(1)
Benefits for the entire assistance unit must be paid in vendor form for shelter and
1.8utilities during any time the applicant is part of the assistance unit.
1.9(2) The convicted applicant or participant
may must be subject to random drug testing.
1.10Following any positive test for an illegal controlled substance, the county must provide
1.11information about substance use disorder treatment programs to the applicant or participant.
1.12(2) An applicant who tests positive for an illegal controlled substance while receiving
1.13benefits under this section is not eligible to receive MFIP benefits for 12 months
from the
1.14date of the positive test.
1.15(b) Applicants requesting only SNAP benefits or participants receiving only SNAP
1.16benefits, who have been convicted of a felony-level drug offense during the previous
ten
1.17years from the date of application or recertification may, if otherwise eligible,
receive SNAP
1.18benefits.
The convicted applicant or participant may be subject to random drug testing.
1.19Following a positive test for an illegal controlled substance, the county must provide
1.20information about substance use disorder treatment programs to the applicant or participant.
1.21(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "drug offense" means a conviction that occurred
1.22during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification of sections
1.23152.021 to
152.025,
152.0261,
152.0262,
152.096, or
152.137. Drug offense also means a
1.24conviction in another jurisdiction of the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled
1.25substance, or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses, if the conviction occurred
during
1.26the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification and the conviction
is
1.27for a crime that would be a felony if committed in Minnesota.
1.28(d) This subdivision does not apply for convictions or positive test results related
to
1.29cannabis, marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinols."
1.30The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.