FOOD SUPPORTS
Prepared by:
Jessica L. Webster, Staff Attorney
Legal Services Advocacy Project
651-842-6902
jlwebster@mnlsap.org

I. EXPEDITED FOOD STAMPS
First Special Session, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 31 (HF 25)
Amends Minn. Stat. § 393.07, subd. 10a
Effective August 1, 2011

Extends the period within which counties must issue expedited food stamps from "immediately" (construed to mean within 24 hours) to within five working days of application.

II. MINNESOTA FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
First Special Session, Chapter 9, Article 10, Section 3 (HF 25)
Effective retroactively to July 1, 2011

Renews and expands funding for legal non-citizens receiving food support through the Minnesota Food Assistance Program.