Add Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA)

changelog.d/mn-msa.added.md

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+Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) — State Supplementary Payment to SSI.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml

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     - md_paa
     # Michigan benefits
     - mi_ssp
+    # Minnesota benefits
+    - mn_msa
     # Colorado benefits
     - co_state_supplement
     - co_oap
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     - md_paa
     # Michigan benefits
     - mi_ssp
+    # Minnesota benefits
+    - mn_msa
     # Colorado benefits
     - co_state_supplement
     - co_oap

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/assistance_standard/amount.yaml

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+description: Minnesota provides this amount as the combined federal-and-state assistance standard under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid assistance standard amount
+  breakdown:
+    - mn_msa_living_arrangement
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 1 (Use of standards; SSI COLA escalator)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 3 (Standards of assistance for basic needs)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0020.21 - MSA Assistance Standards (01/2026)
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/county_access/documents/pub/mndhs-073585.pdf#page=4
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0020.24 - Personal Needs Allowance (01/2026)
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/county_access/documents/pub/mndhs-073585.pdf#page=6
+    - title: MN House Research Department - Minnesota Supplemental Aid (October 2024), MSA Assistance Standards table
+      href: https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/pap_MSA.pdf#page=6
+    - title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - Minnesota, Table 1
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/mn.html
+
+INDIVIDUAL_LIVING_ALONE:
+  2011-01-01: 735
+  2024-01-01: 1_004
+  2025-01-01: 1_028
+  2026-01-01: 1_055
+
+INDIVIDUAL_LIVING_WITH_OTHERS:
+  2011-01-01: 542
+  2024-01-01: 721
+  2025-01-01: 737.33
+  2026-01-01: 755.33
+
+COUPLE_LIVING_ALONE:
+  2011-01-01: 1_102
+  2024-01-01: 1_506
+  2025-01-01: 1_541
+  2026-01-01: 1_582
+
+COUPLE_LIVING_WITH_OTHERS:
+  2011-01-01: 738
+  2024-01-01: 1_007
+  2025-01-01: 1_030.67
+  2026-01-01: 1_058
+
+MEDICAID_FACILITY:
+  2011-01-01: 89
+  2024-01-01: 125
+  2025-01-01: 128
+  2026-01-01: 132
+
+NONE:
+  2011-01-01: 0

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/eligibility/asset_limit/non_ssi_track.yaml

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+description: Minnesota limits countable resources to this amount under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program for the non-SSI excess-income track.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 10_000
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid non-SSI track asset limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256P.02 Subd. 2 (Resource limit)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256P.02
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.425 Subd. 2(b) (Resource standards via § 256P.02)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.425
+    - title: MN House Research Department - Minnesota Supplemental Aid (October 2024), Resource and asset limits
+      href: https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/pap_MSA.pdf#page=4

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/eligibility/income_limit/couple_fbr_multiplier.yaml

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+description: Minnesota limits couple gross income to this multiple of the federal Supplemental Security Income individual benefit rate under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid couple gross income FBR multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0019.06 - Gross Income Limits (MSA)
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=cm_001906
+    - title: MN House Research Department - Minnesota Supplemental Aid (October 2024), Income standards and treatment of income
+      href: https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/pap_MSA.pdf#page=3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/eligibility/income_limit/individual_fbr_multiplier.yaml

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+description: Minnesota limits individual gross income to this multiple of the federal Supplemental Security Income individual benefit rate under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 3
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid individual gross income FBR multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0019.06 - Gross Income Limits (MSA)
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=cm_001906
+    - title: MN House Research Department - Minnesota Supplemental Aid (October 2024), Income standards and treatment of income
+      href: https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/pubs/pap_MSA.pdf#page=3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/housing_assistance/fbr_multiplier.yaml

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+description: Minnesota provides this share of the federal Supplemental Security Income individual benefit rate as the housing allowance under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 0.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid housing allowance FBR multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 5(g)(1)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0023.24 - MSA Housing Assistance
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&dDocName=cm_002324&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/special_needs/guardian_fee/max_amount.yaml

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+description: Minnesota caps the guardian or conservator fee special-needs allowance at this amount under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 100
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid guardian fee maximum amount
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 5(d) (Guardian or conservator fee)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - Minnesota, Special Needs Circumstances - Guardianship fees
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/mn.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/special_needs/guardian_fee/rate.yaml

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+description: Minnesota provides this share of gross monthly income as the guardian or conservator fee special-needs allowance under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  1989-01-01: 0.05
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid guardian fee rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 5(d) (Guardian or conservator fee)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: SSA State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2011 - Minnesota, Special Needs Circumstances - Guardianship fees
+      href: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssi_st_asst/2011/mn.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/mn/dhs/msa/special_needs/representative_payee_fee/amount.yaml

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+description: Minnesota provides this amount as the representative payee service special-needs allowance under the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program.
+
+values:
+  2011-01-01: 25
+  2024-01-01: 54
+  2025-01-01: 55
+  2026-01-01: 57
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Minnesota Supplemental Aid representative payee fee amount
+  reference:
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 5(f) (Fee equal to the maximum monthly amount allowed by SSA, effective 2024-01-01)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/256D.44
+    - title: 2023 Minn. Laws Chapter 70, Article 10, Section 22 (Amendment effective January 1, 2024)
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/Session+Law/Chapter/70/
+    - title: Minn. Stat. § 256D.44 Subd. 5(f), 2022 version (Prior $25 cap - "10% of recipient's gross income or $25, whichever is less")
+      href: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2022/cite/256D.44
+    - title: MN DHS Combined Manual 0023.21 - Representative Payee Services (01/2026)
+      href: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/county_access/documents/pub/mndhs-073585.pdf#page=7
+    - title: SSA POMS GN 00506.200 C.2 - Fee Amounts (annual non-DAA maximum)
+      href: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0200506200

policyengine_us/programs.yaml

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         variable: mo_ssp
         parameter_prefix: gov.states.mo.dss.ssp
         verified_years: "2023-2026"
+      - state: MN
+        status: complete
+        name: Minnesota MSA
+        full_name: Minnesota Supplemental Aid
+        variable: mn_msa
+        parameter_prefix: gov.states.mn.dhs.msa
       - state: KS
         status: complete
         name: Kansas SSPP