Eligibility requirements for foster care benefits after age 18 modified to include children for whom permanent legal and physical custody is transferred to a relative after age ten.

HF 3002 modifies Minnesota's foster care benefit eligibility rules to extend support after age 18. It specifically adds youth to the eligibility pool if they had permanent legal and physical custody transferred to a relative after turning 10, rather than requiring them to be in foster care at age 18. The bill amends statutes (256B.055, 260C.212, 260C.451, 260C.452) to include these individuals for continued medical assistance and support services until age 26. This change directly affects young adults who transitioned to relative care after age 10 but were not previously covered under the existing foster care benefit rules.