Minnesota SF 2515: Community support plans and coordinated service and support plans completion requirements and timelines modifications

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to background studies; modifying background study requirements for child​
1.3 care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245C.08, by adding​
1.4 a subdivision; 245C.14, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245C.08, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7 to read:​
1.8 Subd. 2a.Coordination with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.(a) For a​
1.9 background study required for family child care, certified license-exempt child care centers,​
1.10 licensed child care centers, and legal nonlicensed child care authorized under chapter 142E,​
1.11 the commissioner shall submit a request to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal​
1.12 Apprehension for each child care background study subject, requesting information related​
1.13 to any notifications from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Law​
1.14 Enforcement Services Portal that the superintendent has received that corresponds to the​
1.15 information the background study subject has submitted. Notwithstanding any law to the​
1.16 contrary, the superintendent must provide the requested information to the commissioner​
1.17 under this subdivision.​
1.18 (b) The commissioner must submit a request under this subdivision every six months​
1.19 for each licensed child care provider.​
1.20 (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the commissioner uses the information​
1.21 obtained under this subdivision to make a disqualification determination, the commissioner​
1.22 must not share the reason for disqualification related to information obtained under this​
1.23 subdivision with the license holder or entity that submitted the study and the applicant.​
1​Section 1.​
25-03673 as introduced​02/17/25 REVISOR DTT/LJ​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2515​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KREUN, Port and Clark)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​765​03/13/2025​
Referred to Health and Human Services​

2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245C.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
2.2 Subdivision 1.Disqualification from direct contact.(a) The commissioner shall​
2.3 disqualify an individual who is the subject of a background study from any position allowing​
2.4 direct contact with persons receiving services from the license holder or entity identified in​
2.5 section 245C.03, upon receipt of information showing, or when a background study​
2.6 completed under this chapter shows any of the following:​
2.7 (1) a conviction of, admission to, or Alford plea to one or more crimes listed in section​
2.8 245C.15, regardless of whether the conviction or admission is a felony, gross misdemeanor,​
2.9 or misdemeanor level crime;​
2.10 (2) a preponderance of the evidence indicates the individual has committed an act or​
2.11 acts that meet the definition of any of the crimes listed in section 245C.15, regardless of​
2.12 whether the preponderance of the evidence is for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or​
2.13 misdemeanor level crime;​
2.14 (3) an investigation results in an administrative determination listed under section​
2.15 245C.15, subdivision 4, paragraph (b); or​
2.16 (4) the individual's parental rights have been terminated under section 260C.301,​
2.17 subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or section 260C.301, subdivision 3.; or​
2.18 (5) a notification from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension under section 245C.08,​
2.19 subdivision 2a.​
2.20 (b) No individual who is disqualified following a background study under section​
2.21 245C.03, subdivisions 1 and 2, may be retained in a position involving direct contact with​
2.22 persons served by a program or entity identified in section 245C.03, unless the commissioner​
2.23 has provided written notice under section 245C.17 stating that:​
2.24 (1) the individual may remain in direct contact during the period in which the individual​
2.25 may request reconsideration as provided in section 245C.21, subdivision 2;​
2.26 (2) the commissioner has set aside the individual's disqualification for that program or​
2.27 entity identified in section 245C.03, as provided in section 245C.22, subdivision 4; or​
2.28 (3) the license holder has been granted a variance for the disqualified individual under​
2.29 section 245C.30.​
2.30 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the purposes of a background study affiliated​
2.31 with a licensed family foster setting, the commissioner shall disqualify an individual who​
2.32 is the subject of a background study from any position allowing direct contact with persons​
2​Sec. 2.​
25-03673 as introduced​02/17/25 REVISOR DTT/LJ​

3.1 receiving services from the license holder or entity identified in section 245C.03, upon​
3.2 receipt of information showing or when a background study completed under this chapter​
3.3 shows reason for disqualification under section 245C.15, subdivision 4a.​
3​Sec. 2.​
2