Minnesota HF 2194: Human service programs for youth exempted from licensure.

Bill Text

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A bill for an act1.1
relating to human services; exempting certain programs from human services1.2
licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245A.03, subdivision 2.1.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.4
Section1. MinnesotaStatutes2012,section245A.03,subdivision2,isamendedtoread:1.5
Subd. 2. Exclusion from licensure. (a) This chapter does not apply to:1.6
(1) residential or nonresidential programs that are provided to a person by an1.7
individual who is related unless the residential program is a child foster care placement1.8
made by a local social services agency or a licensed child-placing agency, except as1.9
provided in subdivision 2a;1.10
(2) nonresidential programs that are provided by an unrelated individual to persons1.11
from a single related family;1.12
(3) residential or nonresidential programs that are provided to adults who do1.13
not abuse chemicals or who do not have a chemical dependency, a mental illness, a1.14
developmental disability, a functional impairment, or a physical disability;1.15
(4) sheltered workshops or work activity programs that are certified by the1.16
commissioner of employment and economic development;1.17
(5) programs operated by a public school for children 33 months or older;1.18
(6) nonresidential programs primarily for children that provide care or supervision1.19
for periods of less than three hours a day while the child's parent or legal guardian is in1.20
the same building as the nonresidential program or present within another building that is1.21
directly contiguous to the building in which the nonresidential program is located;1.22
(7) nursing homes or hospitals licensed by the commissioner of health except as1.23
specified under section 245A.02;1.24
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2194
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
02/25/2014 Authored by Clark
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

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(8) board and lodge facilities licensed by the commissioner of health that do not2.1
providechildren'sresidentialservicesunderMinnesotaRules,chapter2960,mentalhealth2.2
or chemical dependency treatment;2.3
(9) homes providing programs for persons placed by a county or a licensed agency2.4
for legal adoption, unless the adoption is not completed within two years;2.5
(10) programs licensed by the commissioner of corrections;2.6
(11)recreationprogramsforchildrenoradultsthatareoperatedorapprovedbyapark2.7
andrecreationboardwhoseprimarypurposeistoprovidesocialandrecreationalactivities;2.8
(12) programs operated by a school as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4;2.9
YMCA as defined in section 315.44; YWCA as defined in section 315.44; or JCC as2.10
defined in section 315.51, whose primary purpose is to provide child care or services to2.11
school-age children;2.12
(13) Head Start nonresidential programs which operate for less than 45 days in2.13
each calendar year;2.14
(14) noncertified boarding care homes unless they provide services for five or more2.15
persons whose primary diagnosis is mental illness or a developmental disability;2.16
(15) programs for children such as scouting, boys clubs, girls clubs, and sports and2.17
art programs, and nonresidential programs for children provided for a cumulative total of2.18
less than 30 days in any 12-month period;2.19
(16)residentialprogramsforpersonswithmentalillness,thatarelocatedinhospitals;2.20
(17) the religious instruction of school-age children; Sabbath or Sunday schools; or2.21
the congregate care of children by a church, congregation, or religious society during the2.22
period used by the church, congregation, or religious society for its regular worship;2.23
(18) camps licensed by the commissioner of health under Minnesota Rules, chapter2.24
4630;2.25
(19) mental health outpatient services for adults with mental illness or children2.26
with emotional disturbance;2.27
(20) residential programs serving school-age children whose sole purpose is cultural2.28
or educational exchange, until the commissioner adopts appropriate rules;2.29
(21)communitysupportservicesprogramsasdefinedinsection245.462,subdivision2.30
6, and family community support services as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 17;2.31
(22) the placement of a child by a birth parent or legal guardian in a preadoptive2.32
home for purposes of adoption as authorized by section 259.47;2.33
(23) settings registered under chapter 144D which provide home care services2.34
licensed by the commissioner of health to fewer than seven adults;2.35
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(24) chemical dependency or substance abuse treatment activities of licensed3.1
professionals in private practice as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6405, subpart3.2
15,whenthetreatmentactivitiesarenotpaidfor