HF 3507

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; adding provisions for 
  1.3             emergency license requirements for emergency foster 
  1.4             care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.5             245A.035, subdivision 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 245A.035, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY LICENSE.] Before an 
  1.10  emergency license may be issued, the following requirements must 
  1.11  be met: 
  1.12     (1) the county agency must conduct an initial inspection of 
  1.13  the premises where the foster care is to be provided to ensure 
  1.14  the health and safety of any child placed in the home.  The 
  1.15  county agency shall conduct the inspection using a form 
  1.16  developed by the commissioner; 
  1.17     (2) at the time of the inspection or placement, whichever 
  1.18  is earlier, the relative being considered for an emergency 
  1.19  license shall receive an application form for a child foster 
  1.20  care license; and 
  1.21     (3) whenever possible, prior to placing the child in the 
  1.22  relative's home, the relative being considered for an emergency 
  1.23  license shall provide the information required by section 
  1.24  245A.04, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).; 
  1.25     (4) if the county determines, prior to the issuance of an 
  2.1   emergency license, that the relative may be disqualified from 
  2.2   obtaining a foster care license, and the disqualification is one 
  2.3   which the commissioner may not set aside, as required by this 
  2.4   chapter, an emergency license shall not be issued and a child 
  2.5   shall not be placed or remain in the relative's home; and 
  2.6      (5) if the county agency determines, after an emergency 
  2.7   license has been issued, that the relative has a 
  2.8   disqualification from receiving a foster care license, which the 
  2.9   commissioner may not set aside, as required by this chapter, a 
  2.10  child that has been placed in the relative's home under an 
  2.11  emergency license shall not remain placed in that home.