1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; expanding the situations in which the commissioner 
1.3 	of human services must consider granting a variance from a licensure 
1.4 	disqualification;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.24, 
1.5 	subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification. (a) Except as provided in 
1.9 	paragraph (b), the commissioner may not set aside the disqualification of any individual 
1.10 	disqualified pursuant to this chapter, regardless of how much time has passed, if the 
1.11 	individual was disqualified for a crime or conduct listed in section 245C.15, subdivision 1.
1.12 	(b) For an individual in the chemical dependency or corrections field who was 
1.13 	disqualified for a crime or conduct listed under section 245C.15, subdivision 1, and whose 
1.14 	disqualification was set aside prior to July 1, 2005, the commissioner must consider 
1.15 	granting a variance pursuant to section 245C.30 for the license holder for a program 
1.16 	dealing primarily with adults. A request for reconsideration evaluated under this paragraph 
1.17 	must include a letter of recommendation from the license holder that was subject to the 
1.18 	prior set-aside decision addressing the individual's quality of care to children or vulnerable 
1.19 	adults and the circumstances of the individual's departure from that service.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.