4E Relating to human services

ARTICLE 1 - DATA PRACTICES

Modifying certain investigative data provisions; modifying certain licensing data provisions

ARTICLE 2 - LICENSING

Modifying training requirements and safety inspections for family child care providers; requiring legal nonlicensed child care providers to complete first aid and CPR training which includes CPR for infants and children; clarifying that a site director who does not have an ownership interest in the program is not considered a controlling individual; requiring applicants for licensure to provide the applicant's taxpayer identification number and federal employer identification number, if the applicant has employees, and the business name or assumed name registered with the secretary of state; providing that the commissioner must be allowed to have access to personnel records of current and former staff and information related to staff work experience, training, or educational requirements when this information is relevant to inspections or investigations; requiring immediate temporary license suspension for operation pending a revocation order appeal or certain new violations identification; requiring the commissioner to issue a final order in the event a temporary immediate suspension is withdrawn; requiring revenue recapture rules apply to licensing contested case hearings; establishing time frames when a license holder has timely appealed a licensing sanction, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner to use certain procedures to keep disqualified individuals away from individuals receiving services at a licenseholder's home; requiring the request for reconsideration of a disqualification to be submitted timely before the disqualification can be included in the contested case hearing; providing that if an applicant or controlling individual who was denied a license becomes affiliated with a subsequent application within two years of the license denial, then the subsequent application must be denied; requiring family child care license holders to perform monthly safety inspections of mesh-sided or fabric-sided play yards, pack and plays, or playpens used by or accessible to any child in care; requiring license holders to perform safety inspections, at least monthly, of every portable or rigid crib used by or accessible to any child in care; requiring at least one caregiver to have CPR training that includes CPR techniques for infants and children; establishing that license holders serving vulnerable adults must have policies and procedures in place to complete an internal review within 30 days of a report of alleged or suspected maltreatment; requiring documentation of the review, and allows the commissioner immediate access to the review; requiring license holders, except for family child care and child foster care, to have policies and procedures in place to complete an internal review within 30 days of a report of alleged or suspected maltreatment; requiring documentation of the review, and allows the commissioner immediate access to the review

ARTICLE 3 - FINANCIAL FRAUD AND ABUSE INVESTIGATION

Allowing the department of human services offices of special investigations and inspector general and the executive staff of the Minnesota sex offender program to drive unmarked vehicles when performing official duties; allowing unmarked vehicles for department of human services investigations including county fraud prevention investigations; requiring the commissioner of public safety to provide the commissioner of human services with certain photographs or electronic images; extending authorized data use to public assistance fraud investigations

ARTICLE 4 - CHEMICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Allowing the commissioner to establish higher rates for chemical dependency treatment programs that provide on site child care during hours of treatment activity or arrange for off site child care at a licensed child care center or family child care home

ARTICLE 5 - BACKGROUND STUDIES

Modifying the human services background study act; requiring the use of NETStudy for background studies; expanding certain information and data practices requirements to include law enforcement agencies; expanding review requirements; modifying certain disqualification and fair hearing provisions; authorizing the commissioner of health to appoint members to an advisory task force to develop strategies to integrate refugee and asylee physicians into the Minnesota health care delivery system
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