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SF 3208

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

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A bill for an act
relating to human services; developing training requirements for postadoption
search services; directing the commissioner of human services to promulgate
rules relating to postadoption search services; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 259.87; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 259.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [259.86] POSTADOPTION SEARCH SERVICES.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of human services shall develop a specialized curriculum
to train department, county agency, and social service agency staff in performing and
complying with the postadoption search services developed in the best practices guidelines
reported to the legislature in 2006.
new text end

new text begin (b) All department and county social service agency staff providing adoption
services, including postadoption search services, shall complete postadoption search
services training as a component of the mandatory child welfare training.
new text end

new text begin (c) All private agency staff providing adoption services, including postadoption
search services, shall complete at least six hours of postadoption search services training.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 259.87, is amended to read:


259.87 RULES.

The commissioner of human services shall make rules as necessary to administer
sections 259.79 deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 259.83new text begin , and 259.86new text end .