SF 669

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/07/2019 04:09pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; expanding child care fix-it ticket violations; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.065.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.065, is amended to read:

245A.065 CHILD CARE FIX-IT TICKET.

(a) In lieu of a correction order under section 245A.06, the commissioner shall issue a
fix-it ticket to a family child care or child care center license holder if the commissioner
finds that:

(1) the license holder has failed to comply with a requirement in this chapter or Minnesota
Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be eligible for a fix-it
ticket;

(2) the violation new text begin : (i) new text end does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or rights of the
persons served by the program new text begin ; or (ii) can be corrected immediately new text end ;

(3) the license holder did not receive a fix-it ticket or correction order for the violation
at the license holder's last licensing inspection;

(4) the violation can be corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; and

(5) the license holder corrects the violation at the time of inspection or agrees to correct
the violation within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

(b) The fix-it ticket must state:

(1) the conditions that constitute a violation of the law or rule;

(2) the specific law or rule violated; and

(3) that the violation was corrected at the time of inspection or must be corrected within
48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

(c) The commissioner shall not publicly publish a fix-it ticket on the department's website.

(d) Within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, of receiving a fix-it
ticket, the license holder must correct the violation and within one week submit evidence
to the licensing agency that the violation was corrected.

(e) If the violation is not corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, or the evidence submitted is insufficient to establish that
the license holder corrected the violation, the commissioner must issue a correction order
for the violation of Minnesota law or rule identified in the fix-it ticket according to section
245A.06.

(f) The commissioner shall, following consultation with family child care license holders,
child care center license holders, and county agencies, issue a report by October 1, 2017,
that identifies the violations of this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapters 9502 and 9503,
that are eligible for a fix-it ticket. The commissioner shall provide the report to county
agencies and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over child care, and shall post the report to the department's website.