Minnesota Session Laws - 1986, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1986 

                        CHAPTER 371-S.F.No. 1580 
           An act relating to human services; requiring adoption 
          of the 1985 life safety code standards for 
          intermediate care facilities for persons with mental 
          retardation. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE 
FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION.] 
    Notwithstanding any other law, the state fire marshal and 
the commissioners of health and human services shall adopt the 
applicable standards of the 1985 life safety code, and amend 
existing rules governing life safety to be consistent with the 
1985 code, for intermediate care facilities for persons with 
mental retardation, to the extent allowed by federal statute or 
rule.  The standards and amendments to the standards shall be 
adopted without rulemaking and are effective 30 days following 
publication in the State Register. 
    Sec. 2.  [SUNSET.] 
    Section 1 is repealed June 30, 1987, or when rules 
incorporating the 1985 life safety code have been adopted, 
whichever occurs first. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved March 19, 1986