2003 Minnesota Statutes

     245C.11 Background study; county agencies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Foster care; criminal conviction data. 
  For individuals who are required to have background studies 
 under section 245C.03, subdivisions 1 and 2, and who have been 
 continuously affiliated with a foster care provider that is 
 licensed in more than one county, criminal conviction data may 
 be shared among those counties in which the foster care programs 
 are licensed.  A county agency's receipt of criminal conviction 
 data from another county agency shall meet the criminal data 
 background study requirements of this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Jointly licensed programs.  A county agency 
 may accept a background study completed by the commissioner 
 under this chapter in place of the background study required 
 under section 245A.16, subdivision 3, in programs with joint 
 licensure as home and community-based services and adult foster 
 care for people with developmental disabilities when the license 
 holder does not reside in the foster care residence and the 
 subject of the study has been continuously affiliated with the 
 license holder since the date of the commissioner's study. 

    Subd. 3.    Criminal history data.  County agencies 
 shall have access to the criminal history data in the same 
 manner as county licensing agencies under this chapter for 
 purposes of background studies completed by county agencies on 
 legal nonlicensed child care providers to determine eligibility 
 for child care funds under chapter 119B. 

    HIST: 2003 c 15 art 1 s 11