| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human services; modifying background check requirements for certain |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 housing support providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.04, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 2c. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256I.04, subdivision 2c, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 2c.Background study requirements.(a) Effective July 1, 2016, A provider of |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8housing support must initiate background studies in accordance with chapter 245C of the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9following individuals: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) controlling individuals as defined in section 245A.02; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) managerial officials as defined in section 245A.02; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (3) all employees and volunteers of the establishment who have direct contact with |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13recipients, or who have unsupervised access to recipients, their personal property, or their |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14private data. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) The provider of housing support must maintain compliance with all requirements |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16established for entities initiating background studies under chapter 245C. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) Effective July 1, 2017, A provider of housing support must demonstrate that all |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18individuals required to have a background study according to paragraph (a) have a notice |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19stating either that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (1) the individual is not disqualified under section 245C.14; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-01626 as introduced12/20/24 REVISOR DTT/AD |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 2334NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: ABELER, Kupec, Koran, Boldon and Maye Quade) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading03/10/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Human Services 2.1 (2) the individual is disqualified, but the individual has been issued a set-aside of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2disqualification for that setting under section 245C.22. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3 (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), providers of supportive housing and emergency |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4shelter are not required to initiate background studies under chapter 245C. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 25-01626 as introduced12/20/24 REVISOR DTT/AD |
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