MN HF3668

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245C.24, subdivision 2, regarding disqualifications in human services licensing.

Requires the commissioner to consider granting a variance for individuals in chemical dependency or corrections fields who were disqualified for crimes or conduct listed in section 245C.15, subdivision 1, and whose disqualification was previously set aside prior to July 1, 2005, but only for programs dealing primarily with adults.

Requires variance requests to include a letter of recommendation from the license holder addressing the individual's quality of care to children or vulnerable adults and circumstances of departure from that service.

Allows the commissioner to grant a variance to a licensed foster care provider who adopts an individual with a permanent disqualification, provided the adoption occurred after the individual received foster care services from the provider for over six months and the variance is recommended by both the county of responsibility and the licensing agency.