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MN HF3822
Bill
Status
2/26/2020
Primary Sponsor
Ami Wazlawik
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AI Summary
H.F. 3822 Summary
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Establishes personal liability exemption for municipal officers and employees handling family day care licensing unless found guilty of malfeasance in office, willful neglect of duty, or bad faith.
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Removes the exception allowing municipalities to be liable for claims when they had actual knowledge of licensing standard failures that created dangerous conditions at family day care facilities.
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Requires all counties to use a uniform application form for family child care variance requests beginning January 1, 2021.
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Directs the commissioner of human services to issue the uniform variance application form by October 1, 2020, with the Family Child Care Task Force required to develop and submit the form by September 1, 2020.
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Commissioner shall provide necessary training and guidance to counties for implementing the uniform application form.
Legislative Description
Child care; personal liability exemption established for family day care inspectors, exception removed for counties to be liable for claims at family day care where county had actual knowledge of risk that led to claims, counties required to use uniform family child care variance application, and human services commissioner directed to issue a uniform variance application developed by the Family Child Care Task Force for family day care providers.
Last Action
Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division
3/9/2020