Bill Text: MN SF2584 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services residential or nonresidential programs community notification and public hearing requirements
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF2584 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2584-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; requiring community notification prior to licensing
1.3residential or nonresidential programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 245A.04, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Notification of affected municipality. (a) The commissioner must not
1.8issue a license without giving 30 calendar days' written notice to the affected municipality
1.9or other political subdivisionunless the program is considered a permitted single-family
1.10residential use under sections
245A.11 and
245A.14
1.11paragraph (b).
1.12(b) If the program is considered a permitted single-family or multifamily residential
1.13use under section 245A.11 or a permitted single-family or multifamily nonresidential use
1.14under section 245A.14, the commissioner must provide notice to the affected municipality
1.15or other political subdivision not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days before it signs a
1.16purchase or lease agreement to establish a group home or treatment facility. The required
1.17notice must be provided in writing to all residences, schools, churches, community
1.18organizations, and businesses within 2,640 feet of any facility the commissioner of human
1.19services establishes. Not less than 14 nor more than 21 days before signing a purchase
1.20or lease agreement the commissioner must hold a public hearing in the community in
1.21which the group home or facility will be located. This paragraph applies to state-operated
1.22programs and nonstate owned or operated programs.
2.1(c) The notification required in paragraph (a) must be given before the first issuance
2.2of a license and annually after that time if annual notification is requested in writing by the
2.3affected municipality or other political subdivision.
2.4(d) State funds must not be made available to or be spent by an agency or department
2.5of state, county, or municipal government for payment to a residential or nonresidential
2.6program licensed under this chapter until the provisions of this subdivision have been
2.7complied with in full. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to programs
2.8located in hospitals.
1.3residential or nonresidential programs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 245A.04, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Notification of affected municipality. (a) The commissioner must not
1.8issue a license without giving 30 calendar days' written notice to the affected municipality
1.9or other political subdivision
1.10
1.11paragraph (b).
1.12(b) If the program is considered a permitted single-family or multifamily residential
1.13use under section 245A.11 or a permitted single-family or multifamily nonresidential use
1.14under section 245A.14, the commissioner must provide notice to the affected municipality
1.15or other political subdivision not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days before it signs a
1.16purchase or lease agreement to establish a group home or treatment facility. The required
1.17notice must be provided in writing to all residences, schools, churches, community
1.18organizations, and businesses within 2,640 feet of any facility the commissioner of human
1.19services establishes. Not less than 14 nor more than 21 days before signing a purchase
1.20or lease agreement the commissioner must hold a public hearing in the community in
1.21which the group home or facility will be located. This paragraph applies to state-operated
1.22programs and nonstate owned or operated programs.
2.1(c) The notification required in paragraph (a) must be given before the first issuance
2.2of a license and annually after that time if annual notification is requested in writing by the
2.3affected municipality or other political subdivision.
2.4(d) State funds must not be made available to or be spent by an agency or department
2.5of state, county, or municipal government for payment to a residential or nonresidential
2.6program licensed under this chapter until the provisions of this subdivision have been
2.7complied with in full. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to programs
2.8located in hospitals.
