1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1406 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, is amended by adding a
1.4subdivision to read:
1.5    Subd. 14. Preschool programs. Programs operated by a school as defined in
1.6subdivision 4 for children 33 months or older must meet the following criteria:
1.7    (1) maintain a ratio of 1 teacher to 7 children;
1.8    (2) provide comprehensive program content based on early childhood research and
1.9professional practice that is focused on children's cognitive skills and development and
1.10prepares children for transition to kindergarten; and
1.11    (3) have a classroom teacher who is licensed as an early childhood teacher, a certified
1.12early childhood educator, or a licensed parent educator.

1.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.14    Subd. 2. Exclusion from licensure. (a) This chapter does not apply to:
1.15    (1) residential or nonresidential programs that are provided to a person by an
1.16individual who is related unless the residential program is a child foster care placement
1.17made by a local social services agency or a licensed child-placing agency, except as
1.18provided in subdivision 2a;
1.19    (2) nonresidential programs that are provided by an unrelated individual to persons
1.20from a single related family;
1.21    (3) residential or nonresidential programs that are provided to adults who do
1.22not abuse chemicals or who do not have a chemical dependency, a mental illness, a
1.23developmental disability, a functional impairment, or a physical disability;
1.24    (4) sheltered workshops or work activity programs that are certified by the
1.25commissioner of economic security;
2.1    (5) programs operated by a public school as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision
2.24, that provides child care for children 33 months or older that meet the criteria in section
2.3120A.22, subdivision 14;
2.4    (6) nonresidential programs primarily for children that provide care or supervision
2.5for periods of less than three hours a day while the child's parent or legal guardian is in
2.6the same building as the nonresidential program or present within another building that is
2.7directly contiguous to the building in which the nonresidential program is located;
2.8    (7) nursing homes or hospitals licensed by the commissioner of health except as
2.9specified under section 245A.02;
2.10    (8) board and lodge facilities licensed by the commissioner of health that provide
2.11services for five or more persons whose primary diagnosis is mental illness that do not
2.12provide intensive residential treatment;
2.13    (9) homes providing programs for persons placed there by a licensed agency for
2.14legal adoption, unless the adoption is not completed within two years;
2.15    (10) programs licensed by the commissioner of corrections;
2.16    (11) recreation programs for children or adults that are operated or approved by a
2.17park and recreation board whose primary purpose is to provide social and recreational
2.18activities;
2.19    (12) programs operated by a school as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4,
2.20whose primary purpose is to provide child care to school-age children;
2.21    (13) Head Start nonresidential programs which operate for less than 45 days in
2.22each calendar year;
2.23    (14) noncertified boarding care homes unless they provide services for five or more
2.24persons whose primary diagnosis is mental illness or a developmental disability;
2.25    (15) programs for children such as scouting, boys clubs, girls clubs, and sports and
2.26art programs, and nonresidential programs for children provided for a cumulative total of
2.27less than 30 days in any 12-month period;
2.28    (16) residential programs for persons with mental illness, that are located in hospitals;
2.29    (17) the religious instruction of school-age children; Sabbath or Sunday schools; or
2.30the congregate care of children by a church, congregation, or religious society during the
2.31period used by the church, congregation, or religious society for its regular worship;
2.32    (18) camps licensed by the commissioner of health under Minnesota Rules, chapter
2.334630;
2.34    (19) mental health outpatient services for adults with mental illness or children
2.35with emotional disturbance;
3.1    (20) residential programs serving school-age children whose sole purpose is cultural
3.2or educational exchange, until the commissioner adopts appropriate rules;
3.3    (21) unrelated individuals who provide out-of-home respite care services to persons
3.4with developmental disabilities from a single related family for no more than 90 days in a
3.512-month period and the respite care services are for the temporary relief of the person's
3.6family or legal representative;
3.7    (22) respite care services provided as a home and community-based service to a
3.8person with a developmental disability, in the person's primary residence;
3.9    (23) community support services programs as defined in section 245.462, subdivision
3.106 , and family community support services as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 17;
3.11    (24) the placement of a child by a birth parent or legal guardian in a preadoptive
3.12home for purposes of adoption as authorized by section 259.47;
3.13    (25) settings registered under chapter 144D which provide home care services
3.14licensed by the commissioner of health to fewer than seven adults; or
3.15    (26) consumer-directed community support service funded under the Medicaid
3.16waiver for persons with developmental disabilities when the individual who provided
3.17the service is:
3.18    (i) the same individual who is the direct payee of these specific waiver funds or paid
3.19by a fiscal agent, fiscal intermediary, or employer of record; and
3.20    (ii) not otherwise under the control of a residential or nonresidential program that is
3.21required to be licensed under this chapter when providing the service.
3.22    (b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (6), a building is directly contiguous to a
3.23building in which a nonresidential program is located if it shares a common wall with the
3.24building in which the nonresidential program is located or is attached to that building by
3.25skyway, tunnel, atrium, or common roof.
3.26    (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensure for any services
3.27provided and funded according to an approved federal waiver plan where licensure is
3.28specifically identified as not being a condition for the services and funding."
3.29Amend the title accordingly