1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3215 as follows:
1.2Page 25, line 11, delete everything before "transferring" and insert "(b) Before the
1.3kinship placement agreement is signed for the purpose of"
1.4Page 25, line 22, after the period, insert "The commissioner and the county agency
1.5shall expedite any request for a set aside or variance for a background study required
1.6under chapter 256N."
1.7Page 42, lines 18 and 19, delete the new language
1.8Page 43, after line 18, insert:
1.9"(9) the court may finalize a permanent transfer of physical and legal custody to a
1.10relative regardless of eligibility for Northstar kinship assistance under chapter 256N; and"