1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; providing a licensure 
  1.3             exception for six-bed service sites in some 
  1.4             circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 252.28, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 252.28, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3a.  [LICENSING EXCEPTION.] Notwithstanding the 
  1.10  provisions of subdivision 3, the commissioner may license up to 
  1.11  eight home and community-based service sites serving up to six 
  1.12  persons each to provide services to persons being discharged 
  1.13  from a 48-bed intermediate care facility for adults with mental 
  1.14  retardation located in Dakota county that is downsizing to 
  1.15  closure.