Panel approves amendment moving accommodation 'interactive process' language into statute
The committee adopted an oral amendment to Senate File 3210 to move language that would treat a "failure to engage" in the interactive accommodation process as an unfair discriminatory practice into the substantive Minnesota Human Rights Act. Advocates from disability organizations urged the change, citing widespread denials of effective accommodations.
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Sen. Erin Maye Quade presented Senate File 3210 to enshrine reasonable-accommodation and Section 504 protections into the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Advocates testified the state's interactive process for determining accommodations frequently fails, producing denials for people who rely on communication or sensory adjustments.
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