Modifying certain provisions relating to child welfare and placement; requiring the state registrar to provide copies of original birth certificates of adopted persons to authorized representatives of federally recognized American Indian tribes to determine eligibility of the adopted persons for enrollment or membership in the tribe, restricting use to provide information to the adopted person on the birth parents; providing for the continued availability of funds under agreements between the commissioner of human services and licensed child placing agencies for placement of a specific child; expanding child welfare targeted case management services under medical assistance (MA) to tribal social services and providing for negotiated payment rates for the services; removing the definition of case coordination services from the definition of family based services under the Minnesota family preservation act; modifying a certain requirement for county selection of the expanded service option for family preservation fund grant use purposes and expanding child welfare targeted case management services to tribal social services; requiring local social services agencies to make diligent efforts to identify, locate and offer services to both parents of children placed in residential facilities by court order or by voluntary release by the parents and providing for day to day care and for agency petitions on behalf of noncustodial parents for custody under certain conditions; modifying and expanding certain case plan content requirements; creating a preference for placing siblings together in foster care and adoption situations; clarifying certain agency parental notice requirements relating to voluntary placement of children in foster care and modifying certain relative search and placement review requirements; expanding the scope of relative custody assistance to important friends and modifying certain definitions, the relationship between relative custody assistance and certain other assistance programs and the appeal process; modifying certain provisions under the adoption assistance program relating to appeal and the reimbursement of certain costs; expanding eligibility and certification statement requirements for postadoption assistance grants; modifying certain provisions under the juvenile court act relating to the purpose of laws governing the termination of parental rights and reasonable efforts towards rehabilitation and reunification; clarifying the definition of child in need of protection or services relating to voluntary placement or release; modifying the definition of relative and expanding the definition of egregious harm; modifying the procedure for responsible social services agency review of foster care status and for petitions or orders for relief from domestic child abuse; expanding certain court notice requirements relating to children in need of protection or services; requiring certain court determinations at detention hearings and specifying certain case plan requirements; modifying certain disposition requirements, authorizing court orders for placement of the child into the home and dismissal of responsible social services from the case under certain conditions and modifying certain provisions providing for review of court ordered placements and permanent placement determinations; modifying certain requirements for the termination of parental rights; modifying or clarifying certain definitions for child maltreatment reporting purposes and clarifying or expanding certain reporting requirements and the liability immunity provision; providing for certain notice of the status of the report to informers; clarifying certain data release provisions; repealing certain rulemaking requirements of the commissioner of human services relating to the placement of children in foster homes (mk) ;