1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; making improvements to child
1.3 	care services; proposing coding for new law in
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [245A.142] CHILD CARE IMPROVEMENTS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Provider requirements. All child care
1.8 	programs required to be licensed under chapters 119B and 245A
1.9 	must meet the requirements in chapters 119B and 245A and the
1.10 	following requirements:
1.11 	(1) all child care workers must be certified in first aid
1.12 	and CPR and remain current in certification;
1.13 	(2) all child care workers must have 32 hours of education
1.14 	in child development and child care training within the first
1.15 	six months of employment; and 
1.16 	(3) all child care providers must notify parents if a child
1.17 	care worker or person living in the home who has been
1.18 	disqualified after a background study receives a variance or set
1.19 	aside from the commissioner.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Department requirements. The commissioner of
1.21 	human services shall ensure that the requirements in clauses (1)
1.22 	to (3) are met:
1.23 	(1) the Department of Human Services shall make unannounced
1.24 	inspections on five percent of the inspections the department
1.25 	conducts annually;
2.1 	(2) violations under this subdivision and chapters 119B and
2.2 	245A shall be posted on the department's Web site; and 
2.3 	(3) the department shall institute a violation policy that
2.4 	regulates licensed day care providers based on severity of the
2.5 	violation and implement fines according to the severity of
2.6 	infraction.  The following must be included in the violation
2.7 	policy:
2.8 	(i) exceeding staff-to-child ratios;
2.9 	(ii) exceeding license capacity;
2.10 	(iii) failure to comply with background study requirements;
2.11 	(iv) failure to report suspected abuse or neglect of a
2.12 	child;
2.13 	(v) having hazardous materials or products accessible to
2.14 	children;
2.15 	(vi) inadequate supervision of children;
2.16 	(vii) maltreatment of a child;
2.17 	(viii) release of a child to an unauthorized person; and 
2.18 	(ix) violations of behavior guidance.
2.19 		Subd. 3.Report required. The commissioner shall prepare
2.20 	an annual report by January 15 for the chairs of the house and
2.21 	senate committees with jurisdiction over child care that
2.22 	includes the number of inspections completed each year, the
2.23 	number of inspections that were not completed but were scheduled
2.24 	to be done, and a list of sanctions, fines, and correction
2.25 	orders issued each year, as well as the number of license
2.26 	revocations and providers placed on probation.