1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying Birth to Age Eight Pilot Project;amending 
1.3 	Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 7, section 33, subdivisions 2, 
1.4 	3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 7, section 33, subdivision 
1.7 	2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Pilot design and goals. The pilot will establish five key developmental milestone 
1.9 	markers from birth to age eight. Enrollees in the Pilot program participants will be 
1.10 	developmentally assessed and tracked by a technology solution that tracks developmental 
1.11 	milestones along the established developmental continuum. If a child's pilot program 
1.12 	participant's progress falls below established milestones and the weighted scoring, the 
1.13 	coordinated service system will focus on identified areas of concern, mobilize appropriate 
1.14 	supportive services, and offer referrals or services to identified children and their families
1.15 	pilot program participants.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 7, section 33, subdivision 3, is 
1.18 	amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 3.Program participants in phase 1 target population. Pilot program participants 
1.20 	must opt in and provide parental or guardian consent to participate and be enrolled or engaged 
1.21 	in one or more of the following:
1.22 	(1) be enrolled in a Women's Infant & Children (WIC) program;
2.1 	(2) be participating in a family home visiting program, or nurse family practice, or 
2.2 	Healthy Families America (HFA) Follow Along Program;
2.3 	(3) be children and families qualifying for and participating in early language learners 
2.4 	(ELL) in the school district in which they reside; and
2.5 	(4) opt in and provide parental consent to participate in the pilot project.
2.6 	(3) school's early childhood screening; or
2.7 	(4) any other Dakota County or school program that is determined as useful for identifying 
2.8 	children at risk of falling below established guidelines.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.