Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 1276
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/27/2025 06:04 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to children; modifying Northstar Care for Children benefits for children
under the age of six and children transferred into Northstar Care for Children;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142A.609, subdivision 5; 142A.611,
subdivisions 2, 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.609, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Alternate rates for preschool entry and certain transitioned children.
new text begin (a)
new text end A child who enterednew text begin or entersnew text end the Northstar kinship assistance or adoption assistance
components of Northstar Care for Children while under the age of six deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end receive
50 percent of the amount the child would otherwise be entitled to under subdivisions 3 and
4.
new text begin (b) new text end The commissioner may also use the 50 percent rate for a child who was transitioned
into those components through declaration of the commissioner under section deleted text begin 256N.28deleted text end new text begin
142A.612new text end , subdivision 7.
new text begin
(c) A child who is in the care of a relative or placed within the placement preferences
under section 260.773, and who enters the Northstar kinship assistance or adoption assistance
components of Northstar Care for Children while under the age of six must receive the full
amount under subdivisions 3 and 4.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.611, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
State share.
The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end pay the state share of the maintenance
payments as determined under subdivision 4, and an identical share of the pre-Northstar
Care foster care program under section 260C.4411, subdivision 1, the relative custody
assistance program under section 142A.65, and the pre-Northstar Care for Children adoption
assistance program under chapter 259A.new text begin The state share must include the cost of eliminating
the alternate rates for preschool entry into kinship assistance or adoption assistance under
section 142A.609, subdivision 5, paragraph (c).
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.611, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Nonfederal share.
(a) The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end establish a percentage
share of the maintenance payments, reduced by federal reimbursements under title IV-E of
the Social Security Act, to be paid by the state and to be paid by the financially responsible
agency.
(b) These state and local shares must initially be calculated based on the ratio of the
average appropriate expenditures made by the state and all financially responsible agencies
during calendar years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. For purposes of this calculation,
appropriate expenditures for the financially responsible agencies must include basic and
difficulty of care payments for foster care reduced by federal reimbursements, but not
including any initial clothing allowance, administrative payments to child care agencies
specified in section 317A.907, child care, or other support or ancillary expenditures. For
purposes of this calculation, appropriate expenditures for the state deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end include adoption
assistance and relative custody assistance, reduced by federal reimbursements.
(c) For each of the periods January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016, and fiscal years 2017,
2018, and 2019, the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end adjust this initial percentage of state and local
shares to reflect the relative expenditure trends during calendar years 2011, 2012, 2013,
and 2014, taking into account appropriations for Northstar Care for Childrennew text begin , the cost of
eliminating the alternate rates for preschool entry into kinship assistance or adoption
assistance under section 142A.609, subdivision 5, paragraph (c),new text end and the turnover rates of
the components. In making these adjustments, the commissioner's goal deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end be to
make these state and local expenditures other than the appropriations for Northstar Care for
Children to be the same as they would have been had Northstar Care for Children not been
implemented, or if that is not possible, proportionally higher or lower, as appropriate. Except
for adjustments so that the costs of the phase-in new text begin and the cost of eliminating the alternate
rates for preschool entry into kinship assistance or adoption assistance under section
142A.609, subdivision 5, paragraph (c), new text end are borne by the state, the state and local share
percentages for fiscal year 2019 must be used for all subsequent years.