1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to children; modifying provisions relating to economic assistance, child 
1.3 	protection and welfare, early care and learning, and licensing and certification; 
1.4 	requiring reports; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 
1.5 	142A.03, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 142A.42; 142B.01, subdivision 
1.6 	15; 142B.05, subdivision 3; 142B.10, subdivisions 14, 16; 142B.16, subdivisions 
1.7 	2, 5; 142B.171, subdivision 2; 142B.18, subdivisions 4, 6; 142B.30, subdivision 
1.8 	1; 142B.41, by adding a subdivision; 142B.47; 142B.51, subdivision 2; 142B.65, 
1.9 	subdivisions 8, 9; 142B.66, subdivision 3; 142B.70, subdivisions 7, 8; 142B.80; 
1.10 	142C.06, by adding a subdivision; 142C.11, subdivision 8; 142C.12, subdivisions 
1.11 	1, 6; 142D.21, subdivisions 6, 10, by adding a subdivision; 142D.23, subdivision 
1.12 	3; 142D.31, subdivision 2; 142E.03, subdivision 3; 142E.11, subdivisions 1, 2; 
1.13 	142E.13, subdivision 2; 142E.15, subdivision 1; 142E.16, subdivisions 3, 7; 
1.14 	142E.17, subdivision 9; 245.0962, subdivision 1; 245A.18, subdivision 1; 245C.02, 
1.15 	by adding a subdivision; 260.65; 260.66, subdivision 1; 260.691, subdivision 1; 
1.16 	260.692; 260.810, subdivisions 1, 2; 260.821, subdivision 2; 260C.001, subdivision 
1.17 	2; 260C.007, subdivision 19; 260C.141, subdivision 1; 260C.150, subdivision 3; 
1.18 	260C.178, subdivisions 1, 7; 260C.201, subdivisions 1, 2; 260C.202, subdivision 
1.19 	2, by adding subdivisions; 260C.204; 260C.212, subdivisions 1, 1a; 260C.221, 
1.20 	subdivision 2; 260C.223, subdivisions 1, 2; 260C.329, subdivisions 3, 8; 260C.451, 
1.21 	subdivision 9; 260C.452, subdivision 4; 260E.03, subdivision 15; 260E.065; 
1.22 	260E.09; 260E.20, subdivisions 1, 3; 260E.24, subdivisions 1, 2; 518.68, 
1.23 	subdivision 2; 518A.34; 518A.46, subdivision 7; 518A.75, subdivision 1; Laws 
1.24 	2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.25 	Statutes, chapters 142B; 260E.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

2.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.5 	to read:
2.6 		Subd. 35.Electronic benefits transfer; contracting and procurement. Notwithstanding 
2.7 	chapter 16C, the commissioner is exempt from the contract term limits for the issuance of 
2.8 	public benefits through an electronic benefit transfer system and related services. These 
2.9 	contracts may have up to an initial five-year term, with extensions not to exceed a ten-year 
2.10 	total contract duration.

2.11 	ARTICLE 2
2.12 	CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE POLICY

2.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.01, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
2.14 		Subd. 15.Individual who is related. "Individual who is related" means a spouse, a 
2.15 	parent, a birth or adopted child or stepchild, a stepparent, a stepbrother, a stepsister, a niece, 
2.16 	a nephew, an adoptive parent, a grandparent, a sibling, an aunt, an uncle, or a legal guardian.
2.17 	For purposes of family child foster care, individual who is related also includes an individual 
2.18 	who, prior to the child's placement in the individual's home for foster care or adoption, was 
2.19 	an important friend of the child or of the child's parent or custodian, including an individual 
2.20 	with whom the child has resided or had significant contact or who has a significant 
2.21 	relationship to the child or the child's parent or custodian.

2.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.23 		Subd. 3.Foster care by an individual who is related to a child; license required. (a) 
2.24 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), in order to provide foster care for 
2.25 	a child, an individual who is related to the child, other than a parent, or legal guardian, must 
2.26 	be licensed by the commissioner except as provided by section 142B.06.
2.27 	(b) An individual who is related to the child may seek foster care licensure through the 
2.28 	county agency or a private agency in the community designated or licensed by the 
2.29 	commissioner. The county agency must provide information to all potential relative foster 
2.30 	care providers about this choice. Counties are not obligated to pay costs for services provided 
2.31 	by private agencies.
3.1 	(c) If an individual who is related to a child is seeking licensure to provide foster care 
3.2 	for the child and the individual has a domestic partner but is not married to the domestic 
3.3 	partner, only the individual related to the child must be licensed to provide foster care. The 
3.4 	commissioner must conduct background studies on household members according to section 
3.5 	245C.03, subdivision 1.

3.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.47, is amended to read:
3.7 	142B.47 TRAINING ON RISK OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH 
3.8 	AND ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA FOR CHILD FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS.
3.9 	(a) Licensed child foster care providers, except individuals related to the child, that care 
3.10 	for infants or children through five years of age must document that before caregivers assist 
3.11 	in the care of infants or children through five years of age, they the caregivers are instructed 
3.12 	on the standards in section 142B.46 and receive training on reducing the risk of sudden 
3.13 	unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma from shaking infants and young children.
3.14 	Licensed child foster care providers who are related to the child and who only serve a relative 
3.15 	child must document completion of the training required under this section within 30 days 
3.16 	after licensure. This section does not apply to emergency relative placement under section 
3.17 	142B.06. The training on reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and abusive 
3.18 	head trauma may be provided as:
3.19 	(1) orientation training to child foster care providers who care for infants or children 
3.20 	through five years of age under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subpart 1; or
3.21 	(2) in-service training to child foster care providers who care for infants or children 
3.22 	through five years of age under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subpart 2.
3.23 	(b) Training required under this section must be at least one hour in length and must be 
3.24 	completed at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must address the risk 
3.25 	factors related to sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma, means of reducing 
3.26 	the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma, and license holder 
3.27 	communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death 
3.28 	and abusive head trauma.
3.29 	(c) Training for child foster care providers must be approved by the county or private 
3.30 	licensing agency that is responsible for monitoring the child foster care provider under 
3.31 	section 142B.30. The approved training fulfills, in part, training required under Minnesota 
3.32 	Rules, part 2960.3070.

4.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subd. 2.Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement. (a) Programs 
4.3 	licensed by the Department of Human Services under chapter 245A or the Department of 
4.4 	Children, Youth, and Families under this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, that 
4.5 	serve a child or children under eight years of age must document training that fulfills the 
4.6 	requirements in this subdivision.
4.7 	(b) Before a license holder, staff person, or caregiver transports a child or children under 
4.8 	age eight in a motor vehicle, the person transporting the child must satisfactorily complete 
4.9 	training on the proper use and installation of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. 
4.10 	Training completed under this section may be used to meet initial or ongoing training under 
4.11 	Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subparts 1 and 2.
4.12 	(c) Training required under this section must be completed at orientation or initial training 
4.13 	and repeated at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must address the 
4.14 	proper use of child restraint systems based on the child's size, weight, and age, and the 
4.15 	proper installation of a car seat or booster seat in the motor vehicle used by the license 
4.16 	holder to transport the child or children.
4.17 	(d) Training under paragraph (c) must be provided by individuals who are certified and 
4.18 	approved by the Office of Traffic Safety within the Department of Public Safety. License 
4.19 	holders may obtain a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public 
4.20 	Safety website or by contacting the agency.
4.21 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for an emergency relative placement under section 
4.22 	142B.06, the commissioner may grant a variance to the training required by this subdivision 
4.23 	for a relative who completes a child seat safety check up. The child seat safety check up 
4.24 	trainer must be approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, and 
4.25 	must provide one-on-one instruction on placing a child of a specific age in the exact child 
4.26 	passenger restraint in the motor vehicle in which the child will be transported. Once granted 
4.27 	a variance, and if all other licensing requirements are met, the relative applicant may receive 
4.28 	a license and may transport a relative foster child younger than eight years of age. A child 
4.29 	seat safety check up must be completed each time a child requires a different size car seat 
4.30 	according to car seat and vehicle manufacturer guidelines. A relative license holder must 
4.31 	complete training that meets the other requirements of this subdivision prior to placement 
4.32 	of another foster child younger than eight years of age in the home or prior to the renewal 
4.33 	of the child foster care license.
5.1 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a child foster care license holder who is an individual 
5.2 	related to the child and who only serves a relative child must document completion of the 
5.3 	training required under this section within 30 days after licensure.

5.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.80, is amended to read:
5.5 	142B.80 CHILD FOSTER CARE TRAINING REQUIREMENT; MENTAL 
5.6 	HEALTH TRAINING; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS TRAINING.
5.7 	Prior to a nonemergency placement of a child in a foster care home, the child foster care 
5.8 	license holder and caregivers in foster family and treatment foster care settings must complete 
5.9 	two hours of training that addresses the causes, symptoms, and key warning signs of mental 
5.10 	health disorders; cultural considerations; and effective approaches for dealing with a child's 
5.11 	behaviors. At least one hour of the annual training requirement for the foster family license 
5.12 	holder and caregivers must be on children's mental health issues and treatment. Except for 
5.13 	providers and services under chapter 245D and child foster care license holders who are 
5.14 	individuals related to the child and who only serve a relative child who does not have fetal 
5.15 	alcohol spectrum disorder, the annual training must also include at least one hour of training 
5.16 	on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which must be counted toward the 12 hours of required 
5.17 	in-service training per year. Short-term substitute caregivers are exempt from these 
5.18 	requirements. Training curriculum shall be approved by the commissioner of children, 
5.19 	youth, and families.

5.20 	Sec. 6. [142B.81] CHILD FOSTER CARE TRAINING; RELATIVE CAREGIVERS.
5.21 	Notwithstanding the required hours under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subpart 2, 
5.22 	a child foster care license holder who is an individual related to the child must complete a 
5.23 	minimum of six hours of in-service training per year in one or more of the areas in Minnesota 
5.24 	Rules, part 2960.3070, subpart 2, or in other areas as agreed upon by the licensing agency 
5.25 	and the foster parent. The relative child foster care license holder must consult with the 
5.26 	licensing agency and complete training in areas that are most applicable to caring for the 
5.27 	relative children in foster care in the home. This section does not apply to a child foster care 
5.28 	license holder who is licensed to care for both a relative child and a nonrelative child.

5.29 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
5.30 	read:
5.31 		Subd. 16b.Relative. "Relative" has the meaning given in section 260C.007, subdivision 
5.32 	27. For purposes of background studies affiliated with child foster care licensure, a person 
6.1 	is a relative if the person was known to the child or the child's parent before the child is 
6.2 	placed in foster care.

6.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.65, is amended to read:
6.4 	260.65 NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS; RELATIVE PLACEMENT.
6.5 	(a) Prior to the removal of an African American or a disproportionately represented child 
6.6 	from the child's home, the responsible social services agency must make active efforts to 
6.7 	identify and locate the child's noncustodial or nonadjudicated parent and the child's relatives 
6.8 	to notify the child's parent and relatives that the child is or will be placed in foster care, and 
6.9 	provide the child's parent and relatives with a list of legal resources. The notice to the child's 
6.10 	noncustodial or nonadjudicated parent and relatives must also include the information 
6.11 	required under section 260C.221, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The responsible social 
6.12 	services agency must maintain detailed records of the agency's efforts to notify parents and 
6.13 	relatives under this section.
6.14 	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 260C.219, the responsible social services 
6.15 	agency must assess an African American or a disproportionately represented child's 
6.16 	noncustodial or nonadjudicated parent's ability to care for the child before placing the child 
6.17 	in foster care. If a child's noncustodial or nonadjudicated parent is willing and able to provide 
6.18 	daily care for the African American or disproportionately represented child temporarily or 
6.19 	permanently, the court shall order that the child be placed in into the home of the noncustodial 
6.20 	or nonadjudicated parent pursuant to section 260C.178 or 260C.201, subdivision 1. The 
6.21 	responsible social services agency must make active efforts to assist a noncustodial or 
6.22 	nonadjudicated parent with remedying any issues that may prevent the child from being 
6.23 	placed with the ordered into the home of a noncustodial or nonadjudicated parent.
6.24 	(c) The relative search, notice, engagement, and placement consideration requirements 
6.25 	under section 260C.221 apply under this act.

6.26 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.66, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.27 		Subdivision 1.Emergency removal or placement permitted. Nothing in this section 
6.28 	shall be construed to prevent the emergency removal of an African American or a 
6.29 	disproportionately represented child's parent or custodian child or the emergency placement 
6.30 	of the child in a foster setting in order to prevent imminent physical damage or harm to the 
6.31 	child.

7.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.691, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.2 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and duties. (a) The African American Child and Family 
7.3 	Well-Being Advisory Council is established for the Department of Children, Youth, and 
7.4 	Families.
7.5 	(b) The council shall consist of 31 members appointed by the commissioner and must 
7.6 	include representatives with lived personal or professional experience within African 
7.7 	American communities. Members may include but are not limited to youth who have exited 
7.8 	the child welfare system; parents; legal custodians; relative and kinship caregivers or foster 
7.9 	care providers; community service providers, advocates, and members; county and private 
7.10 	social services agency case managers; representatives from faith-based institutions; academic 
7.11 	professionals; a representative from the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage; the 
7.12 	Ombudsperson for African American Families; and other individuals with experience and 
7.13 	knowledge of African American communities. Council members must be selected through 
7.14 	an open appointments process under section 15.0597. The terms, compensation, and removal 
7.15 	of council members are governed by section 15.059.
7.16 	(c) The African American Child Well-Being Advisory council must:
7.17 	(1) review annual reports related to African American children involved in the child 
7.18 	welfare system. These reports may include but are not limited to the maltreatment, 
7.19 	out-of-home placement, and permanency of African American children;
7.20 	(2) assist with and make recommendations to the commissioner for developing strategies 
7.21 	to reduce maltreatment determinations, prevent unnecessary out-of-home placement, promote 
7.22 	culturally appropriate foster care and shelter or facility placement decisions and settings for 
7.23 	African American children in need of out-of-home placement, ensure timely achievement 
7.24 	of permanency, and improve child welfare outcomes for African American children and 
7.25 	their families;
7.26 	(3) review summary reports on targeted case reviews prepared by the commissioner to 
7.27 	ensure that responsible social services agencies meet the needs of African American children 
7.28 	and their families. Based on data collected from those reviews, the council shall assist the 
7.29 	commissioner with developing strategies needed to improve any identified child welfare 
7.30 	outcomes, including but not limited to maltreatment, out-of-home placement, and permanency 
7.31 	for African American children;
7.32 	(4) assist the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council with making make
7.33 	recommendations to the commissioner and the legislature for public policy and statutory 
8.1 	changes that specifically consider the needs of African American children and their families 
8.2 	involved in the child welfare system;
8.3 	(5) advise the commissioner on stakeholder engagement strategies and actions that the 
8.4 	commissioner and responsible social services agencies may take to improve child welfare 
8.5 	outcomes for African American children and their families;
8.6 	(6) assist the commissioner with developing strategies for public messaging and 
8.7 	communication related to racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare outcomes 
8.8 	for African American children and their families;
8.9 	(7) assist the commissioner with identifying and developing internal and external 
8.10 	partnerships to support adequate access to services and resources for African American 
8.11 	children and their families, including but not limited to housing assistance, employment 
8.12 	assistance, food and nutrition support, health care, child care assistance, and educational 
8.13 	support and training; and
8.14 	(8) assist the commissioner with developing strategies to promote the development of 
8.15 	a culturally diverse and representative child welfare workforce in Minnesota that includes 
8.16 	professionals who are reflective of the community served and who have been directly 
8.17 	impacted by lived experiences within the child welfare system. The council must also assist 
8.18 	the commissioner with exploring strategies and partnerships to address education and training 
8.19 	needs, hiring, recruitment, retention, and professional advancement practices.

8.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.692, is amended to read:
8.21 	260.692 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING UNIT.
8.22 		Subdivision 1.Duties. The African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit, 
8.23 	currently established by the commissioner, must:
8.24 	(1) assist with the development of African American cultural competency training and 
8.25 	review child welfare curriculum in the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy to 
8.26 	ensure that responsible social services agency staff and other child welfare professionals 
8.27 	are appropriately prepared to engage with African American children and their families and 
8.28 	to support family preservation and reunification;
8.29 	(2) provide technical assistance, including on-site technical assistance, and case 
8.30 	consultation to responsible social services agencies to assist agencies with implementing 
8.31 	and complying with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare 
8.32 	Disproportionality Act;
9.1 	(3) monitor individual county and statewide disaggregated and nondisaggregated data 
9.2 	to identify trends and patterns in child welfare outcomes, including but not limited to 
9.3 	reporting, maltreatment, out-of-home placement, and permanency of African American 
9.4 	children and develop strategies to address disproportionality and disparities in the child 
9.5 	welfare system;
9.6 	(4) develop and implement a system for conducting case reviews when the commissioner 
9.7 	receives reports of noncompliance with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation 
9.8 	and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act or when requested by the parent or custodian of 
9.9 	an African American child. Case reviews may include but are not limited to a review of 
9.10 	placement prevention efforts, safety planning, case planning and service provision by the 
9.11 	responsible social services agency, relative placement consideration, and permanency 
9.12 	planning;
9.13 	(5) establish and administer a request for proposals process for African American and 
9.14 	disproportionately represented family preservation grants under section 260.693, monitor 
9.15 	grant activities, and provide technical assistance to grantees;
9.16 	(6) in coordination with the African American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory 
9.17 	Council, coordinate services and create internal and external partnerships to support adequate 
9.18 	access to services and resources for African American children and their families, including 
9.19 	but not limited to housing assistance, employment assistance, food and nutrition support, 
9.20 	health care, child care assistance, and educational support and training; and
9.21 	(7) develop public messaging and communication to inform the public about racial 
9.22 	disparities in child welfare outcomes, current efforts and strategies to reduce racial disparities, 
9.23 	and resources available to African American children and their families involved in the 
9.24 	child welfare system.
9.25 		Subd. 2.Case reviews. (a) The African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit 
9.26 	must conduct systemic case reviews to monitor targeted child welfare outcomes, including 
9.27 	but not limited to maltreatment, out-of-home placement, and permanency of African 
9.28 	American children.
9.29 	(b) The reviews under this subdivision must be conducted using a random sampling of 
9.30 	representative child welfare cases stratified for certain case related factors, including but 
9.31 	not limited to case type, maltreatment type, if the case involves out-of-home placement, 
9.32 	and other demographic variables. In conducting the reviews, unit staff may use court records 
9.33 	and documents, information from the social services information system, and other available 
9.34 	case file information to complete the case reviews.
10.1 	(c) The frequency of the reviews and the number of cases, child welfare outcomes, and 
10.2 	selected counties reviewed shall be determined by the unit in consultation with the African 
10.3 	American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council, with consideration given to the 
10.4 	availability of unit resources needed to conduct the reviews.
10.5 	(d) The unit must monitor all case reviews and use the collective case review information 
10.6 	and data to generate summary case review reports, ensure compliance with the Minnesota 
10.7 	African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, and 
10.8 	identify trends or patterns in child welfare outcomes for African American children.
10.9 	(e) The unit must review information from members of the public received through the 
10.10 	compliance and feedback portal, including policy and practice concerns related to individual 
10.11 	child welfare cases. After assessing a case concern, the unit may determine if further 
10.12 	necessary action should be taken, which may include coordinating case remediation with 
10.13 	other relevant child welfare agencies in accordance with data privacy laws, including the 
10.14 	African American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council, and offering case 
10.15 	consultation and technical assistance to the responsible local social services agency as 
10.16 	needed or requested by the agency.
10.17 		Subd. 3.Reports. (a) The African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit must 
10.18 	provide regular updates on unit activities, including summary reports of case reviews, to 
10.19 	the African American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council, and must publish 
10.20 	an annual census of African American children in out-of-home placements statewide. The 
10.21 	annual census must include data on the types of placements, age and sex of the children, 
10.22 	how long the children have been in out-of-home placements, and other relevant demographic 
10.23 	information.
10.24 	(b) The African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit shall gather summary data 
10.25 	about the practice and policy inquiries and individual case concerns received through the 
10.26 	compliance and feedback portal under subdivision 2, paragraph (e). The unit shall provide 
10.27 	regular reports of the nonidentifying compliance and feedback portal summary data to the 
10.28 	African American Child and Family Well-Being Advisory Council to identify child welfare 
10.29 	trends and patterns to assist with developing policy and practice recommendations to support 
10.30 	eliminating disparity and disproportionality for African American children.

10.31 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.001, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.32 		Subd. 2.Juvenile protection proceedings. (a) The paramount consideration in all 
10.33 	juvenile protection proceedings is the health, safety, and best interests of the child. In 
10.34 	proceedings involving an American Indian child, as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 
11.1 	8, the best interests of the child must be determined consistent with sections 260.751 to 
11.2 	260.835 and the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, sections 1901 to 
11.3 	1923.
11.4 	(b) The purpose of the laws relating to juvenile protection proceedings is:
11.5 	(1) to secure for each child under the jurisdiction of the court, the care and guidance, 
11.6 	preferably in the child's own home, as will best serve the spiritual, emotional, mental, and 
11.7 	physical welfare of the child;
11.8 	(2) to provide judicial procedures that protect the welfare of the child;
11.9 	(3) to preserve and strengthen the child's family ties whenever possible and in the child's 
11.10 	best interests, removing the child from the custody of parents only when the child's welfare 
11.11 	or safety cannot be adequately safeguarded without removal;
11.12 	(4) to ensure that when removal from the child's own family is necessary and in the 
11.13 	child's best interests, the responsible social services agency has legal responsibility for the 
11.14 	child removal either:
11.15 	(i) pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement between the child's parent or guardian 
11.16 	or the child, when the child is over age 18, and the responsible social services agency; or
11.17 	(ii) by court order pursuant to section 260C.151, subdivision 6; 260C.178; 260C.201; 
11.18 	260C.325; or 260C.515;
11.19 	(5) to ensure that, when placement is pursuant to court order, the court order removing 
11.20 	the child or continuing the child in foster care contains an individualized determination that 
11.21 	placement is in the best interests of the child that coincides with the actual removal of the 
11.22 	child;
11.23 	(6) to ensure that when the child is removed, the child's care and discipline is, as nearly 
11.24 	as possible, equivalent to that which should have been given by the parents and is either in:
11.25 	(i) the home of a noncustodial parent pursuant to section 260C.178 or 260C.201, 
11.26 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1);
11.27 	(ii) the home of a relative pursuant to emergency placement by the responsible social 
11.28 	services agency under chapter 245A; or
11.29 	(iii) foster care licensed under chapter 245A; and
11.30 	(7) to ensure appropriate permanency planning for children in foster care including:
12.1 	(i) unless reunification is not required under section 260.012, developing a permanency 
12.2 	plan for the child that includes a primary plan for reunification with the child's parent or 
12.3 	guardian and a secondary plan for an alternative, legally permanent home for the child in 
12.4 	the event reunification cannot be achieved in a timely manner;
12.5 	(ii) identifying, locating, and assessing both parents of the child as soon as possible and 
12.6 	offering reunification services to both parents of the child as required under sections 260.012
12.7 	and 260C.219;
12.8 	(iii) inquiring about the child's heritage, including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to 
12.9 	section 260.761, and their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 
12.10 	10;
12.11 	(iii) (iv) identifying, locating, and notifying relatives of both parents of the child according 
12.12 	to section 260C.221;
12.13 	(iv) (v) making a placement with a family that will commit to being the legally permanent 
12.14 	home for the child in the event reunification cannot occur at the earliest possible time while 
12.15 	at the same time actively supporting the reunification plan; and
12.16 	(v) (vi) returning the child home with supports and services, as soon as return is safe for 
12.17 	the child, or when safe return cannot be timely achieved, moving to finalize another legally 
12.18 	permanent home for the child.

12.19 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
12.20 		Subd. 19.Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of 17 who is 
12.21 	at least 12 years old and less than 18 years old who is absent from attendance at school 
12.22 	without lawful excuse for seven school days per school year if the child is in elementary 
12.23 	school or for one or more class periods on seven school days per school year if the child is 
12.24 	in middle school, junior high school, or high school or a child who is 17 years of age who 
12.25 	is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for one or more class periods on 
12.26 	seven school days per school year and who has not lawfully withdrawn from school under 
12.27 	section 120A.22, subdivision 8. Pursuant to section 260C.163, subdivision 11, habitual 
12.28 	truant also means a child under age 12 who has been absent from school for seven school 
12.29 	days without lawful excuse, based on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the 
12.30 	child's absence is not due to the failure of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to comply 
12.31 	with compulsory instruction laws.

13.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.2 		Subdivision 1.Who may file; required form. (a) Any reputable person, including but 
13.3 	not limited to any agent of the commissioner of children, youth, and families, having 
13.4 	knowledge of a child in this state or of a child who is a resident of this state, who appears 
13.5 	to be in need of protection or services or neglected and in foster care, may petition the 
13.6 	juvenile court in the manner provided in this section.
13.7 	(b) A petition for a child in need of protection filed by an individual who is not a county 
13.8 	attorney or an agent of the commissioner of children, youth, and families shall be filed on 
13.9 	a form developed by the state court administrator and provided to court administrators. 
13.10 	Copies of the form may be obtained from the court administrator in each county. The court 
13.11 	administrator shall review the petition before it is filed to determine that it is completed. 
13.12 	The court administrator may reject the petition if it does not indicate that the petitioner has 
13.13 	contacted the responsible social services agency.
13.14 	An individual may file a petition under this subdivision without seeking internal review 
13.15 	of the responsible social services agency's decision. The court shall determine whether there 
13.16 	is probable cause to believe that a need for protection or services exists before the matter 
13.17 	is set for hearing. If the matter is set for hearing, the court administrator shall notify the 
13.18 	responsible social services agency by sending notice to the county attorney.
13.19 	The petition must contain:
13.20 	(1) a statement of facts that would establish, if proven, that there is a need for protection 
13.21 	or services for the child named in the petition;
13.22 	(2) a statement that petitioner has reported the circumstances underlying the petition to 
13.23 	the responsible social services agency, and protection or services were not provided to the 
13.24 	child;
13.25 	(3) a statement whether there are existing juvenile or family court custody orders or 
13.26 	pending proceedings in juvenile or family court concerning the child; and
13.27 	(4) a statement of the relationship of the petitioner to the child and any other parties.; 
13.28 	and
13.29 	(5) a statement whether the petitioner has inquired of the parent or parents of the child, 
13.30 	the child, and relatives about the child's heritage, including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant 
13.31 	to section 260.761 and their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, 
13.32 	subdivision 10.
14.1 	The court may not allow a petition to proceed under this paragraph if it appears that the 
14.2 	sole purpose of the petition is to modify custody between the parents.

14.3 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.150, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.4 		Subd. 3.Identifying parents of child; diligent efforts; data. (a) The responsible social 
14.5 	services agency shall make diligent efforts to inquire about the child's heritage, including 
14.6 	the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to section 260.761 and their race, culture, and ethnicity 
14.7 	pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 10, and to identify and locate both parents of any 
14.8 	child who is the subject of proceedings under this chapter. Diligent efforts include:
14.9 	(1) asking the custodial or known parent to identify any nonresident parent of the child 
14.10 	and provide information that can be used to verify the nonresident parent's identity including 
14.11 	the dates and locations of marriages and divorces; dates and locations of any legal 
14.12 	proceedings regarding paternity; date and place of the child's birth; nonresident parent's full 
14.13 	legal name; nonresident parent's date of birth, or if the nonresident parent's date of birth is 
14.14 	unknown, an approximate age; the nonresident parent's Social Security number; the 
14.15 	nonresident parent's whereabouts including last known whereabouts; and the whereabouts 
14.16 	of relatives of the nonresident parent. For purposes of this subdivision, "nonresident parent" 
14.17 	means a parent who does not reside in the same household as the child or did not reside in 
14.18 	the same household as the child at the time the child was removed when the child is in foster 
14.19 	care;
14.20 	(2) obtaining information that will identify and locate the nonresident parent from the 
14.21 	county and state of Minnesota child support enforcement information system;
14.22 	(3) requesting a search of the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry 30 days after the 
14.23 	child's birth; and
14.24 	(4) using any other reasonable means to identify and locate the nonresident parent.
14.25 	(b) The agency may disclose data which is otherwise private under section 13.46 or 
14.26 	chapter 260E in order to carry out its duties under this subdivision.
14.27 	(c) Upon the filing of a petition alleging the child to be in need of protection or services, 
14.28 	the responsible social services agency may contact a putative father who registered with 
14.29 	the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry more than 30 days after the child's birth. The 
14.30 	social service agency may consider a putative father for the day-to-day care of the child 
14.31 	under section 260C.219 if the putative father cooperates with genetic testing and there is a 
14.32 	positive test result under section 257.62, subdivision 5. Nothing in this paragraph:
15.1 	(1) relieves a putative father who registered with the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption 
15.2 	Registry more than 30 days after the child's birth of the duty to cooperate with paternity 
15.3 	establishment proceedings under section 260C.219;
15.4 	(2) gives a putative father who registered with the Minnesota Fathers' Adoption Registry 
15.5 	more than 30 days after the child's birth the right to notice under section 260C.151 unless 
15.6 	the putative father is entitled to notice under sections 259.24 and 259.49, subdivision 1, 
15.7 	paragraph (a) or (b), clauses (1) to (7); or
15.8 	(3) establishes a right to assert an interest in the child in a termination of parental rights 
15.9 	proceeding contrary to section 259.52, subdivision 6, unless the putative father is entitled 
15.10 	to notice under sections 259.24 and 259.49, subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (b), clauses (1) 
15.11 	to (7).

15.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.178, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.13 		Subdivision 1.Hearing and release requirements. (a) If a child was taken into custody 
15.14 	under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item (ii), the court shall hold a 
15.15 	hearing within 72 hours of the time that the child was taken into custody, excluding 
15.16 	Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, to determine whether the child should continue to be in 
15.17 	custody.
15.18 	(b) Unless there is reason to believe that the child would endanger self or others or not 
15.19 	return for a court hearing, or that the child's health or welfare would be immediately 
15.20 	endangered, the child shall be released to the custody of a parent, guardian, custodian, or 
15.21 	other suitable person, subject to reasonable conditions of release including, but not limited 
15.22 	to, a requirement that the child undergo a chemical use assessment as provided in section 
15.23 	260C.157, subdivision 1.
15.24 	(c) If the court determines that there is reason to believe that the child would endanger 
15.25 	self or others or not return for a court hearing, or that the child's health or welfare would be 
15.26 	immediately endangered if returned to the care of the parent or guardian who has custody 
15.27 	and from whom the child was removed, the court shall order the child:
15.28 	(1) into the care of the child's noncustodial parent and order the noncustodial parent to 
15.29 	comply with any conditions that the court determines appropriate to ensure the safety and 
15.30 	care of the child, including requiring the noncustodial parent to cooperate with paternity 
15.31 	establishment proceedings if the noncustodial parent has not been adjudicated the child's 
15.32 	father; or
16.1 	(2) into foster care as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 18, under the legal 
16.2 	responsibility of the responsible social services agency or responsible probation or corrections 
16.3 	agency for the purposes of protective care as that term is used in the juvenile court rules. 
16.4 	The court shall not give the responsible social services legal custody and order a trial home 
16.5 	visit at any time prior to adjudication and disposition under section 260C.201, subdivision 
16.6 	1, paragraph (a), clause (3), but may order the child returned to the care of the parent or 
16.7 	guardian who has custody and from whom the child was removed and order the parent or 
16.8 	guardian to comply with any conditions the court determines to be appropriate to meet the 
16.9 	safety, health, and welfare of the child.
16.10 	(d) In determining whether the child's health or welfare would be immediately 
16.11 	endangered, the court shall consider whether the child would reside with a perpetrator of 
16.12 	domestic child abuse.
16.13 	(e) The court, before determining whether a child should be placed in or continue in 
16.14 	foster care under the protective care of the responsible agency, shall also make a 
16.15 	determination, consistent with section 260.012 as to whether reasonable efforts were made 
16.16 	to prevent placement or whether reasonable efforts to prevent placement are not required. 
16.17 	In the case of an Indian child, the court shall determine whether active efforts, according 
16.18 	to section 260.762 and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, United States Code, title 25, 
16.19 	section 1912(d), were made to prevent placement. The court shall enter a finding that the 
16.20 	responsible social services agency has made reasonable efforts to prevent placement when 
16.21 	the agency establishes either:
16.22 	(1) that the agency has actually provided services or made efforts in an attempt to prevent 
16.23 	the child's removal but that such services or efforts have not proven sufficient to permit the 
16.24 	child to safely remain in the home; or
16.25 	(2) that there are no services or other efforts that could be made at the time of the hearing 
16.26 	that could safely permit the child to remain home or to return home. The court shall not 
16.27 	make a reasonable efforts determination under this clause unless the court is satisfied that 
16.28 	the agency has sufficiently demonstrated to the court that there were no services or other 
16.29 	efforts that the agency was able to provide at the time of the hearing enabling the child to 
16.30 	safely remain home or to safely return home. When reasonable efforts to prevent placement 
16.31 	are required and there are services or other efforts that could be ordered that would permit 
16.32 	the child to safely return home, the court shall order the child returned to the care of the 
16.33 	parent or guardian and the services or efforts put in place to ensure the child's safety. When 
16.34 	the court makes a prima facie determination that one of the circumstances under paragraph 
17.1 	(g) exists, the court shall determine that reasonable efforts to prevent placement and to 
17.2 	return the child to the care of the parent or guardian are not required.
17.3 	(f) If the court finds the social services agency's preventive or reunification efforts have 
17.4 	not been reasonable but further preventive or reunification efforts could not permit the child 
17.5 	to safely remain at home, the court may nevertheless authorize or continue the removal of 
17.6 	the child.
17.7 	(g) The court may not order or continue the foster care placement of the child unless the 
17.8 	court makes explicit, individualized findings that continued custody of the child by the 
17.9 	parent or guardian would be contrary to the welfare of the child and that placement is in the 
17.10 	best interest of the child.
17.11 	(h) At the emergency removal hearing, or at any time during the course of the proceeding, 
17.12 	and upon notice and request of the county attorney, the court shall determine whether a 
17.13 	petition has been filed stating a prima facie case that:
17.14 	(1) the parent has subjected a child to egregious harm as defined in section 260C.007, 
17.15 	subdivision 14;
17.16 	(2) the parental rights of the parent to another child have been involuntarily terminated;
17.17 	(3) the child is an abandoned infant under section 260C.301, subdivision 2, paragraph 
17.18 	(a), clause (2);
17.19 	(4) the parents' custodial rights to another child have been involuntarily transferred to a 
17.20 	relative under a juvenile protection proceeding or a similar process of another jurisdiction;
17.21 	(5) the parent has committed sexual abuse as defined in section 260E.03, against the 
17.22 	child or another child of the parent;
17.23 	(6) the parent has committed an offense that requires registration as a predatory offender 
17.24 	under section 243.166, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b); or
17.25 	(7) the provision of services or further services for the purpose of reunification is futile 
17.26 	and therefore unreasonable.
17.27 	(i) When a petition to terminate parental rights is required under section 260C.301, 
17.28 	subdivision 4, or 260C.503, subdivision 2, but the county attorney has determined not to 
17.29 	proceed with a termination of parental rights petition, and has instead filed a petition to 
17.30 	transfer permanent legal and physical custody to a relative under section 260C.507, the 
17.31 	court shall schedule a permanency hearing within 30 days of the filing of the petition.
18.1 	(j) If the county attorney has filed a petition under section 260C.307, the court shall 
18.2 	schedule a trial under section 260C.163 within 90 days of the filing of the petition except 
18.3 	when the county attorney determines that the criminal case shall proceed to trial first under 
18.4 	section 260C.503, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).
18.5 	(k) If the court determines the child should be ordered into foster care and, the court 
18.6 	shall inquire about the child's heritage, including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to section 
18.7 	260.761; their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 10; and 
18.8 	the responsible social services agency's initial relative search efforts. If the child's parent 
18.9 	refuses to give information to the responsible social services agency regarding the child's 
18.10 	father or relatives of the child, the court may order the parent to disclose the names, addresses, 
18.11 	telephone numbers, and other identifying information to the responsible social services 
18.12 	agency for the purpose of complying with sections 260C.150, 260C.151, 260C.212, 
18.13 	260C.215, 260C.219, and 260C.221.
18.14 	(l) If a child ordered into foster care has siblings, whether full, half, or step, who are 
18.15 	also ordered into foster care, the court shall inquire of the responsible social services agency 
18.16 	of the efforts to place the children together as required by section 260C.212, subdivision 2, 
18.17 	paragraph (d), if placement together is in each child's best interests, unless a child is in 
18.18 	placement for treatment or a child is placed with a previously noncustodial parent who is 
18.19 	not a parent to all siblings. If the children are not placed together at the time of the hearing, 
18.20 	the court shall inquire at each subsequent hearing of the agency's reasonable efforts to place 
18.21 	the siblings together, as required under section 260.012. If any sibling is not placed with 
18.22 	another sibling or siblings, the agency must develop a plan to facilitate visitation or ongoing 
18.23 	contact among the siblings as required under section 260C.212, subdivision 1, unless it is 
18.24 	contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings to do so.
18.25 	(m) When the court has ordered the child into the care of a noncustodial parent or in 
18.26 	foster care, the court may order a chemical dependency evaluation, mental health evaluation, 
18.27 	medical examination, and parenting assessment for the parent as necessary to support the 
18.28 	development of a plan for reunification required under subdivision 7 and section 260C.212, 
18.29 	subdivision 1, or the child protective services plan under section 260E.26, and Minnesota 
18.30 	Rules, part 9560.0228.
18.31 	(n) When the court has ordered an Indian child into an emergency child placement, the 
18.32 	Indian child shall be placed according to the placement preferences in the Minnesota Indian 
18.33 	Family Preservation Act, section 260.773.

19.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.178, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
19.2 		Subd. 7.Case plan. (a) When the court has ordered the child into the care of a parent 
19.3 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (1), the child protective services plan under section 
19.4 	260E.26 must be filed within 30 days of the filing of the juvenile protection petition under 
19.5 	section 260C.141, subdivision 1.
19.6 	(b) When the court orders the child into foster care under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 
19.7 	clause (2), and not into the care of a parent, an out-of-home placement plan summary required 
19.8 	under section 260C.212, subdivision 1, must be filed with the court within 30 days of the 
19.9 	filing of a juvenile protection petition under section 260C.141, subdivision 1, when the 
19.10 	court orders emergency removal of the child under this section, or filed with the petition if 
19.11 	the petition is a review of a voluntary placement under section 260C.141, subdivision 2.
19.12 	An out-of-home placement plan shall be prepared and filed with the court within 60 days 
19.13 	after any child is placed in foster care under section 260C.212, subdivision 1.
19.14 	(c) Upon the filing of the child protective services plan under section 260E.26 or 
19.15 	out-of-home placement plan that has been developed jointly with the parent and in 
19.16 	consultation with others as required under section 260C.212, subdivision 1, the court may 
19.17 	approve implementation of the plan by the responsible social services agency based on the 
19.18 	allegations contained in the petition and any evaluations, examinations, or assessments 
19.19 	conducted under subdivision 1, paragraph (m). The court shall send written notice of the 
19.20 	approval of the child protective services plan or out-of-home placement plan to all parties 
19.21 	and the county attorney or may state such approval on the record at a hearing. A parent may 
19.22 	agree to comply with the terms of the plan filed with the court.
19.23 	(d) The responsible social services agency shall make reasonable efforts to engage both 
19.24 	parents of the child in case planning. The responsible social services agency shall report 
19.25 	the results of its efforts to engage the child's parents in the child protective services plan or 
19.26 	out-of-home placement plan filed with the court. The agency shall notify the court of the 
19.27 	services it will provide or efforts it will attempt under the plan notwithstanding the parent's 
19.28 	refusal to cooperate or disagreement with the services. The parent may ask the court to 
19.29 	modify the plan to require different or additional services requested by the parent, but which 
19.30 	the agency refused to provide. The court may approve the plan as presented by the agency 
19.31 	or may modify the plan to require services requested by the parent. The court's approval 
19.32 	must be based on the content of the petition.
19.33 	(e) Unless the parent agrees to comply with the terms of the child protective services 
19.34 	plan or out-of-home placement plan, the court may not order a parent to comply with the 
20.1 	provisions of the plan until the court finds the child is in need of protection or services and 
20.2 	orders disposition under section 260C.201, subdivision 1. However, the court may find that 
20.3 	the responsible social services agency has made reasonable efforts for reunification if the 
20.4 	agency makes efforts to implement the terms of the child protective services plan or 
20.5 	out-of-home placement plan approved under this section.

20.6 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.201, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.7 		Subdivision 1.Dispositions. (a) If the court finds that the child is in need of protection 
20.8 	or services or neglected and in foster care, the court shall enter an order making any of the 
20.9 	following dispositions of the case:
20.10 	(1) place the child under the protective supervision of the responsible social services 
20.11 	agency or child-placing agency in the home of a parent of the child under conditions 
20.12 	prescribed by the court directed to the correction of the child's need for protection or services:
20.13 	(i) the court may order the child into the home of a parent who does not otherwise have 
20.14 	legal custody of the child, however, an order under this section does not confer legal custody 
20.15 	on that parent;
20.16 	(ii) if the court orders the child into the home of a father who is not adjudicated, the 
20.17 	father must cooperate with paternity establishment proceedings regarding the child in the 
20.18 	appropriate jurisdiction as one of the conditions prescribed by the court for the child to 
20.19 	continue in the father's home; and
20.20 	(iii) the court may order the child into the home of a noncustodial parent with conditions 
20.21 	and may also order both the noncustodial and the custodial parent to comply with the 
20.22 	requirements of a case plan under subdivision 2; or
20.23 	(2) transfer legal custody to one of the following:
20.24 	(i) a child-placing agency; or
20.25 	(ii) the responsible social services agency. In making a foster care placement of a child 
20.26 	whose custody has been transferred under this subdivision, the court shall inquire about the 
20.27 	child's heritage, including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to section 260.761 and their 
20.28 	race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 10, and the agency shall 
20.29 	make an individualized determination of how the placement is in the child's best interests 
20.30 	using the placement consideration order for relatives and the best interest factors in section 
20.31 	260C.212, subdivision 2, and may include a child colocated with a parent in a licensed 
20.32 	residential family-based substance use disorder treatment program under section 260C.190; 
20.33 	or
21.1 	(3) order a trial home visit without modifying the transfer of legal custody to the 
21.2 	responsible social services agency under clause (2). Trial home visit means the child is 
21.3 	returned to the care of the parent or guardian from whom the child was removed for a period 
21.4 	not to exceed six months. During the period of the trial home visit, the responsible social 
21.5 	services agency:
21.6 	(i) shall continue to have legal custody of the child, which means that the agency may 
21.7 	see the child in the parent's home, at school, in a child care facility, or other setting as the 
21.8 	agency deems necessary and appropriate;
21.9 	(ii) shall continue to have the ability to access information under section 260C.208;
21.10 	(iii) shall continue to provide appropriate services to both the parent and the child during 
21.11 	the period of the trial home visit;
21.12 	(iv) without previous court order or authorization, may terminate the trial home visit in 
21.13 	order to protect the child's health, safety, or welfare and may remove the child to foster care;
21.14 	(v) shall advise the court and parties within three days of the termination of the trial 
21.15 	home visit when a visit is terminated by the responsible social services agency without a 
21.16 	court order; and
21.17 	(vi) shall prepare a report for the court when the trial home visit is terminated whether 
21.18 	by the agency or court order that describes the child's circumstances during the trial home 
21.19 	visit and recommends appropriate orders, if any, for the court to enter to provide for the 
21.20 	child's safety and stability. In the event a trial home visit is terminated by the agency by 
21.21 	removing the child to foster care without prior court order or authorization, the court shall 
21.22 	conduct a hearing within ten days of receiving notice of the termination of the trial home 
21.23 	visit by the agency and shall order disposition under this subdivision or commence 
21.24 	permanency proceedings under sections 260C.503 to 260C.515. The time period for the 
21.25 	hearing may be extended by the court for good cause shown and if it is in the best interests 
21.26 	of the child as long as the total time the child spends in foster care without a permanency 
21.27 	hearing does not exceed 12 months;
21.28 	(4) if the child has been adjudicated as a child in need of protection or services because 
21.29 	the child is in need of special services or care to treat or ameliorate a physical or mental 
21.30 	disability or emotional disturbance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 15, the court 
21.31 	may order the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to provide it. The court may order the 
21.32 	child's health plan company to provide mental health services to the child. Section 62Q.535 
21.33 	applies to an order for mental health services directed to the child's health plan company. 
21.34 	If the health plan, parent, guardian, or custodian fails or is unable to provide this treatment 
22.1 	or care, the court may order it provided. Absent specific written findings by the court that 
22.2 	the child's disability is the result of abuse or neglect by the child's parent or guardian, the 
22.3 	court shall not transfer legal custody of the child for the purpose of obtaining special 
22.4 	treatment or care solely because the parent is unable to provide the treatment or care. If the 
22.5 	court's order for mental health treatment is based on a diagnosis made by a treatment 
22.6 	professional, the court may order that the diagnosing professional not provide the treatment 
22.7 	to the child if it finds that such an order is in the child's best interests; or
22.8 	(5) if the court believes that the child has sufficient maturity and judgment and that it is 
22.9 	in the best interests of the child, the court may order a child 16 years old or older to be 
22.10 	allowed to live independently, either alone or with others as approved by the court under 
22.11 	supervision the court considers appropriate, if the county board, after consultation with the 
22.12 	court, has specifically authorized this dispositional alternative for a child.
22.13 	(b) If the child was adjudicated in need of protection or services because the child is a 
22.14 	runaway or habitual truant, the court may order any of the following dispositions in addition 
22.15 	to or as alternatives to the dispositions authorized under paragraph (a):
22.16 	(1) counsel the child or the child's parents, guardian, or custodian;
22.17 	(2) place the child under the supervision of a probation officer or other suitable person 
22.18 	in the child's own home under conditions prescribed by the court, including reasonable rules 
22.19 	for the child's conduct and the conduct of the parents, guardian, or custodian, designed for 
22.20 	the physical, mental, and moral well-being and behavior of the child;
22.21 	(3) subject to the court's supervision, transfer legal custody of the child to one of the 
22.22 	following:
22.23 	(i) a reputable person of good moral character. No person may receive custody of two 
22.24 	or more unrelated children unless licensed to operate a residential program under sections 
22.25 	245A.01 to 245A.16; or
22.26 	(ii) a county probation officer for placement in a group foster home established under 
22.27 	the direction of the juvenile court and licensed pursuant to section 241.021;
22.28 	(4) require the child to pay a fine of up to $100. The court shall order payment of the 
22.29 	fine in a manner that will not impose undue financial hardship upon the child;
22.30 	(5) require the child to participate in a community service project;
22.31 	(6) order the child to undergo a chemical dependency evaluation and, if warranted by 
22.32 	the evaluation, order participation by the child in a drug awareness program or an inpatient 
22.33 	or outpatient chemical dependency treatment program;
23.1 	(7) if the court believes that it is in the best interests of the child or of public safety that 
23.2 	the child's driver's license or instruction permit be canceled, the court may order the 
23.3 	commissioner of public safety to cancel the child's license or permit for any period up to 
23.4 	the child's 18th birthday. If the child does not have a driver's license or permit, the court 
23.5 	may order a denial of driving privileges for any period up to the child's 18th birthday. The 
23.6 	court shall forward an order issued under this clause to the commissioner, who shall cancel 
23.7 	the license or permit or deny driving privileges without a hearing for the period specified 
23.8 	by the court. At any time before the expiration of the period of cancellation or denial, the 
23.9 	court may, for good cause, order the commissioner of public safety to allow the child to 
23.10 	apply for a license or permit, and the commissioner shall so authorize;
23.11 	(8) order that the child's parent or legal guardian deliver the child to school at the 
23.12 	beginning of each school day for a period of time specified by the court; or
23.13 	(9) require the child to perform any other activities or participate in any other treatment 
23.14 	programs deemed appropriate by the court.
23.15 	To the extent practicable, the court shall enter a disposition order the same day it makes 
23.16 	a finding that a child is in need of protection or services or neglected and in foster care, but 
23.17 	in no event more than 15 days after the finding unless the court finds that the best interests 
23.18 	of the child will be served by granting a delay. If the child was under eight years of age at 
23.19 	the time the petition was filed, the disposition order must be entered within ten days of the 
23.20 	finding and the court may not grant a delay unless good cause is shown and the court finds 
23.21 	the best interests of the child will be served by the delay.
23.22 	(c) If a child who is 14 years of age or older is adjudicated in need of protection or 
23.23 	services because the child is a habitual truant and truancy procedures involving the child 
23.24 	were previously dealt with by a school attendance review board or county attorney mediation 
23.25 	program under section 260A.06 or 260A.07, the court shall order a cancellation or denial 
23.26 	of driving privileges under paragraph (b), clause (7), for any period up to the child's 18th 
23.27 	birthday.
23.28 	(d) In the case of a child adjudicated in need of protection or services because the child 
23.29 	has committed domestic abuse and been ordered excluded from the child's parent's home, 
23.30 	the court shall dismiss jurisdiction if the court, at any time, finds the parent is able or willing 
23.31 	to provide an alternative safe living arrangement for the child as defined in paragraph (f).
23.32 	(e) When a parent has complied with a case plan ordered under subdivision 6 and the 
23.33 	child is in the care of the parent, the court may order the responsible social services agency 
24.1 	to monitor the parent's continued ability to maintain the child safely in the home under such 
24.2 	terms and conditions as the court determines appropriate under the circumstances.
24.3 	(f) For the purposes of this subdivision, "alternative safe living arrangement" means a 
24.4 	living arrangement for a child proposed by a petitioning parent or guardian if a court excludes 
24.5 	the minor from the parent's or guardian's home that is separate from the victim of domestic 
24.6 	abuse and safe for the child respondent. A living arrangement proposed by a petitioning 
24.7 	parent or guardian is presumed to be an alternative safe living arrangement absent information 
24.8 	to the contrary presented to the court. In evaluating any proposed living arrangement, the 
24.9 	court shall consider whether the arrangement provides the child with necessary food, clothing, 
24.10 	shelter, and education in a safe environment. Any proposed living arrangement that would 
24.11 	place the child in the care of an adult who has been physically or sexually violent is presumed 
24.12 	unsafe.

24.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.201, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.14 		Subd. 2.Written findings. (a) Any order for a disposition authorized under this section 
24.15 	shall contain written findings of fact to support the disposition and case plan ordered and 
24.16 	shall also set forth in writing the following information:
24.17 	(1) why the best interests and safety of the child are served by the disposition and case 
24.18 	plan ordered;
24.19 	(2) what alternative dispositions or services under the case plan were considered by the 
24.20 	court and why such dispositions or services were not appropriate in the instant case;
24.21 	(3) when legal custody of the child is transferred, the appropriateness of the particular 
24.22 	placement made or to be made by the placing agency using the relative and sibling placement 
24.23 	considerations and best interest factors in section 260C.212, subdivision 2, or the 
24.24 	appropriateness of a child colocated with a parent in a licensed residential family-based 
24.25 	substance use disorder treatment program under section 260C.190;
24.26 	(4) whether reasonable efforts to finalize the permanent plan for the child consistent 
24.27 	with section 260.012 were made including reasonable efforts:
24.28 	(i) to prevent the child's placement and to reunify the child with the parent or guardian 
24.29 	from whom the child was removed at the earliest time consistent with the child's safety. 
24.30 	The court's findings must include a brief description of what preventive and reunification 
24.31 	efforts were made and why further efforts could not have prevented or eliminated the 
24.32 	necessity of removal or that reasonable efforts were not required under section 260.012 or 
24.33 	260C.178, subdivision 1;
25.1 	(ii) to identify and locate any noncustodial or nonresident parent of the child and to 
25.2 	assess such parent's ability to provide day-to-day care of the child, and, where appropriate, 
25.3 	provide services necessary to enable the noncustodial or nonresident parent to safely provide 
25.4 	day-to-day care of the child as required under section 260C.219, unless such services are 
25.5 	not required under section 260.012 or 260C.178, subdivision 1. The court's findings must 
25.6 	include a description of the agency's efforts to:
25.7 	(A) identify and locate the child's noncustodial or nonresident parent;
25.8 	(B) assess the noncustodial or nonresident parent's ability to provide day-to-day care of 
25.9 	the child; and
25.10 	(C) if appropriate, provide services necessary to enable the noncustodial or nonresident 
25.11 	parent to safely provide the child's day-to-day care, including efforts to engage the 
25.12 	noncustodial or nonresident parent in assuming care and responsibility of the child;
25.13 	(iii) to inquire about the child's heritage, including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to 
25.14 	section 260.761 and their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 
25.15 	10, and make the diligent search for relatives and provide the notices required under section 
25.16 	260C.221; a finding made pursuant to a hearing under section 260C.202 that the agency 
25.17 	has made diligent efforts to conduct a relative search and has appropriately engaged relatives 
25.18 	who responded to the notice under section 260C.221 and other relatives, who came to the 
25.19 	attention of the agency after notice under section 260C.221 was sent, in placement and case 
25.20 	planning decisions fulfills the requirement of this item;
25.21 	(iv) to identify and make a foster care placement of the child, considering the order in 
25.22 	section 260C.212, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), in the home of an unlicensed relative, 
25.23 	according to the requirements of section 142B.06, a licensed relative, or other licensed foster 
25.24 	care provider, who will commit to being the permanent legal parent or custodian for the 
25.25 	child in the event reunification cannot occur, but who will actively support the reunification 
25.26 	plan for the child. If the court finds that the agency has not appropriately considered relatives 
25.27 	for placement of the child, the court shall order the agency to comply with section 260C.212, 
25.28 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a). The court may order the agency to continue considering 
25.29 	relatives for placement of the child regardless of the child's current placement setting; and
25.30 	(v) to place siblings together in the same home or to ensure visitation is occurring when 
25.31 	siblings are separated in foster care placement and visitation is in the siblings' best interests 
25.32 	under section 260C.212, subdivision 2, paragraph (d); and
25.33 	(5) if the child has been adjudicated as a child in need of protection or services because 
25.34 	the child is in need of special services or care to treat or ameliorate a mental disability or 
26.1 	emotional disturbance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 15, the written findings 
26.2 	shall also set forth:
26.3 	(i) whether the child has mental health needs that must be addressed by the case plan;
26.4 	(ii) what consideration was given to the diagnostic and functional assessments performed 
26.5 	by the child's mental health professional and to health and mental health care professionals' 
26.6 	treatment recommendations;
26.7 	(iii) what consideration was given to the requests or preferences of the child's parent or 
26.8 	guardian with regard to the child's interventions, services, or treatment; and
26.9 	(iv) what consideration was given to the cultural appropriateness of the child's treatment 
26.10 	or services.
26.11 	(b) If the court finds that the social services agency's preventive or reunification efforts 
26.12 	have not been reasonable but that further preventive or reunification efforts could not permit 
26.13 	the child to safely remain at home, the court may nevertheless authorize or continue the 
26.14 	removal of the child.
26.15 	(c) If the child has been identified by the responsible social services agency as the subject 
26.16 	of concurrent permanency planning, the court shall review the reasonable efforts of the 
26.17 	agency to develop a permanency plan for the child that includes a primary plan that is for 
26.18 	reunification with the child's parent or guardian and a secondary plan that is for an alternative, 
26.19 	legally permanent home for the child in the event reunification cannot be achieved in a 
26.20 	timely manner.

26.21 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.202, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.22 		Subd. 2.Court review for a child placed in foster care. (a) If the court orders a child 
26.23 	placed in foster care, the court shall review the out-of-home placement plan and the child's 
26.24 	placement at least every 90 days as required in juvenile court rules to determine whether 
26.25 	continued out-of-home placement is necessary and appropriate or whether the child should 
26.26 	be returned home.
26.27 	(b) This review is not required if the court has returned the child home, ordered the child 
26.28 	permanently placed away from the parent under sections 260C.503 to 260C.521, or 
26.29 	terminated rights under section 260C.301. Court review for a child permanently placed 
26.30 	away from a parent, including where the child is under guardianship of the commissioner, 
26.31 	is governed by section 260C.607.
27.1 	(c) When a child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program setting as defined 
27.2 	in section 260C.007, subdivision 26d, the responsible social services agency must submit 
27.3 	evidence to the court as specified in section 260C.712.
27.4 	(d) No later than three months after the child's placement in foster care, the court shall 
27.5 	review agency efforts to search for and notify relatives pursuant to section 260C.221, and 
27.6 	order that the agency's efforts begin immediately, or continue, if the agency has failed to 
27.7 	perform, or has not adequately performed, the duties under that section. The court must 
27.8 	order the agency to continue to appropriately engage relatives who responded to the notice 
27.9 	under section 260C.221 in placement and case planning decisions and to consider relatives 
27.10 	for foster care placement consistent with section 260C.221. Notwithstanding a court's finding 
27.11 	that the agency has made reasonable efforts to search for and notify relatives under section 
27.12 	260C.221, the court may order the agency to continue making reasonable efforts to search 
27.13 	for, notify, engage, and consider relatives who came to the agency's attention after sending 
27.14 	the initial notice under section 260C.221.
27.15 	(e) The court shall review the out-of-home placement plan and may modify the plan as 
27.16 	provided under section 260C.201, subdivisions 6 and 7.
27.17 	(f) When the court transfers the custody of a child to a responsible social services agency 
27.18 	resulting in foster care or protective supervision with a noncustodial parent under subdivision 
27.19 	1, the court shall notify the parents of the provisions of sections 260C.204 and 260C.503 
27.20 	to 260C.521, as required under juvenile court rules.
27.21 	(g) When a child remains in or returns to foster care pursuant to section 260C.451 and 
27.22 	the court has jurisdiction pursuant to section 260C.193, subdivision 6, paragraph (c), the 
27.23 	court shall at least annually conduct the review required under section 260C.203.

27.24 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.202, is amended by adding a subdivision 
27.25 	to read:
27.26 		Subd. 3.Court review prior to the 18th birthday of a child in foster care. (a) The 
27.27 	court must conduct a review during the 90-day period prior to the 18th birthday of a child 
27.28 	in foster care.
27.29 	(b) The responsible social services agency must file a written report with the court 
27.30 	containing or attaching the following:
27.31 	(1) the child's name, date of birth, race, gender, and current address;
27.32 	(2) whether the child is eligible for extended foster care and if not, the reason or reasons 
27.33 	why the child is not eligible;
28.1 	(3) a written summary describing how the child was involved in creating the child's plan 
28.2 	for after their 18th birthday;
28.3 	(4) the date the required extended foster care eligibility notice in section 260C.451, 
28.4 	subdivision 1, was provided and the child's plan after the child's 18th birthday;
28.5 	(5) the child's most recent independent living plan required under section 260C.212, 
28.6 	subdivision 1;
28.7 	(6) if the agency's recommendation is to extend jurisdiction up to age 19 under section 
28.8 	260C.193, why the extended jurisdiction is in the child's best interest;
28.9 	(7) if the agency's recommendation is to reunify the child with their parent or legal 
28.10 	guardian, why reunification is in the child's best interest;
28.11 	(8) if the agency plans to transition the child into adult services on or after the child's 
28.12 	18th birthday, a summary of the transition plan as required in section 260C.452 and how 
28.13 	this plan is in the child's best interest; and
28.14 	(9) if the child's plan is to leave foster care at age 18 and not continue in extended foster 
28.15 	care, a copy of their 180-day transition plan required in section 260C.452 and the reasons 
28.16 	the child is not continuing in extended foster care.
28.17 	(c) The agency must inform the child and parties to the proceeding of the reporting and 
28.18 	court review requirements of this subdivision and their right to request a hearing. The child 
28.19 	or a party to the proceeding may request a hearing if they believe the agency did not make 
28.20 	reasonable efforts under this subdivision.
28.21 	(d) Upon receiving the report, the court must hold a hearing when a party to the 
28.22 	proceeding or the child requests a hearing. In all other circumstances, the court has the 
28.23 	discretion to hold a hearing or issue an order without a hearing.
28.24 	(e) The court must issue an order with findings including but not limited to the following:
28.25 	(1) whether the responsible social services agency provided the notice to the child about 
28.26 	extended foster care as required in section 260C.451;
28.27 	(2) whether the responsible social services agency engaged with the child and 
28.28 	appropriately planned with the child to transition to adulthood; and
28.29 	(3) if the child has decided to not continue in the extended foster care program at age 
28.30 	18, whether the responsible social services agency informed the child that they can reenter 
28.31 	extended foster care up to age 21 or that the child is not eligible to reenter and why.

29.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.202, is amended by adding a subdivision 
29.2 	to read:
29.3 		Subd. 4.Court reviews for a child over age 18 in foster care. When a child remains 
29.4 	in or returns to foster care pursuant to section 260C.451 and the court has jurisdiction 
29.5 	pursuant to section 260C.193, subdivision 6, paragraph (c), the court must at least annually 
29.6 	conduct the review required under section 260C.203.

29.7 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.204, is amended to read:
29.8 	260C.204 PERMANENCY PROGRESS REVIEW FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER 
29.9 	CARE FOR SIX MONTHS.
29.10 	(a) When a child continues in placement out of the home of the parent or guardian from 
29.11 	whom the child was removed, no later than six months after the child's placement the court 
29.12 	shall conduct a permanency progress hearing to review:
29.13 	(1) the progress of the case, the parent's progress on the case plan or out-of-home 
29.14 	placement plan, whichever is applicable;
29.15 	(2) the agency's reasonable, or in the case of an Indian child, active efforts for 
29.16 	reunification and its provision of services;
29.17 	(3) the agency's reasonable efforts to finalize the permanent plan for the child under 
29.18 	section 260.012, paragraph (e), and to make a placement as required under section 260C.212, 
29.19 	subdivision 2, in a home that will commit to being the legally permanent family for the 
29.20 	child in the event the child cannot return home according to the timelines in this section; 
29.21 	and
29.22 	(4) in the case of an Indian child, active efforts to prevent the breakup of the Indian 
29.23 	family and to make a placement according to the placement preferences under United States 
29.24 	Code, title 25, chapter 21, section 1915.
29.25 	(b) When a child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program setting as defined 
29.26 	in section 260C.007, subdivision 26d, the responsible social services agency must submit 
29.27 	evidence to the court as specified in section 260C.712.
29.28 	(c) The court shall ensure that notice of the hearing is sent to any relative who:
29.29 	(1) responded to the agency's notice provided under section 260C.221, indicating an 
29.30 	interest in participating in planning for the child or being a permanency resource for the 
29.31 	child and who has kept the court apprised of the relative's address; or
30.1 	(2) asked to be notified of court proceedings regarding the child as is permitted in section 
30.2 	260C.152, subdivision 5.
30.3 	(d)(1) If the parent or guardian has maintained contact with the child and is complying 
30.4 	with the court-ordered out-of-home placement plan, and if the child would benefit from 
30.5 	reunification with the parent, the court may either:
30.6 	(i) return the child home, if the conditions that led to the out-of-home placement have 
30.7 	been sufficiently mitigated that it is safe and in the child's best interests to return home; or
30.8 	(ii) continue the matter up to a total of six additional months. If the child has not returned 
30.9 	home by the end of the additional six months, the court must conduct a hearing according 
30.10 	to sections 260C.503 to 260C.521.
30.11 	(2) If the court determines that the parent or guardian is not complying, is not making 
30.12 	progress with or engaging with services in the out-of-home placement plan, or is not 
30.13 	maintaining regular contact with the child as outlined in the visitation plan required as part 
30.14 	of the out-of-home placement plan under section 260C.212, the court may order the 
30.15 	responsible social services agency:
30.16 	(i) to develop a plan for legally permanent placement of the child away from the parent;
30.17 	(ii) to consider, identify, recruit, and support one or more permanency resources from 
30.18 	the child's relatives and foster parent, consistent with clause (3) and section 260C.212, 
30.19 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), to be the legally permanent home in the event the child cannot 
30.20 	be returned to the parent. Any relative or the child's foster parent may ask the court to order 
30.21 	the agency to consider them for permanent placement of the child in the event the child 
30.22 	cannot be returned to the parent. A relative or foster parent who wants to be considered 
30.23 	under this item shall cooperate with the background study required under section 245C.08, 
30.24 	if the individual has not already done so, and with the home study process required under 
30.25 	chapter 142B for providing child foster care and for adoption under section 259.41. The 
30.26 	home study referred to in this item shall be a single-home study in the form required by the 
30.27 	commissioner of children, youth, and families or similar study required by the individual's 
30.28 	state of residence when the subject of the study is not a resident of Minnesota. The court 
30.29 	may order the responsible social services agency to make a referral under the Interstate 
30.30 	Compact on the Placement of Children when necessary to obtain a home study for an 
30.31 	individual who wants to be considered for transfer of permanent legal and physical custody 
30.32 	or adoption of the child; and
30.33 	(iii) to file a petition to support an order for the legally permanent placement plan.
31.1 	(3) Consistent with section 260C.223, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the responsible social 
31.2 	services agency must not define a foster family as the permanent home for a child until:
31.3 	(i) inquiry and Tribal notice requirements under section 260.761, subdivisions 1 and 2, 
31.4 	are satisfied;
31.5 	(ii) inquiry about the child's heritage, including their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant 
31.6 	to section 260.63, subdivision 10, has been completed; and
31.7 	(iii) the court has determined that reasonable or active efforts toward completing the 
31.8 	relative search requirements in section 260C.221 have been made.
31.9 	(e) Following the review under this section:
31.10 	(1) if the court has either returned the child home or continued the matter up to a total 
31.11 	of six additional months, the agency shall continue to provide services to support the child's 
31.12 	return home or to make reasonable efforts to achieve reunification of the child and the parent 
31.13 	as ordered by the court under an approved case plan;
31.14 	(2) if the court orders the agency to develop a plan for the transfer of permanent legal 
31.15 	and physical custody of the child to a relative, a petition supporting the plan shall be filed 
31.16 	in juvenile court within 30 days of the hearing required under this section and a trial on the 
31.17 	petition held within 60 days of the filing of the pleadings; or
31.18 	(3) if the court orders the agency to file a termination of parental rights, unless the county 
31.19 	attorney can show cause why a termination of parental rights petition should not be filed, 
31.20 	a petition for termination of parental rights shall be filed in juvenile court within 30 days 
31.21 	of the hearing required under this section and a trial on the petition held within 60 days of 
31.22 	the filing of the petition.

31.23 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.212, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.24 		Subdivision 1.Out-of-home placement; plan. (a) An out-of-home placement plan shall 
31.25 	be prepared within 30 days after any child is placed in foster care by court order or a 
31.26 	voluntary placement agreement between the responsible social services agency and the 
31.27 	child's parent pursuant to section 260C.227 or chapter 260D.
31.28 	(b) (a) An out-of-home placement plan means a written document individualized to the 
31.29 	needs of the child and the child's parents or guardians that is prepared by the responsible 
31.30 	social services agency using a form developed by the commissioner. The plan must be 
31.31 	completed jointly with the child's parents or guardians and in consultation with the child's 
31.32 	guardian ad litem; the child's tribe, if the child is an Indian child; the child's foster parent 
32.1 	or representative of the foster care facility; and, when appropriate, the child. When a child 
32.2 	is age 14 or older, the child may include two other individuals on the team preparing the 
32.3 	child's out-of-home placement plan. The child may select one member of the case planning 
32.4 	team to be designated as the child's advisor and to advocate with respect to the application 
32.5 	of the reasonable and prudent parenting standards. The responsible social services agency 
32.6 	may reject an individual selected by the child if the agency has good cause to believe that 
32.7 	the individual would not act in the best interest of the child. For a child in voluntary foster 
32.8 	care for treatment under chapter 260D, preparation of the out-of-home placement plan shall 
32.9 	additionally include the child's mental health treatment provider. For a child 18 years of 
32.10 	age or older, the responsible social services agency shall involve the child and the child's 
32.11 	parents as appropriate. As appropriate, the plan shall be:
32.12 	(1) submitted to the court for approval under section 260C.178, subdivision 7;
32.13 	(2) ordered by the court, either as presented or modified after hearing, under section 
32.14 	260C.178, subdivision 7, or 260C.201, subdivision 6; and
32.15 	(3) signed by the parent or parents or guardian of the child, the child's guardian ad litem, 
32.16 	a representative of the child's tribe, the responsible social services agency, and, if possible, 
32.17 	the child.
32.18 	(b) Before an out-of-home placement plan is signed by the parent or parents or guardian 
32.19 	of the child, the responsible social services agency must provide the parent or parents or 
32.20 	guardian with a one- to two-page summary of the plan using a form developed by the 
32.21 	commissioner. The out-of-home placement plan summary must clearly summarize the plan's 
32.22 	contents under paragraph (d) and list the requirements and responsibilities for the parent or 
32.23 	parents or guardian using plain language. The summary must be updated and provided to 
32.24 	the parent or parents or guardian when the out-of-home placement plan is updated under 
32.25 	subdivision 1a.
32.26 	(c) An out-of-home placement plan summary shall be prepared within 30 days after any 
32.27 	child is placed in foster care by court order or voluntary placement agreement between the 
32.28 	responsible social services agency and the child's parent pursuant to section 260C.227 or 
32.29 	chapter 260D. An out-of-home placement plan shall be prepared within 60 days after any 
32.30 	child is placed in foster care by court order or a voluntary placement agreement between 
32.31 	the responsible social services agency and the child's parent pursuant to section 260C.227 
32.32 	or chapter 260D.
33.1 	(c) (d) The out-of-home placement plan shall be explained by the responsible social 
33.2 	services agency to all persons involved in the plan's implementation, including the child 
33.3 	who has signed the plan, and shall set forth:
33.4 	(1) a description of the foster care home or facility selected, including how the 
33.5 	out-of-home placement plan is designed to achieve a safe placement for the child in the 
33.6 	least restrictive, most family-like setting available that is in close proximity to the home of 
33.7 	the child's parents or guardians when the case plan goal is reunification; and how the 
33.8 	placement is consistent with the best interests and special needs of the child according to 
33.9 	the factors under subdivision 2, paragraph (b);
33.10 	(2) a description of the services offered and provided to prevent removal of the child 
33.11 	from the home;
33.12 	(2) (3) the specific reasons for the placement of the child in foster care, and when 
33.13 	reunification is the plan, a description of the problems or conditions in the home of the 
33.14 	parent or parents that necessitated removal of the child from home and the services offered 
33.15 	and provided to support the changes the parent or parents must make for the child to safely 
33.16 	return home;
33.17 	(3) a description of the services offered and provided to prevent removal of the child 
33.18 	from the home and to reunify the family including:
33.19 	(i) the specific actions to be taken by the parent or parents of the child to eliminate or 
33.20 	correct the problems or conditions identified in clause (2), and the time period during which 
33.21 	the actions are to be taken; and
33.22 	(ii) the reasonable efforts, or in the case of an Indian child, active efforts to be made to 
33.23 	achieve a safe and stable home for the child including social and other supportive services 
33.24 	to be provided or offered to the parent or parents or guardian of the child, the child, and the 
33.25 	residential facility during the period the child is in the residential facility;
33.26 	(4) a description of any services or resources that were requested by the child or the 
33.27 	child's parent, guardian, foster parent, or custodian since the date of the child's placement 
33.28 	in the residential facility, and whether those services or resources were provided and if not, 
33.29 	the basis for the denial of the services or resources;
33.30 	(5) the visitation plan for the parent or parents or guardian, other relatives as defined in 
33.31 	section 260C.007, subdivision 26b or 27, and siblings of the child if the siblings are not 
33.32 	placed together in foster care, and whether visitation is consistent with the best interest of 
33.33 	the child, during the period the child is in foster care;
34.1 	(6) when a child cannot return to or be in the care of either parent, documentation of 
34.2 	steps to finalize permanency through either:
34.3 	(i) adoption as the permanency plan for the child through reasonable efforts to place the 
34.4 	child for adoption pursuant to section 260C.605. At a minimum, the documentation must 
34.5 	include consideration of whether adoption is in the best interests of the child and 
34.6 	child-specific recruitment efforts such as a relative search, consideration of relatives for 
34.7 	adoptive placement, and the use of state, regional, and national adoption exchanges to 
34.8 	facilitate orderly and timely placements in and outside of the state. A copy of this 
34.9 	documentation shall be provided to the court in the review required under section 260C.317, 
34.10 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b); or
34.11 	(7) when a child cannot return to or be in the care of either parent, documentation of 
34.12 	steps to finalize (ii) the transfer of permanent legal and physical custody to a relative as the 
34.13 	permanency plan for the child. This documentation must support the requirements of the 
34.14 	kinship placement agreement under section 142A.605 and must include the reasonable 
34.15 	efforts used to determine that it is not appropriate for the child to return home or be adopted, 
34.16 	and reasons why permanent placement with a relative through a Northstar kinship assistance 
34.17 	arrangement is in the child's best interest; how the child meets the eligibility requirements 
34.18 	for Northstar kinship assistance payments; agency efforts to discuss adoption with the child's 
34.19 	relative foster parent and reasons why the relative foster parent chose not to pursue adoption, 
34.20 	if applicable; and agency efforts to discuss with the child's parent or parents the permanent 
34.21 	transfer of permanent legal and physical custody or the reasons why these efforts were not 
34.22 	made;
34.23 	(8) (7) efforts to ensure the child's educational stability while in foster care for a child 
34.24 	who attained the minimum age for compulsory school attendance under state law and is 
34.25 	enrolled full time in elementary or secondary school, or instructed in elementary or secondary 
34.26 	education at home, or instructed in an independent study elementary or secondary program, 
34.27 	or incapable of attending school on a full-time basis due to a medical condition that is 
34.28 	documented and supported by regularly updated information in the child's case plan. 
34.29 	Educational stability efforts include:
34.30 	(i) efforts to ensure that the child remains in the same school in which the child was 
34.31 	enrolled prior to placement or upon the child's move from one placement to another, including 
34.32 	efforts to work with the local education authorities to ensure the child's educational stability 
34.33 	and attendance; or
35.1 	(ii) if it is not in the child's best interest to remain in the same school that the child was 
35.2 	enrolled in prior to placement or move from one placement to another, efforts to ensure 
35.3 	immediate and appropriate enrollment for the child in a new school;
35.4 	(9) (8) the educational records of the child including the most recent information available 
35.5 	regarding:
35.6 	(i) the names and addresses of the child's educational providers;
35.7 	(ii) the child's grade level performance;
35.8 	(iii) the child's school record;
35.9 	(iv) a statement about how the child's placement in foster care takes into account 
35.10 	proximity to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement; and
35.11 	(v) any other relevant educational information;
35.12 	(10) (9) the efforts by the responsible social services agency to ensure support the child's 
35.13 	well-being by ensuring the oversight and continuity of health care services for the foster 
35.14 	child and documenting their health record, including:
35.15 	(i) the plan to schedule the child's initial health screens;
35.16 	(ii) how the child's known medical problems and identified needs from the screens, 
35.17 	including any known communicable diseases, as defined in section 144.4172, subdivision 
35.18 	2, shall be monitored and treated while the child is in foster care;
35.19 	(iii) how the child's medical information shall be updated and shared, including the 
35.20 	child's immunizations;
35.21 	(iv) who is responsible to coordinate and respond to the child's health care needs, 
35.22 	including the role of the parent, the agency, and the foster parent;
35.23 	(v) who is responsible for oversight of the child's prescription medications;
35.24 	(vi) how physicians or other appropriate medical and nonmedical professionals shall be 
35.25 	consulted and involved in assessing the health and well-being of the child and determine 
35.26 	the appropriate medical treatment for the child; and
35.27 	(vii) the responsibility to ensure that the child has access to medical care through either 
35.28 	medical insurance or medical assistance; and
35.29 	(11) the health records of the child including (viii) information available regarding:
35.30 	(i) (A) the names and addresses of the child's health care and dental care providers;
36.1 	(ii) (B) a record of the child's immunizations;
36.2 	(iii) (C) the child's known medical problems, including any known communicable 
36.3 	diseases as defined in section 144.4172, subdivision 2;
36.4 	(iv) (D) the child's medications; and
36.5 	(v) (E) any other relevant health care information such as the child's eligibility for medical 
36.6 	insurance or medical assistance;
36.7 	(12) (10) an independent living plan for a child 14 years of age or older, developed in 
36.8 	consultation with the child. The child may select one member of the case planning team to 
36.9 	be designated as the child's advisor and to advocate with respect to the application of the 
36.10 	reasonable and prudent parenting standards in subdivision 14. The plan should include, but 
36.11 	not be limited to, the following objectives:
36.12 	(i) educational, vocational, or employment planning;
36.13 	(ii) health care planning and medical coverage;
36.14 	(iii) transportation including, where appropriate, assisting the child in obtaining a driver's 
36.15 	license;
36.16 	(iv) money management, including the responsibility of the responsible social services 
36.17 	agency to ensure that the child annually receives, at no cost to the child, a consumer report 
36.18 	as defined under section 13C.001 and assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies 
36.19 	in the report;
36.20 	(v) planning for housing;
36.21 	(vi) social and recreational skills;
36.22 	(vii) establishing and maintaining connections with the child's family and community; 
36.23 	and
36.24 	(viii) regular opportunities to engage in age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate 
36.25 	activities typical for the child's age group, taking into consideration the capacities of the 
36.26 	individual child;
36.27 	(13) (11) for a child in voluntary foster care for treatment under chapter 260D, diagnostic 
36.28 	and assessment information, specific services relating to meeting the mental health care 
36.29 	needs of the child, and treatment outcomes;
36.30 	(14) (12) for a child 14 years of age or older, a signed acknowledgment that describes 
36.31 	the child's rights regarding education, health care, visitation, safety and protection from 
37.1 	exploitation, and court participation; receipt of the documents identified in section 260C.452; 
37.2 	and receipt of an annual credit report. The acknowledgment shall state that the rights were 
37.3 	explained in an age-appropriate manner to the child; and
37.4 	(15) (13) for a child placed in a qualified residential treatment program, the plan must 
37.5 	include the requirements in section 260C.708.
37.6 	(d) (e) The parent or parents or guardian and the child each shall have the right to legal 
37.7 	counsel in the preparation of the case plan and shall be informed of the right at the time of 
37.8 	placement of the child. The child shall also have the right to a guardian ad litem. If unable 
37.9 	to employ counsel from their own resources, the court shall appoint counsel upon the request 
37.10 	of the parent or parents or the child or the child's legal guardian. The parent or parents may 
37.11 	also receive assistance from any person or social services agency in preparation of the case 
37.12 	plan.
37.13 	(e) Before an out-of-home placement plan is signed by the parent or parents or guardian 
37.14 	of the child, the responsible social services agency must provide the parent or parents or 
37.15 	guardian with a one- to two-page summary of the plan using a form developed by the 
37.16 	commissioner. The out-of-home placement plan summary must clearly summarize the plan's 
37.17 	contents under paragraph (c) and list the requirements and responsibilities for the parent or 
37.18 	parents or guardian using plain language. The summary must be updated and provided to 
37.19 	the parent or parents or guardian when the out-of-home placement plan is updated under 
37.20 	subdivision 1a.
37.21 	(f) After the plan has been agreed upon by the parties involved or approved or ordered 
37.22 	by the court, the foster parents shall be fully informed of the provisions of the case plan and 
37.23 	shall be provided a copy of the plan.
37.24 	(g) Upon the child's discharge from foster care, the responsible social services agency 
37.25 	must provide the child's parent, adoptive parent, or permanent legal and physical custodian, 
37.26 	and the child, if the child is 14 years of age or older, with a current copy of the child's health 
37.27 	and education record. If a child meets the conditions in subdivision 15, paragraph (b), the 
37.28 	agency must also provide the child with the child's social and medical history. The responsible 
37.29 	social services agency may give a copy of the child's health and education record and social 
37.30 	and medical history to a child who is younger than 14 years of age, if it is appropriate and 
37.31 	if subdivision 15, paragraph (b), applies.

38.1 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.212, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 1a.Out-of-home placement plan update. (a) Within 30 days of placing the child 
38.3 	in foster care, the agency must complete the child's out-of-home placement plan summary 
38.4 	and file it with the court. Within 60 days of placing the child in foster care, the agency must
38.5 	file the child's initial out-of-home placement plan with the court. After filing the child's 
38.6 	initial out-of-home placement plan, the agency shall update and file the child's out-of-home 
38.7 	placement plan with the court as follows:
38.8 	(1) when the agency moves a child to a different foster care setting, the agency shall 
38.9 	inform the court within 30 days of the child's placement change or court-ordered trial home 
38.10 	visit. The agency must file the child's updated out-of-home placement plan summary and
38.11 	out-of-home placement plan with the court at the next required review hearing;
38.12 	(2) when the agency places a child in a qualified residential treatment program as defined 
38.13 	in section 260C.007, subdivision 26d, or moves a child from one qualified residential 
38.14 	treatment program to a different qualified residential treatment program, the agency must 
38.15 	update the child's out-of-home placement plan within 60 days. To meet the requirements 
38.16 	of section 260C.708, the agency must file the child's out-of-home placement plan along 
38.17 	with the agency's report seeking the court's approval of the child's placement at a qualified 
38.18 	residential treatment program under section 260C.71. After the court issues an order, the 
38.19 	agency must update the child's out-of-home placement plan to document the court's approval 
38.20 	or disapproval of the child's placement in a qualified residential treatment program;
38.21 	(3) when the agency places a child with the child's parent in a licensed residential 
38.22 	family-based substance use disorder treatment program under section 260C.190, the agency 
38.23 	must identify the treatment program where the child will be placed in the child's out-of-home 
38.24 	placement plan prior to the child's placement. The agency must file the child's out-of-home 
38.25 	placement plan summary and out-of-home placement plan with the court at the next required 
38.26 	review hearing; and
38.27 	(4) under sections 260C.227 and 260C.521, the agency must update the child's
38.28 	out-of-home placement plan summary and out-of-home placement plan and file the child's 
38.29 	out-of-home placement plan with the court.
38.30 	(b) When none of the items in paragraph (a) apply, the agency must update the child's
38.31 	out-of-home placement plan summary and out-of-home placement plan no later than 180 
38.32 	days after the child's initial placement and every six months thereafter, consistent with 
38.33 	section 260C.203, paragraph (a).

39.1 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.221, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.2 		Subd. 2.Relative notice requirements. (a) The agency may provide oral or written 
39.3 	notice to a child's relatives. In the child's case record, the agency must document providing 
39.4 	the required notice to each of the child's relatives. The responsible social services agency 
39.5 	must notify relatives:
39.6 	(1) of the need for a foster home for the child, the option to become a placement resource 
39.7 	for the child, the order of placement that the agency will consider under section 260C.212, 
39.8 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and the possibility of the need for a permanent placement for 
39.9 	the child;
39.10 	(2) of their responsibility to keep the responsible social services agency and the court 
39.11 	informed of their current address in order to receive notice in the event that a permanent 
39.12 	placement is sought for the child and to receive notice of the permanency progress review 
39.13 	hearing under section 260C.204. A relative who fails to provide a current address to the 
39.14 	responsible social services agency and the court forfeits the right to receive notice of the 
39.15 	possibility of permanent placement and of the permanency progress review hearing under 
39.16 	section 260C.204, until the relative provides a current address to the responsible social 
39.17 	services agency and the court. A decision by a relative not to be identified as a potential 
39.18 	permanent placement resource or participate in planning for the child shall not affect whether 
39.19 	the relative is considered for placement of, or as a permanency resource for, the child with 
39.20 	that relative at any time in the case, and shall not be the sole basis for the court to rule out 
39.21 	the relative as the child's placement or permanency resource;
39.22 	(3) that the relative may participate in the care and planning for the child, as specified 
39.23 	in subdivision 3, including that the opportunity for such participation may be lost by failing 
39.24 	to respond to the notice sent under this subdivision;
39.25 	(4) of the family foster care licensing and adoption home study requirements and supports, 
39.26 	including how to complete an application and how to request a variance from licensing 
39.27 	standards that do not present a safety or health risk to the child in the home under section 
39.28 	142B.10 and supports that are available for relatives and children who reside in a family 
39.29 	foster home;:
39.30 	(i) the choice between county or private agency licensing and services under section 
39.31 	142B.05, subdivision 3;
39.32 	(ii) how to complete an application;
40.1 	(iii) how to request a variance from licensing standards that do not present a safety or 
40.2 	health risk to the child in the home under section 142B.10; and
40.3 	(iv) supports that are available for relatives and children who reside in a family foster 
40.4 	home, including but not limited to ways to include resource or substitute caregivers in the 
40.5 	child's case plan, strategies for leveraging the child and family's natural supports, and how 
40.6 	to access legal services and support and respite care;
40.7 	(5) of the relatives' right to ask to be notified of any court proceedings regarding the 
40.8 	child, to attend the hearings, and of a relative's right to be heard by the court as required 
40.9 	under section 260C.152, subdivision 5;
40.10 	(6) that regardless of the relative's response to the notice sent under this subdivision, the 
40.11 	agency is required to establish permanency for a child, including planning for alternative 
40.12 	permanency options if the agency's reunification efforts fail or are not required; and
40.13 	(7) that by responding to the notice, a relative may receive information about participating 
40.14 	in a child's family and permanency team if the child is placed in a qualified residential 
40.15 	treatment program as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 26d.
40.16 	(b) The responsible social services agency shall send the notice required under paragraph 
40.17 	(a) to relatives who become known to the responsible social services agency, except for 
40.18 	relatives that the agency does not contact due to safety reasons under subdivision 5, paragraph 
40.19 	(b). The responsible social services agency shall continue to send notice to relatives 
40.20 	notwithstanding a court's finding that the agency has made reasonable efforts to conduct a 
40.21 	relative search.
40.22 	(c) The responsible social services agency is not required to send the notice under 
40.23 	paragraph (a) to a relative who becomes known to the agency after an adoption placement 
40.24 	agreement has been fully executed under section 260C.613, subdivision 1. If the relative 
40.25 	wishes to be considered for adoptive placement of the child, the agency shall inform the 
40.26 	relative of the relative's ability to file a motion for an order for adoptive placement under 
40.27 	section 260C.607, subdivision 6.

40.28 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.223, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.29 		Subdivision 1.Program; goals. (a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families 
40.30 	shall establish a program for concurrent permanency planning for child protection services.
40.31 	(b) Concurrent permanency planning involves a planning process for children who are 
40.32 	placed out of the home of their parents pursuant to a court order, or who have been voluntarily 
40.33 	placed out of the home by the parents for 60 days or more and who are not developmentally 
41.1 	disabled or emotionally disabled under section 260C.212, subdivision 9. The responsible 
41.2 	social services agency shall develop an alternative permanency plan while making reasonable 
41.3 	efforts for reunification of the child with the family, if required by section 260.012. The 
41.4 	goals of concurrent permanency planning are to:
41.5 	(1) achieve early permanency for children;
41.6 	(2) decrease children's length of stay in foster care and reduce the number of moves 
41.7 	children experience in foster care; and
41.8 	(3) develop a group of families establish a foster parent for a child who will work towards
41.9 	toward reunification and also serve as a permanent families family for children.

41.10 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.223, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.11 		Subd. 2.Development of guidelines and protocols. (a) The commissioner shall establish 
41.12 	guidelines and protocols for social services agencies involved in concurrent permanency 
41.13 	planning, including criteria for conducting concurrent permanency planning based on relevant 
41.14 	factors such as:
41.15 	(1) age of the child and duration of out-of-home placement;
41.16 	(2) prognosis for successful reunification with parents;
41.17 	(3) availability of relatives and other concerned individuals to provide support or a 
41.18 	permanent placement for the child; and
41.19 	(4) special needs of the child and other factors affecting the child's best interests.
41.20 	(b) In developing the guidelines and protocols, the commissioner shall consult with 
41.21 	interest groups within the child protection system, including child protection workers, child 
41.22 	protection advocates, county attorneys, law enforcement, community service organizations, 
41.23 	the councils of color, and the ombudsperson for families.
41.24 	(c) The responsible social services agency must not make a foster family the permanent 
41.25 	home for a child until:
41.26 	(1) inquiry and Tribal notice requirements under section 260.761, subdivisions 1 and 2, 
41.27 	are satisfied;
41.28 	(2) inquiry about the child's heritage, including their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant 
41.29 	to section 260.63, subdivision 10, has been completed; and
41.30 	(3) the court has determined that reasonable or active efforts toward completing the 
41.31 	relative search requirements in section 260C.221 have been made.

42.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.329, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
42.2 		Subd. 3.Petition. (a) The following individuals may file a petition for the reestablishment 
42.3 	of the legal parent and child relationship:
42.4 	(1) county attorney,;
42.5 	(2) a parent whose parental rights were terminated under a previous order of the court,;
42.6 	(3) a parent whose voluntary consent to adoption was accepted by the court and:
42.7 	(i) the identified prospective adoptive parent did not finalize the adoption; or
42.8 	(ii) the adoption finalized but subsequently dissolved and the child returned to foster 
42.9 	care and guardianship of the commissioner;
42.10 	(4) a child who is ten years of age or older,;
42.11 	(5) the responsible social services agency,; or
42.12 	(6) a guardian ad litem may file a petition for the reestablishment of the legal parent and 
42.13 	child relationship.
42.14 	(b) A parent filing a petition under this section shall pay a filing fee in the amount 
42.15 	required under section 357.021, subdivision 2, clause (1). The filing fee may be waived 
42.16 	pursuant to chapter 563. A petition for the reestablishment of the legal parent and child 
42.17 	relationship may be filed when:
42.18 	(1) the parent has corrected the conditions that led to an order terminating parental rights;
42.19 	(2) the parent is willing and has the capability to provide day-to-day care and maintain 
42.20 	the health, safety, and welfare of the child;
42.21 	(3) the child has been in foster care for at least 24 months after the court issued the order 
42.22 	terminating parental rights;
42.23 	(4) the child has is not been currently adopted; and
42.24 	(5) the child is not the subject of a written adoption placement agreement between the 
42.25 	responsible social services agency and the prospective adoptive parent, as required under 
42.26 	Minnesota Rules, part 9560.0060, subpart 2.

42.27 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.329, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
42.28 		Subd. 8.Hearing. The court may grant the petition ordering the reestablishment of the 
42.29 	legal parent and child relationship only if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that:
42.30 	(1) reestablishment of the legal parent and child relationship is in the child's best interests;
43.1 	(2) the child has is not been currently adopted;
43.2 	(3) the child is not the subject of a written adoption placement agreement between the 
43.3 	responsible social services agency and the prospective adoptive parent, as required under 
43.4 	Minnesota Rules, part 9560.0060, subpart 2;
43.5 	(4) at least 24 months have elapsed following a final order terminating parental rights 
43.6 	and the child remains in foster care;
43.7 	(5) the child desires to reside with the parent;
43.8 	(6) the parent has corrected the conditions that led to an order terminating parental rights; 
43.9 	and
43.10 	(7) the parent is willing and has the capability to provide day-to-day care and maintain 
43.11 	the health, safety, and welfare of the child.

43.12 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.451, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
43.13 		Subd. 9.Administrative or court review of placements. (a) The court shall must
43.14 	conduct reviews at least annually to ensure the responsible social services agency is making 
43.15 	reasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan for the child.
43.16 	(b) The responsible social services agency must file a written report with the court 
43.17 	containing or attaching the following:
43.18 	(1) the child's name, date of birth, race, gender, and current address;
43.19 	(2) a written summary describing planning with the child, including supports and services 
43.20 	to ensure the child's safety, housing stability, well-being needs, and independent living 
43.21 	skills;
43.22 	(3) the child's most recent out-of-home placement plan and independent living plan 
43.23 	required under section 260C.212, subdivision 1;
43.24 	(4) if the child's plan is to not continue in extended foster care or if the child will reach 
43.25 	age 21 before the next review, a copy of their 180-day transition plan as required in section 
43.26 	260C.452, subdivision 4; and
43.27 	(5) if the agency plans to transition the child into adult services, a summary of the 
43.28 	transition plan as required in section 260C.452, subdivision 4, and how this plan is in the 
43.29 	child's best interest.
44.1 	(b) (c) The court shall must find that the responsible social services agency is making 
44.2 	reasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan for the child when the responsible social 
44.3 	services agency:
44.4 	(1) provides appropriate support to the child and caregiver or foster care provider parent
44.5 	to ensure continuing stability and success in placement;
44.6 	(2) works with the child to plan for transition to adulthood and assists the child in 
44.7 	demonstrating progress in achieving related goals;
44.8 	(3) works with the child to plan for independent living skills and assists the child in 
44.9 	demonstrating progress in achieving independent living goals; and
44.10 	(4) prepares the child for independence according to sections 260C.203, paragraph (d), 
44.11 	and 260C.452, subdivision 4.
44.12 	(c) (d) The responsible social services agency must ensure that an administrative review 
44.13 	that meets the requirements of this section and section 260C.203 is completed at least six 
44.14 	months after each of the court's annual reviews.

44.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260C.452, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.16 		Subd. 4.Administrative or court review of placements. (a) When the youth is 14 years 
44.17 	of age or older, the court, in consultation with the youth, shall review the youth's independent 
44.18 	living plan according to section 260C.203, paragraph (d).
44.19 	(b) The responsible social services agency shall file a copy of the notification of foster 
44.20 	care benefits for a youth who is 18 years of age or older according to section 260C.451, 
44.21 	subdivision 1, with the court. If the responsible social services agency does not file the 
44.22 	notice by the time the youth is 17-1/2 years of age, the court shall require the responsible 
44.23 	social services agency to file the notice.
44.24 	(c) When a youth is 18 years of age or older, the court shall ensure that the responsible 
44.25 	social services agency assists the youth in obtaining the following documents before the 
44.26 	youth leaves foster care: a Social Security card; an official or certified copy of the youth's 
44.27 	birth certificate; a state identification card or driver's license, Tribal enrollment identification 
44.28 	card, green permanent resident card, or school visa; health insurance information; the youth's 
44.29 	school, medical, and dental records; a contact list of the youth's medical, dental, and mental 
44.30 	health providers; and contact information for the youth's siblings, if the siblings are in foster 
44.31 	care.
45.1 	(d) For a youth who will be discharged from foster care at 18 years of age or older 
45.2 	because the youth is not eligible for extended foster care benefits or chooses to leave foster 
45.3 	care, the responsible social services agency must develop a personalized transition plan as 
45.4 	directed by the youth during the 180-day period immediately prior to the expected date of 
45.5 	discharge. The transition plan must be as detailed as the youth elects and include specific 
45.6 	options, including but not limited to:
45.7 	(1) affordable housing with necessary supports that does not include a homeless shelter;
45.8 	(2) health insurance, including eligibility for medical assistance as defined in section 
45.9 	256B.055, subdivision 17;
45.10 	(3) education, including application to the Education and Training Voucher Program;
45.11 	(4) local opportunities for mentors and continuing support services;
45.12 	(5) workforce supports and employment services;
45.13 	(6) a copy of the youth's consumer credit report as defined in section 13C.001 and 
45.14 	assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies in the report, at no cost to the youth;
45.15 	(7) information on executing a health care directive under chapter 145C and on the 
45.16 	importance of designating another individual to make health care decisions on behalf of the 
45.17 	youth if the youth becomes unable to participate in decisions;
45.18 	(8) appropriate contact information through 21 years of age if the youth needs information 
45.19 	or help dealing with a crisis situation; and
45.20 	(9) official documentation that the youth was previously in foster care.

45.21 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.03, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
45.22 		Subd. 15.Neglect. (a) "Neglect" means the commission or omission of any of the acts 
45.23 	specified under clauses (1) to (8), other than by accidental means:
45.24 	(1) failure by a person responsible for a child's care to supply a child with necessary 
45.25 	food, clothing, shelter, health, medical, or other care required for the child's physical or 
45.26 	mental health when reasonably able to do so;
45.27 	(2) failure to protect a child from conditions or actions that seriously endanger the child's 
45.28 	physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so, including a growth delay, which 
45.29 	may be referred to as a failure to thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due 
45.30 	to parental neglect;
46.1 	(3) failure to provide for necessary supervision or child care arrangements appropriate 
46.2 	for a child after considering factors as the child's age, mental ability, physical condition, 
46.3 	length of absence, or environment, when the child is unable to care for the child's own basic 
46.4 	needs or safety, or the basic needs or safety of another child in their care;
46.5 	(4) failure to ensure that the child is educated as defined in sections 120A.22 and 
46.6 	260C.163, subdivision 11, which does not include a parent's refusal to provide the parent's 
46.7 	child with sympathomimetic medications, consistent with section 125A.091, subdivision 
46.8 	5;
46.9 	(5) prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 
46.10 	2, used by the mother for a nonmedical purpose, as evidenced by withdrawal symptoms in 
46.11 	the child at birth, results of a toxicology test performed on the mother at delivery or the 
46.12 	child at birth, medical effects or developmental delays during the child's first year of life 
46.13 	that medically indicate prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, or the presence of a 
46.14 	fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;
46.15 	(6) medical neglect, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (5);
46.16 	(7) chronic and severe use of alcohol or a controlled substance by a person responsible 
46.17 	for the child's care that adversely affects the child's basic needs and safety; or
46.18 	(8) emotional harm from a pattern of behavior that contributes to impaired emotional 
46.19 	functioning of the child which may be demonstrated by a substantial and observable effect 
46.20 	in the child's behavior, emotional response, or cognition that is not within the normal range 
46.21 	for the child's age and stage of development, with due regard to the child's culture.
46.22 	(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that a child is neglected solely 
46.23 	because the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child's care in good 
46.24 	faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease or 
46.25 	remedial care of the child in lieu of medical care.
46.26 	(c) This chapter does not impose upon persons not otherwise legally responsible for 
46.27 	providing a child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, education, or medical care a duty 
46.28 	to provide that care.
46.29 	(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that a child who has a mental, 
46.30 	physical, or emotional condition is neglected solely because the child remains in an 
46.31 	emergency department or hospital setting because services, including residential treatment, 
46.32 	that are deemed necessary by the child's medical or mental health care professional or county 
47.1 	case manager are not available to the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible 
47.2 	for the child's care, and the child cannot be safely discharged to the child's family.

47.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.065, is amended to read:
47.4 	260E.065 TRAINING FOR REPORTERS.
47.5 		Subdivision 1.Required training. The local welfare agency must offer training to a 
47.6 	person required to make a report under section 260E.055 or 260E.06. The training may be 
47.7 	offered online or in person and must provide an explanation of the legal obligations of a 
47.8 	reporter, consequences for failure to report, and instruction on how to detect and report 
47.9 	suspected maltreatment or suspected abuse, as defined under section 260E.055, subdivision 
47.10 	1, paragraph (b). A local welfare agency may fulfill the requirement under this section by 
47.11 	directing reporters to trainings offered by the commissioner.
47.12 		Subd. 2.Training content. For a training under this section, at least half of the training 
47.13 	time must be spent on how to identify signs of suspected maltreatment or abuse, as defined 
47.14 	in section 260E.055, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). The training must cover the definition 
47.15 	of each maltreatment type as defined in section 260E.03, subdivision 12.
47.16 		Subd. 3.Expert input. The commissioner must create trainings with input from 
47.17 	professionals with specialized knowledge related to maltreatment, including but not limited 
47.18 	to medical professionals, attorneys, mental health professionals, and social workers.

47.19 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.09, is amended to read:
47.20 	260E.09 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
47.21 	(a) An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise. An oral report 
47.22 	made by a person required under section 260E.06, subdivision 1, to report shall be followed 
47.23 	within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, by a report in writing to the appropriate 
47.24 	police department, the county sheriff, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating 
47.25 	the report, or the local welfare agency.
47.26 	(b) Any report shall be of sufficient content to identify the child, any person believed 
47.27 	to be responsible for the maltreatment of the child if the person is known, the nature and 
47.28 	extent of the maltreatment, and the name and address of the reporter. The local welfare 
47.29 	agency or agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall accept a report 
47.30 	made under section 260E.06 notwithstanding refusal by a reporter to provide the reporter's 
47.31 	name or address as long as the report is otherwise sufficient under this paragraph. The local 
47.32 	welfare agency or agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall ask the 
48.1 	reporter if the reporter is aware of the child or family heritage, including the child's Tribal 
48.2 	lineage pursuant to section 260.761 and their race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 
48.3 	260.63, subdivision 10.
48.4 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), upon implementation of the provider licensing and 
48.5 	reporting hub, an individual who has an account with the provider licensing and reporting 
48.6 	hub and is required to report suspected maltreatment at a licensed program under section 
48.7 	260E.06, subdivision 1, may submit a written report in the hub in a manner prescribed by 
48.8 	the commissioner and is not required to make an oral report. A report submitted through 
48.9 	the provider licensing and reporting hub must be made immediately.

48.10 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.11 		Subdivision 1.General duties. (a) The local welfare agency shall offer services to 
48.12 	prevent future maltreatment, safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of the maltreated child, 
48.13 	and supporting and preserving family life whenever possible.
48.14 	(b) If the report alleges a violation of a criminal statute involving maltreatment or child 
48.15 	endangerment under section 609.378, the local law enforcement agency and local welfare 
48.16 	agency shall coordinate the planning and execution of their respective investigation and 
48.17 	assessment efforts to avoid a duplication of fact-finding efforts and multiple interviews. 
48.18 	Each agency shall prepare a separate report of the results of the agency's investigation or 
48.19 	assessment.
48.20 	(c) In cases of alleged child maltreatment resulting in death, the local agency may rely 
48.21 	on the fact-finding efforts of a law enforcement investigation to make a determination of 
48.22 	whether or not maltreatment occurred.
48.23 	(d) When necessary, the local welfare agency shall seek authority to remove the child 
48.24 	from the custody of a parent, guardian, or adult with whom the child is living.
48.25 	(e) In performing any of these duties, the local welfare agency shall maintain an 
48.26 	appropriate record.
48.27 	(f) In conducting a family assessment, noncaregiver human trafficking assessment, or 
48.28 	investigation, the local welfare agency shall gather information on the existence of substance 
48.29 	abuse and domestic violence.
48.30 	(g) If the family assessment, noncaregiver human trafficking assessment, or investigation 
48.31 	indicates there is a potential for abuse of alcohol or other drugs by the parent, guardian, or 
48.32 	person responsible for the child's care, the local welfare agency must coordinate a 
48.33 	comprehensive assessment pursuant to section 245G.05.
49.1 	(h) The agency may use either a family assessment or investigation to determine whether 
49.2 	the child is safe when responding to a report resulting from birth match data under section 
49.3 	260E.03, subdivision 23, paragraph (c). If the child subject of birth match data is determined 
49.4 	to be safe, the agency shall consult with the county attorney to determine the appropriateness 
49.5 	of filing a petition alleging the child is in need of protection or services under section 
49.6 	260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (16), in order to deliver needed services. If the child is 
49.7 	determined not to be safe, the agency and the county attorney shall take appropriate action 
49.8 	as required under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.
49.9 	(i) When conducting any assessment or investigation, the agency shall ask the child, if 
49.10 	age appropriate; parents; extended family; and reporter about the child's family heritage, 
49.11 	including the child's Tribal lineage pursuant to section 260.761 and the child's race, culture, 
49.12 	and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 10.

49.13 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
49.14 		Subd. 3.Collection of information. (a) The local welfare agency responsible for 
49.15 	conducting a family assessment, noncaregiver human trafficking assessment, or investigation 
49.16 	shall collect available and relevant information to determine child safety, risk of subsequent 
49.17 	maltreatment, and family strengths and needs and share not public information with an 
49.18 	Indian's Tribal social services agency without violating any law of the state that may 
49.19 	otherwise impose a duty of confidentiality on the local welfare agency in order to implement 
49.20 	the Tribal state agreement.
49.21 	(b) The local welfare agency or the agency responsible for investigating the report shall 
49.22 	collect available and relevant information to ascertain whether maltreatment occurred and 
49.23 	whether protective services are needed.
49.24 	(c) Information collected includes, when relevant, information regarding the person 
49.25 	reporting the alleged maltreatment, including the nature of the reporter's relationship to the 
49.26 	child and to the alleged offender, and the basis of the reporter's knowledge for the report; 
49.27 	the child allegedly being maltreated; the alleged offender; the child's caretaker; and other 
49.28 	collateral sources having relevant information related to the alleged maltreatment.
49.29 	(d) Information relevant to the assessment or investigation must be requested, and may 
49.30 	include:
49.31 	(1) the child's sex and age; prior reports of maltreatment, including any maltreatment 
49.32 	reports that were screened out and not accepted for assessment or investigation; information 
49.33 	relating to developmental functioning; credibility of the child's statement; and whether the 
50.1 	information provided under this clause is consistent with other information collected during 
50.2 	the course of the assessment or investigation;
50.3 	(2) except in a noncaregiver human trafficking assessment, the alleged offender's age, 
50.4 	a record check for prior reports of maltreatment, and criminal charges and convictions;
50.5 	(3) collateral source information regarding the alleged maltreatment and care of the 
50.6 	child. Collateral information includes, when relevant: (i) a medical examination of the child; 
50.7 	(ii) prior medical records relating to the alleged maltreatment or the care of the child 
50.8 	maintained by any facility, clinic, or health care professional and an interview with the 
50.9 	treating professionals; and (iii) interviews with the child's caretakers, including the child's 
50.10 	parent, guardian, foster parent, child care provider, teachers, counselors, family members, 
50.11 	relatives, and other persons who may have knowledge regarding the alleged maltreatment 
50.12 	and the care of the child; and
50.13 	(4) information on the existence of domestic abuse and violence in the home of the child, 
50.14 	and substance abuse.
50.15 	(e) Nothing in this subdivision precludes the local welfare agency, the local law 
50.16 	enforcement agency, or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report from 
50.17 	collecting other relevant information necessary to conduct the assessment or investigation.
50.18 	(f) Notwithstanding section 13.384 or 144.291 to 144.298, the local welfare agency has 
50.19 	access to medical data and records for purposes of paragraph (d), clause (3).

50.20 	Sec. 38. [260E.215] REPORTING OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CONCERNS.
50.21 		Subdivision 1.Reports required. (a) A person mandated to report under this chapter 
50.22 	must immediately report to the local welfare agency or designated partner if the person 
50.23 	knows or has reason to believe that a child required to be enrolled in school under section 
50.24 	120A.22 has at least seven unexcused absences in the current school year and is at risk of 
50.25 	educational neglect or truancy under section 260C.163, subdivision 11.
50.26 	(b) Any person may make a voluntary report if the person knows or has reason to believe 
50.27 	that a child required to be enrolled in school under section 120A.22 has at least seven 
50.28 	unexcused absences in the current school year and is at risk of educational neglect or truancy 
50.29 	under section 260C.163, subdivision 11.
50.30 	(c) An oral report must be made immediately. An oral report made by a person required 
50.31 	to report under paragraph (a) must be followed within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and 
50.32 	holidays, by a report in writing to the local welfare agency. A report must sufficiently 
50.33 	identify the child and the child's parent or guardian, the actual or estimated number of the 
51.1 	child's unexcused absences in the current school year, the efforts made by school officials 
51.2 	to resolve attendance concerns with the family, and the name and address of the reporter. 
51.3 	A voluntary reporter under paragraph (b) may refuse to provide their name or address if the 
51.4 	report is otherwise sufficient, and the local welfare agency must accept such a report.
51.5 		Subd. 2.Local welfare agency. (a) The local welfare agency or partner designated to 
51.6 	provide child welfare services must provide a child welfare response for a report that alleges 
51.7 	a child enrolled in school has seven or more unexcused absences. When providing a child 
51.8 	welfare response under this paragraph, the local welfare agency or designated partner must 
51.9 	offer services to the child and the child's family to address school attendance concerns or 
51.10 	may partner with a county attorney's office, a community-based organization, or other 
51.11 	community partner to provide the services. The services must be culturally and linguistically 
51.12 	appropriate and tailored to the needs of the child and the child's family. This section is 
51.13 	subject to the requirements of the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act under sections 
51.14 	260.751 to 260.835 and the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child 
51.15 	Welfare Disproportionality Act under sections 260.61 to 260.693.
51.16 	(b) If the unexcused absences continue and the family has not engaged with services 
51.17 	under paragraph (a) after the local welfare agency or partner designated to provide child 
51.18 	welfare services has made multiple varied attempts to engage the child's family, a report of 
51.19 	educational neglect must be made regardless of the number of unexcused absences the child 
51.20 	has accrued. The local welfare agency must determine the response path assignment pursuant 
51.21 	to section 260E.17 and may proceed with the process outlined in section 260C.141.

51.22 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.23 		Subdivision 1.Timing. The local welfare agency shall conclude the family assessment, 
51.24 	the noncaregiver human trafficking assessment, or the investigation within 45 days of the 
51.25 	receipt of a report. The conclusion of the assessment or investigation may be extended to 
51.26 	permit the completion of a criminal investigation or the receipt of expert information 
51.27 	requested within 45 days of the receipt of the report.

51.28 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
51.29 		Subd. 2.Determination after family assessment or a noncaregiver human trafficking 
51.30 	assessment. After conducting a family assessment or a noncaregiver human trafficking 
51.31 	assessment, the local welfare agency shall determine whether child protective services are 
51.32 	needed to address the safety of the child and other family members and the risk of subsequent 
51.33 	maltreatment. The local welfare agency must document the information collected under 
52.1 	section 260E.20, subdivision 3, related to the completed family assessment or noncaregiver 
52.2 	human trafficking assessment in the child's or family's case notes.

52.3 	Sec. 41. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 52.4 	The revisor of statutes shall change paragraphs to subdivisions, clauses to paragraphs, 
52.5 	and items to clauses in Minnesota Statutes, sections 260C.203 and 260C.204. The revisor 
52.6 	shall make any necessary grammatical changes or changes to sentence structure necessary 
52.7 	to preserve the meaning of the text as a result of the changes. The revisor of statutes must 
52.8 	correct any statutory cross-references consistent with the changes in this section.

52.9 	ARTICLE 3
52.10 	CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE FINANCE

52.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.12 		Subd. 2.Duties of the commissioner. (a) The commissioner may apply for and accept 
52.13 	on behalf of the state any grants, bequests, gifts, or contributions for the purpose of carrying 
52.14 	out the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner. Any money received under this 
52.15 	paragraph is appropriated and dedicated for the purpose for which the money is granted. 
52.16 	The commissioner must biennially report to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
52.17 	relevant legislative committees and divisions by January 15 of each even-numbered year a 
52.18 	list of all grants and gifts received under this subdivision.
52.19 	(b) Pursuant to law, the commissioner may apply for and receive money made available 
52.20 	from federal sources for the purpose of carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the 
52.21 	commissioner.
52.22 	(c) The commissioner may make contracts with and grants to Tribal Nations, public and 
52.23 	private agencies, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and individuals using appropriated 
52.24 	money.
52.25 	(d) The commissioner must develop program objectives and performance measures for 
52.26 	evaluating progress toward achieving the objectives. The commissioner must identify the 
52.27 	objectives, performance measures, and current status of achieving the measures in a biennial 
52.28 	report to the chairs and ranking minority members of relevant legislative committees and 
52.29 	divisions. The report is due no later than January 15 each even-numbered year. The report 
52.30 	must include, when possible, the following objectives:
52.31 	(1) centering and including the lived experiences of children and youth, including those 
52.32 	with disabilities and mental illness and their families, in all aspects of the department's work;
53.1 	(2) increasing the effectiveness of the department's programs in addressing the needs of 
53.2 	children and youth facing racial, economic, or geographic inequities;
53.3 	(3) increasing coordination and reducing inefficiencies among the department's programs 
53.4 	and the funding sources that support the programs;
53.5 	(4) increasing the alignment and coordination of family access to child care and early 
53.6 	learning programs and improving systems of support for early childhood and learning 
53.7 	providers and services;
53.8 	(5) improving the connection between the department's programs and the kindergarten 
53.9 	through grade 12 and higher education systems; and
53.10 	(6) minimizing and streamlining the effort required of youth and families to receive 
53.11 	services to which the youth and families are entitled.
53.12 	(e) The commissioner shall administer and supervise the forms of public assistance and 
53.13 	other activities or services that are vested in the commissioner. Administration and 
53.14 	supervision of activities or services includes but is not limited to assuring timely and accurate 
53.15 	distribution of benefits, completeness of service, and quality program management. In 
53.16 	addition to administering and supervising activities vested by law in the department, the 
53.17 	commissioner has the authority to:
53.18 	(1) require county agency participation in training and technical assistance programs to 
53.19 	promote compliance with statutes, rules, federal laws, regulations, and policies governing 
53.20 	the programs and activities administered by the commissioner;
53.21 	(2) monitor, on an ongoing basis, the performance of county agencies in the operation 
53.22 	and administration of activities and programs; enforce compliance with statutes, rules, 
53.23 	federal laws, regulations, and policies governing welfare services; and promote excellence 
53.24 	of administration and program operation;
53.25 	(3) develop a quality control program or other monitoring program to review county 
53.26 	performance and accuracy of benefit determinations;
53.27 	(4) require county agencies to make an adjustment to the public assistance benefits issued 
53.28 	to any individual consistent with federal law and regulation and state law and rule and to 
53.29 	issue or recover benefits as appropriate;
53.30 	(5) delay or deny payment of all or part of the state and federal share of benefits and 
53.31 	administrative reimbursement according to the procedures set forth in section 142A.10;
54.1 	(6) make contracts with and grants to public and private agencies and organizations, 
54.2 	both for-profit and nonprofit, and individuals, using appropriated funds; and
54.3 	(7) enter into contractual agreements with federally recognized Indian Tribes with a 
54.4 	reservation in Minnesota to the extent necessary for the Tribe to operate a federally approved 
54.5 	family assistance program or any other program under the supervision of the commissioner. 
54.6 	The commissioner shall consult with the affected county or counties in the contractual 
54.7 	agreement negotiations, if the county or counties wish to be included, in order to avoid the 
54.8 	duplication of county and Tribal assistance program services. The commissioner may 
54.9 	establish necessary accounts for the purposes of receiving and disbursing funds as necessary 
54.10 	for the operation of the programs.
54.11 	The commissioner shall work in conjunction with the commissioner of human services to 
54.12 	carry out the duties of this paragraph when necessary and feasible.
54.13 	(f) The commissioner shall inform county agencies, on a timely basis, of changes in 
54.14 	statute, rule, federal law, regulation, and policy necessary to county agency administration 
54.15 	of the programs and activities administered by the commissioner.
54.16 	(g) The commissioner shall administer and supervise child welfare activities, including 
54.17 	promoting the enforcement of laws preventing child maltreatment and protecting children 
54.18 	with a disability and children who are in need of protection or services, licensing and 
54.19 	supervising child care and child-placing agencies, and supervising the care of children in 
54.20 	foster care. The commissioner shall coordinate with the commissioner of human services 
54.21 	on activities impacting children overseen by the Department of Human Services, such as 
54.22 	disability services, behavioral health, and substance use disorder treatment.
54.23 	(h) The commissioner shall assist and cooperate with local, state, and federal departments, 
54.24 	agencies, and institutions.
54.25 	(i) The commissioner shall establish and maintain any administrative units reasonably 
54.26 	necessary for the performance of administrative functions common to all divisions of the 
54.27 	department.
54.28 	(j) The commissioner shall act as designated guardian of children pursuant to chapter 
54.29 	260C. For children under the guardianship of the commissioner or a Tribe in Minnesota 
54.30 	recognized by the Secretary of the Interior whose interests would be best served by adoptive 
54.31 	placement, the commissioner may contract with a licensed child-placing agency or a 
54.32 	Minnesota Tribal social services agency to provide adoption services. For children in 
54.33 	out-of-home care whose interests would be best served by a transfer of permanent legal and 
54.34 	physical custody to a relative under section 260C.515, subdivision 4, or equivalent in Tribal 
55.1 	code, the commissioner may contract with a licensed child-placing agency or a Minnesota 
55.2 	Tribal social services agency to provide permanency services. A contract with a licensed 
55.3 	child-placing agency must be designed to supplement existing county efforts and may not 
55.4 	replace existing county programs or Tribal social services, unless the replacement is agreed 
55.5 	to by the county board and the appropriate exclusive bargaining representative, Tribal 
55.6 	governing body, or the commissioner has evidence that child placements of the county 
55.7 	continue to be substantially below that of other counties. Funds encumbered and obligated 
55.8 	under an agreement for a specific child shall remain available until the terms of the agreement 
55.9 	are fulfilled or the agreement is terminated.
55.10 	(k) The commissioner has the authority to conduct and administer experimental projects 
55.11 	to test methods and procedures of administering assistance and services to recipients or 
55.12 	potential recipients of public benefits. To carry out the experimental projects, the 
55.13 	commissioner may waive the enforcement of existing specific statutory program 
55.14 	requirements, rules, and standards in one or more counties. The order establishing the waiver 
55.15 	must provide alternative methods and procedures of administration and must not conflict 
55.16 	with the basic purposes, coverage, or benefits provided by law. No project under this 
55.17 	paragraph shall exceed four years. No order establishing an experimental project as authorized 
55.18 	by this paragraph is effective until the following conditions have been met:
55.19 	(1) the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services has agreed, for the same 
55.20 	project, to waive state plan requirements relative to statewide uniformity; and
55.21 	(2) a comprehensive plan, including estimated project costs, has been approved by the 
55.22 	Legislative Advisory Commission and filed with the commissioner of administration.
55.23 	(l) The commissioner shall, according to federal requirements and in coordination with 
55.24 	the commissioner of human services, establish procedures to be followed by local welfare 
55.25 	boards in creating citizen advisory committees, including procedures for selection of 
55.26 	committee members.
55.27 	(m) The commissioner shall allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions that are 
55.28 	based on quality control error rates for the aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) 
55.29 	program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87 or the Supplemental Nutrition 
55.30 	Assistance Program (SNAP) in the following manner:
55.31 	(1) one-half of the total amount of the disallowance shall be borne by the county boards 
55.32 	responsible for administering the programs. For AFDC, disallowances shall be shared by 
55.33 	each county board in the same proportion as that county's expenditures to the total of all 
55.34 	counties' expenditures for AFDC. For SNAP, sanctions shall be shared by each county 
56.1 	board, with 50 percent of the sanction being distributed to each county in the same proportion 
56.2 	as that county's administrative costs for SNAP benefits are to the total of all SNAP 
56.3 	administrative costs for all counties, and 50 percent of the sanctions being distributed to 
56.4 	each county in the same proportion as that county's value of SNAP benefits issued are to 
56.5 	the total of all benefits issued for all counties. Each county shall pay its share of the 
56.6 	disallowance to the state of Minnesota. When a county fails to pay the amount due under 
56.7 	this paragraph, the commissioner may deduct the amount from reimbursement otherwise 
56.8 	due the county, or the attorney general, upon the request of the commissioner, may institute 
56.9 	civil action to recover the amount due; and
56.10 	(2) notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1), if the disallowance results from knowing 
56.11 	noncompliance by one or more counties with a specific program instruction, and that knowing 
56.12 	noncompliance is a matter of official county board record, the commissioner may require 
56.13 	payment or recover from the county or counties, in the manner prescribed in clause (1), an 
56.14 	amount equal to the portion of the total disallowance that resulted from the noncompliance 
56.15 	and may distribute the balance of the disallowance according to clause (1).
56.16 	(n) The commissioner shall develop and implement special projects that maximize 
56.17 	reimbursements and result in the recovery of money to the state. For the purpose of recovering 
56.18 	state money, the commissioner may enter into contracts with third parties. Any recoveries 
56.19 	that result from projects or contracts entered into under this paragraph shall be deposited 
56.20 	in the state treasury and credited to a special account until the balance in the account reaches 
56.21 	$1,000,000. When the balance in the account exceeds $1,000,000, the excess shall be 
56.22 	transferred and credited to the general fund. All money in the account is appropriated to the 
56.23 	commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph.
56.24 	(o) The commissioner has the authority to establish and enforce the following county 
56.25 	reporting requirements:
56.26 	(1) the commissioner shall establish fiscal and statistical reporting requirements necessary 
56.27 	to account for the expenditure of funds allocated to counties for programs administered by 
56.28 	the commissioner. When establishing financial and statistical reporting requirements, the 
56.29 	commissioner shall evaluate all reports, in consultation with the counties, to determine if 
56.30 	the reports can be simplified or the number of reports can be reduced;
56.31 	(2) the county board shall submit monthly or quarterly reports to the department as 
56.32 	required by the commissioner. Monthly reports are due no later than 15 working days after 
56.33 	the end of the month. Quarterly reports are due no later than 30 calendar days after the end 
56.34 	of the quarter, unless the commissioner determines that the deadline must be shortened to 
57.1 	20 calendar days to avoid jeopardizing compliance with federal deadlines or risking a loss 
57.2 	of federal funding. Only reports that are complete, legible, and in the required format shall 
57.3 	be accepted by the commissioner;
57.4 	(3) if the required reports are not received by the deadlines established in clause (2), the 
57.5 	commissioner may delay payments and withhold funds from the county board until the next 
57.6 	reporting period. When the report is needed to account for the use of federal funds and the 
57.7 	late report results in a reduction in federal funding, the commissioner shall withhold from 
57.8 	the county boards with late reports an amount equal to the reduction in federal funding until 
57.9 	full federal funding is received;
57.10 	(4) a county board that submits reports that are late, illegible, incomplete, or not in the 
57.11 	required format for two out of three consecutive reporting periods is considered 
57.12 	noncompliant. When a county board is found to be noncompliant, the commissioner shall 
57.13 	notify the county board of the reason the county board is considered noncompliant and 
57.14 	request that the county board develop a corrective action plan stating how the county board 
57.15 	plans to correct the problem. The corrective action plan must be submitted to the 
57.16 	commissioner within 45 days after the date the county board received notice of 
57.17 	noncompliance;
57.18 	(5) the final deadline for fiscal reports or amendments to fiscal reports is one year after 
57.19 	the date the report was originally due. If the commissioner does not receive a report by the 
57.20 	final deadline, the county board forfeits the funding associated with the report for that 
57.21 	reporting period and the county board must repay any funds associated with the report 
57.22 	received for that reporting period;
57.23 	(6) the commissioner may not delay payments, withhold funds, or require repayment 
57.24 	under clause (3) or (5) if the county demonstrates that the commissioner failed to provide 
57.25 	appropriate forms, guidelines, and technical assistance to enable the county to comply with 
57.26 	the requirements. If the county board disagrees with an action taken by the commissioner 
57.27 	under clause (3) or (5), the county board may appeal the action according to sections 14.57 
57.28 	to 14.69; and
57.29 	(7) counties subject to withholding of funds under clause (3) or forfeiture or repayment 
57.30 	of funds under clause (5) shall not reduce or withhold benefits or services to clients to cover 
57.31 	costs incurred due to actions taken by the commissioner under clause (3) or (5).
57.32 	(p) The commissioner shall allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions for audit 
57.33 	exceptions when federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions are based on a statewide random 
57.34 	sample in direct proportion to each county's claim for that period.
58.1 	(q) The commissioner is responsible for ensuring the detection, prevention, investigation, 
58.2 	and resolution of fraudulent activities or behavior by applicants, recipients, and other 
58.3 	participants in the programs administered by the department. The commissioner shall 
58.4 	cooperate with the commissioner of education to enforce the requirements for program 
58.5 	integrity and fraud prevention for investigation for child care assistance under chapter 142E.
58.6 	(r) The commissioner shall require county agencies to identify overpayments, establish 
58.7 	claims, and utilize all available and cost-beneficial methodologies to collect and recover 
58.8 	these overpayments in the programs administered by the department.
58.9 	(s) The commissioner shall develop recommended standards for child foster care homes 
58.10 	that address the components of specialized therapeutic services to be provided by child 
58.11 	foster care homes with those services.
58.12 	(t) The commissioner shall authorize the method of payment to or from the department 
58.13 	as part of the programs administered by the department. This authorization includes the 
58.14 	receipt or disbursement of funds held by the department in a fiduciary capacity as part of 
58.15 	the programs administered by the department.
58.16 	(u) In coordination with the commissioner of human services, the commissioner shall 
58.17 	create and provide county and Tribal agencies with blank applications, affidavits, and other 
58.18 	forms as necessary for public assistance programs.
58.19 	(v) The commissioner shall cooperate with the federal government and its public welfare 
58.20 	agencies in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid for 
58.21 	temporary assistance for needy families and in conformity with Title I of Public Law 104-193, 
58.22 	the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and successor 
58.23 	amendments, including making reports that contain information required by the federal 
58.24 	Social Security Advisory Board and complying with any provisions the board may find 
58.25 	necessary to assure the correctness and verification of the reports.
58.26 	(w) On or before January 15 in each even-numbered year, the commissioner shall make 
58.27 	a biennial report to the governor concerning the activities of the agency.
58.28 	(x) The commissioner shall enter into agreements with other departments of the state as 
58.29 	necessary to meet all requirements of the federal government.
58.30 	(y) The commissioner may cooperate with other state agencies in establishing reciprocal 
58.31 	agreements in instances where a child receiving Minnesota family investment program 
58.32 	(MFIP) assistance or its out-of-state equivalent moves or contemplates moving into or out 
59.1 	of the state, in order that the child may continue to receive MFIP or equivalent aid from the 
59.2 	state moved from until the child has resided for one year in the state moved to.
59.3 	(z) The commissioner shall provide appropriate technical assistance to county agencies 
59.4 	to develop methods to have county financial workers remind and encourage recipients of 
59.5 	aid to families with dependent children, the Minnesota family investment program, the 
59.6 	Minnesota family investment plan, family general assistance, or SNAP benefits whose 
59.7 	assistance unit includes at least one child under the age of five to have each young child 
59.8 	immunized against childhood diseases. The commissioner must examine the feasibility of 
59.9 	utilizing the capacity of a statewide computer system to assist county agency financial 
59.10 	workers in performing this function at appropriate intervals.
59.11 	(aa) The commissioner shall have the power and authority to accept on behalf of the 
59.12 	state contributions and gifts for the use and benefit of children under the guardianship or 
59.13 	custody of the commissioner. The commissioner may also receive and accept on behalf of 
59.14 	such children money due and payable to them as old age and survivors insurance benefits, 
59.15 	veterans benefits, pensions, or other such monetary benefits. Gifts, contributions, pensions, 
59.16 	and benefits under this paragraph must be deposited in and disbursed from the social welfare 
59.17 	fund provided for in sections 256.88 to 256.92.
59.18 	(bb) The specific enumeration of powers and duties in this section must not be construed 
59.19 	to be a limitation upon the general powers granted to the commissioner.

59.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.810, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.21 		Subdivision 1.Payments. The commissioner shall make grant payments to each approved 
59.22 	program in four quarterly installments a year. The commissioner may certify an advance 
59.23 	payment for the first quarter of the state fiscal year. Later payments must be made upon 
59.24 	receipt by the state of a quarterly report on finances and program activities quarterly.

59.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.810, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
59.26 		Subd. 2.Quarterly report Reporting. The commissioner shall specify engage Tribal 
59.27 	and urban Indian organizations to establish requirements for reports and reporting timelines, 
59.28 	including quarterly fiscal reports submitted to the commissioner at least annually, according 
59.29 	to section 142A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (o). Each quarter reporting period as agreed 
59.30 	upon by the commissioner and grantee, an approved program receiving an Indian child 
59.31 	welfare grant shall submit a report to the commissioner that includes:
60.1 	(1) a detailed accounting of grant money expended during the preceding quarter reporting 
60.2 	period, specifying expenditures by line item and year to date; and
60.3 	(2) a description of Indian child welfare activities conducted during the preceding quarter
60.4 	reporting period, including the number of clients served and the type of services provided.
60.5 	The quarterly Reports must be submitted no later than 30 days after the end of each 
60.6 	quarter agreed upon reporting timelines of the state fiscal year.

60.7 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260.821, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.8 		Subd. 2.Special focus grants. The amount available for grants established under section 
60.9 	260.785, subdivision 2, for child-placing agencies, Tribes, Indian organizations, and other 
60.10 	social services organizations is one-fifth of the total annual appropriation for Indian child 
60.11 	welfare grants. The maximum award under this subdivision is $100,000 a year for programs 
60.12 	approved by the commissioner.

60.13 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.14 		Subd. 2.Contents. (a) This subdivision expires January 1, 2027. For orders issued prior 
60.15 	to January 1, 2027, the required notices must be substantially as follows:
60.16 	IMPORTANT NOTICE
60.17 	1. PAYMENTS TO PUBLIC AGENCY
60.18 	According to Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.50, payments ordered for maintenance 
60.19 	and support must be paid to the public agency responsible for child support enforcement 
60.20 	as long as the person entitled to receive the payments is receiving or has applied for 
60.21 	public assistance or has applied for support and maintenance collection services. MAIL 
60.22 	PAYMENTS TO:
60.23 	2. DEPRIVING ANOTHER OF CUSTODIAL OR PARENTAL RIGHTS -- A FELONY
60.24 	A person may be charged with a felony who conceals a minor child or takes, obtains, 
60.25 	retains, or fails to return a minor child from or to the child's parent (or person with 
60.26 	custodial or visitation rights), according to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.26. A copy 
60.27 	of that section is available from any district court clerk.
60.28 	3. NONSUPPORT OF A SPOUSE OR CHILD -- CRIMINAL PENALTIES
60.29 	A person who fails to pay court-ordered child support or maintenance may be charged 
60.30 	with a crime, which may include misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony charges, 
61.1 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.375. A copy of that section is available 
61.2 	from any district court clerk.
61.3 	4. RULES OF SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, PARENTING TIME
61.4 	(a) Payment of support or spousal maintenance is to be as ordered, and the giving of 
61.5 	gifts or making purchases of food, clothing, and the like will not fulfill the obligation.
61.6 	(b) Payment of support must be made as it becomes due, and failure to secure or denial 
61.7 	of parenting time is NOT an excuse for nonpayment, but the aggrieved party must seek 
61.8 	relief through a proper motion filed with the court.
61.9 	(c) Nonpayment of support is not grounds to deny parenting time. The party entitled to 
61.10 	receive support may apply for support and collection services, file a contempt motion, 
61.11 	or obtain a judgment as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091.
61.12 	(d) The payment of support or spousal maintenance takes priority over payment of debts 
61.13 	and other obligations.
61.14 	(e) A party who accepts additional obligations of support does so with the full knowledge 
61.15 	of the party's prior obligation under this proceeding.
61.16 	(f) Child support or maintenance is based on annual income, and it is the responsibility 
61.17 	of a person with seasonal employment to budget income so that payments are made 
61.18 	throughout the year as ordered.
61.19 	(g) Reasonable parenting time guidelines are contained in Appendix B, which is available 
61.20 	from the court administrator.
61.21 	(h) The nonpayment of support may be enforced through the denial of student grants; 
61.22 	interception of state and federal tax refunds; suspension of driver's, recreational, and 
61.23 	occupational licenses; referral to the department of revenue or private collection agencies; 
61.24 	seizure of assets, including bank accounts and other assets held by financial institutions; 
61.25 	reporting to credit bureaus; income withholding and contempt proceedings; and other 
61.26 	enforcement methods allowed by law.
61.27 	(i) The public authority may suspend or resume collection of the amount allocated for 
61.28 	child care expenses if the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.40, subdivision 
61.29 	4, are met.
61.30 	(j) The public authority may remove or resume a medical support offset if the conditions 
61.31 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.41, subdivision 16, are met.
61.32 	5. MODIFYING CHILD SUPPORT
62.1 	If either the obligor or obligee is laid off from employment or receives a pay reduction, 
62.2 	child support may be modified, increased, or decreased. Any modification will only take 
62.3 	effect when it is ordered by the court, and will only relate back to the time that a motion 
62.4 	is filed. Either the obligor or obligee may file a motion to modify child support, and may 
62.5 	request the public agency for help. UNTIL A MOTION IS FILED, THE CHILD 
62.6 	SUPPORT OBLIGATION WILL CONTINUE AT THE CURRENT LEVEL. THE 
62.7 	COURT IS NOT PERMITTED TO REDUCE SUPPORT RETROACTIVELY.
62.8 	6. PARENTAL RIGHTS FROM MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 518.17, 
62.9 	SUBDIVISION 3
62.10 	Unless otherwise provided by the Court:
62.11 	(a) Each party has the right of access to, and to receive copies of, school, medical, dental, 
62.12 	religious training, and other important records and information about the minor children. 
62.13 	Each party has the right of access to information regarding health or dental insurance 
62.14 	available to the minor children. Presentation of a copy of this order to the custodian of 
62.15 	a record or other information about the minor children constitutes sufficient authorization 
62.16 	for the release of the record or information to the requesting party.
62.17 	(b) Each party shall keep the other informed as to the name and address of the school 
62.18 	of attendance of the minor children. Each party has the right to be informed by school 
62.19 	officials about the children's welfare, educational progress and status, and to attend 
62.20 	school and parent teacher conferences. The school is not required to hold a separate 
62.21 	conference for each party.
62.22 	(c) In case of an accident or serious illness of a minor child, each party shall notify the 
62.23 	other party of the accident or illness, and the name of the health care provider and the 
62.24 	place of treatment.
62.25 	(d) Each party has the right of reasonable access and telephone contact with the minor 
62.26 	children.
62.27 	7. WAGE AND INCOME DEDUCTION OF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
62.28 	Child support and/or spousal maintenance may be withheld from income, with or without 
62.29 	notice to the person obligated to pay, when the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
62.30 	518A.53 have been met. A copy of those sections is available from any district court 
62.31 	clerk.
62.32 	8. CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR RESIDENCE
63.1 	Unless otherwise ordered, each party shall notify the other party, the court, and the public 
63.2 	authority responsible for collection, if applicable, of the following information within 
63.3 	ten days of any change: the residential and mailing address, telephone number, driver's 
63.4 	license number, Social Security number, and name, address, and telephone number of 
63.5 	the employer.
63.6 	9. COST OF LIVING INCREASE OF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
63.7 	Prior to January 1, 2027, basic support and/or spousal maintenance may be adjusted 
63.8 	every two years based upon a change in the cost of living (using Department of Labor 
63.9 	Consumer Price Index .........., unless otherwise specified in this order) when the 
63.10 	conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.75, are met. Cost of living increases are 
63.11 	compounded. A copy of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.75, and forms necessary to 
63.12 	request or contest a cost of living increase are available from any district court clerk.
63.13 	10. JUDGMENTS FOR UNPAID SUPPORT
63.14 	If a person fails to make a child support payment, the payment owed becomes a judgment 
63.15 	against the person responsible to make the payment by operation of law on or after the 
63.16 	date the payment is due, and the person entitled to receive the payment or the public 
63.17 	agency may obtain entry and docketing of the judgment WITHOUT NOTICE to the 
63.18 	person responsible to make the payment under Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091.
63.19 	11. JUDGMENTS FOR UNPAID MAINTENANCE
63.20 	(a) A judgment for unpaid spousal maintenance may be entered when the conditions of 
63.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091, are met. A copy of that section is available from 
63.22 	any district court clerk.
63.23 	(b) The public authority is not responsible for calculating interest on any judgment for 
63.24 	unpaid spousal maintenance. When providing services in IV-D cases, as defined in 
63.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.26, subdivision 10, the public authority will only 
63.26 	collect interest on spousal maintenance if spousal maintenance is reduced to a sum 
63.27 	certain judgment.
63.28 	12. ATTORNEY FEES AND COLLECTION COSTS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD 
63.29 	SUPPORT
63.30 	A judgment for attorney fees and other collection costs incurred in enforcing a child 
63.31 	support order will be entered against the person responsible to pay support when the 
63.32 	conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.735, are met. A copy of Minnesota 
64.1 	Statutes, sections 518.14 and 518A.735 and forms necessary to request or contest these 
64.2 	attorney fees and collection costs are available from any district court clerk.
64.3 	13. PARENTING TIME EXPEDITOR PROCESS
64.4 	On request of either party or on its own motion, the court may appoint a parenting time 
64.5 	expeditor to resolve parenting time disputes under Minnesota Statutes, section 518.1751. 
64.6 	A copy of that section and a description of the expeditor process is available from any 
64.7 	district court clerk.
64.8 	14. PARENTING TIME REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
64.9 	Remedies and penalties for the wrongful denial of parenting time are available under 
64.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 518.175, subdivision 6. These include compensatory parenting 
64.11 	time; civil penalties; bond requirements; contempt; and reversal of custody. A copy of 
64.12 	that subdivision and forms for requesting relief are available from any district court 
64.13 	clerk.
64.14 	(b) For orders issued on or after January 1, 2027, the required notices must be 
64.15 	substantially as follows:
64.16 	IMPORTANT NOTICE
64.17 	1. PAYMENTS TO PUBLIC AGENCY
64.18 	According to Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.50, payments ordered for maintenance 
64.19 	and support must be paid to the public agency responsible for child support enforcement 
64.20 	as long as the person entitled to receive the payments is receiving or has applied for 
64.21 	public assistance or has applied for support and maintenance collection services. MAIL 
64.22 	PAYMENTS TO:
64.23 	2. DEPRIVING ANOTHER OF CUSTODIAL OR PARENTAL RIGHTS -- A FELONY
64.24 	A person may be charged with a felony who conceals a minor child or takes, obtains, 
64.25 	retains, or fails to return a minor child from or to the child's parent (or person with 
64.26 	custodial or visitation rights), according to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.26. A copy 
64.27 	of that section is available from any district court clerk.
64.28 	3. NONSUPPORT OF A SPOUSE OR CHILD -- CRIMINAL PENALTIES
64.29 	A person who fails to pay court-ordered child support or maintenance may be charged 
64.30 	with a crime, which may include misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony charges, 
64.31 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.375. A copy of that section is available 
64.32 	from any district court clerk.
65.1 	4. RULES OF SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, PARENTING TIME
65.2 	(a) Payment of support or spousal maintenance is to be as ordered, and the giving of 
65.3 	gifts or making purchases of food, clothing, and the like will not fulfill the obligation.
65.4 	(b) Payment of support must be made as it becomes due, and failure to secure or denial 
65.5 	of parenting time is NOT an excuse for nonpayment, but the aggrieved party must seek 
65.6 	relief through a proper motion filed with the court.
65.7 	(c) Nonpayment of support is not grounds to deny parenting time. The party entitled to 
65.8 	receive support may apply for support and collection services, file a contempt motion, 
65.9 	or obtain a judgment as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091.
65.10 	(d) The payment of support or spousal maintenance takes priority over payment of debts 
65.11 	and other obligations.
65.12 	(e) A party who accepts additional obligations of support does so with the full knowledge 
65.13 	of the party's prior obligation under this proceeding.
65.14 	(f) Child support or maintenance is based on annual income, and it is the responsibility 
65.15 	of a person with seasonal employment to budget income so that payments are made 
65.16 	throughout the year as ordered.
65.17 	(g) Reasonable parenting time guidelines are contained in Appendix B, which is available 
65.18 	from the court administrator.
65.19 	(h) The nonpayment of support may be enforced through the denial of student grants; 
65.20 	interception of state and federal tax refunds; suspension of driver's, recreational, and 
65.21 	occupational licenses; referral to the Department of Revenue or private collection 
65.22 	agencies; seizure of assets, including bank accounts and other assets held by financial 
65.23 	institutions; reporting to credit bureaus; income withholding and contempt proceedings; 
65.24 	and other enforcement methods allowed by law.
65.25 	(i) The public authority may suspend or resume collection of the amount allocated for 
65.26 	child care expenses if the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.40, subdivision 
65.27 	4, are met.
65.28 	(j) The public authority may remove or resume a medical support offset if the conditions 
65.29 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.41, subdivision 16, are met.
65.30 	5. MODIFYING CHILD SUPPORT
65.31 	If either the obligor or obligee is laid off from employment or receives a pay reduction, 
65.32 	child support may be modified, increased, or decreased. Any modification will only take 
66.1 	effect when it is ordered by the court, and will only relate back to the time that a motion 
66.2 	is filed. Either the obligor or obligee may file a motion to modify child support, and may 
66.3 	request the public agency for help. UNTIL A MOTION IS FILED, THE CHILD 
66.4 	SUPPORT OBLIGATION WILL CONTINUE AT THE CURRENT LEVEL. THE 
66.5 	COURT IS NOT PERMITTED TO REDUCE SUPPORT RETROACTIVELY.
66.6 	6. PARENTAL RIGHTS FROM MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 518.17, 
66.7 	SUBDIVISION 3
66.8 	Unless otherwise provided by the court:
66.9 	(a) Each party has the right of access to, and to receive copies of, school, medical, dental, 
66.10 	religious training, and other important records and information about the minor children. 
66.11 	Each party has the right of access to information regarding health or dental insurance 
66.12 	available to the minor children. Presentation of a copy of this order to the custodian of 
66.13 	a record or other information about the minor children constitutes sufficient authorization 
66.14 	for the release of the record or information to the requesting party.
66.15 	(b) Each party shall keep the other informed as to the name and address of the school 
66.16 	of attendance of the minor children. Each party has the right to be informed by school 
66.17 	officials about the children's welfare, educational progress, and status, and to attend 
66.18 	school and parent-teacher conferences. The school is not required to hold a separate 
66.19 	conference for each party.
66.20 	(c) In case of an accident or serious illness of a minor child, each party shall notify the 
66.21 	other party of the accident or illness, and the name of the health care provider and the 
66.22 	place of treatment.
66.23 	(d) Each party has the right of reasonable access and telephone contact with the minor 
66.24 	children.
66.25 	7. WAGE AND INCOME DEDUCTION OF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
66.26 	Child support and/or spousal maintenance may be withheld from income, with or without 
66.27 	notice to the person obligated to pay, when the conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
66.28 	518A.53, have been met. A copy of those sections is available from any district court 
66.29 	clerk.
66.30 	8. CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR RESIDENCE
66.31 	Unless otherwise ordered, each party shall notify the other party, the court, and the public 
66.32 	authority responsible for collection, if applicable, of the following information within 
66.33 	ten days of any change: the residential and mailing address, telephone number, driver's 
67.1 	license number, Social Security number, and name, address, and telephone number of 
67.2 	the employer.
67.3 	9. JUDGMENTS FOR UNPAID SUPPORT
67.4 	If a person fails to make a child support payment, the payment owed becomes a judgment 
67.5 	against the person responsible to make the payment by operation of law on or after the 
67.6 	date the payment is due, and the person entitled to receive the payment or the public 
67.7 	agency may obtain entry and docketing of the judgment WITHOUT NOTICE to the 
67.8 	person responsible to make the payment under Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091.
67.9 	10. JUDGMENTS FOR UNPAID MAINTENANCE
67.10 	(a) A judgment for unpaid spousal maintenance may be entered when the conditions of 
67.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 548.091, are met. A copy of that section is available from 
67.12 	any district court clerk.
67.13 	(b) The public authority is not responsible for calculating interest on any judgment for 
67.14 	unpaid spousal maintenance. When providing services in IV-D cases, as defined in 
67.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.26, subdivision 10, the public authority will only 
67.16 	collect interest on spousal maintenance if spousal maintenance is reduced to a sum 
67.17 	certain judgment.
67.18 	11. ATTORNEY FEES AND COLLECTION COSTS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD 
67.19 	SUPPORT
67.20 	A judgment for attorney fees and other collection costs incurred in enforcing a child 
67.21 	support order will be entered against the person responsible to pay support when the 
67.22 	conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 518A.735, are met. A copy of Minnesota 
67.23 	Statutes, sections 518.14 and 518A.735, and forms necessary to request or contest these 
67.24 	attorney fees and collection costs are available from any district court clerk.
67.25 	12. PARENTING TIME EXPEDITOR PROCESS
67.26 	On request of either party or on its own motion, the court may appoint a parenting time 
67.27 	expeditor to resolve parenting time disputes under Minnesota Statutes, section 518.1751. 
67.28 	A copy of that section and a description of the expeditor process is available from any 
67.29 	district court clerk.
67.30 	13. PARENTING TIME REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
67.31 	Remedies and penalties for the wrongful denial of parenting time are available under 
67.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 518.175, subdivision 6. These include compensatory parenting 
68.1 	time, civil penalties, bond requirements, contempt, and reversal of custody. A copy of 
68.2 	that subdivision and forms for requesting relief are available from any district court 
68.3 	clerk.

68.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518A.34, is amended to read:
68.5 	518A.34 COMPUTATION OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
68.6 	(a) To determine the presumptive child support obligation of a parent, the court shall 
68.7 	follow the procedure set forth in this section.
68.8 	(b) To determine the obligor's basic support obligation, the court shall:
68.9 	(1) determine the gross income of each parent under section 518A.29;
68.10 	(2) calculate the parental income for determining child support (PICS) of each parent, 
68.11 	by subtracting from the gross income the credit, if any, for each parent's nonjoint children 
68.12 	under section 518A.33;
68.13 	(3) determine the percentage contribution of each parent to the combined PICS by 
68.14 	dividing the combined PICS into each parent's PICS;
68.15 	(4) determine the combined basic support obligation by application of the guidelines in 
68.16 	section 518A.35;
68.17 	(5) determine each parent's share of the combined basic support obligation by multiplying 
68.18 	the percentage figure from clause (3) by the combined basic support obligation in clause 
68.19 	(4); and
68.20 	(6) apply the parenting expense adjustment formula provided in section 518A.36 to 
68.21 	determine the obligor's basic support obligation.
68.22 	(c) If the parents have split custody of joint children, child support must be calculated 
68.23 	for each joint child as follows:
68.24 	(1) the court shall determine each parent's basic support obligation under paragraph (b) 
68.25 	and include the amount of each parent's obligation in the court order. If the basic support 
68.26 	calculation results in each parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset the higher 
68.27 	basic support obligation with the lower basic support obligation to determine the amount 
68.28 	to be paid by the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the lower obligation. 
68.29 	For the purpose of the cost-of-living adjustment required under section 518A.75, the 
68.30 	adjustment a future modification, the application of section 518A.39 must be based on each 
68.31 	parent's basic support obligation prior to offset. For the purposes of this paragraph, "split 
69.1 	custody" means that there are two or more joint children and each parent has at least one 
69.2 	joint child more than 50 percent of the time;
69.3 	(2) if each parent pays all child care expenses for at least one joint child, the court shall 
69.4 	calculate child care support for each joint child as provided in section 518A.40. The court 
69.5 	shall determine each parent's child care support obligation and include the amount of each 
69.6 	parent's obligation in the court order. If the child care support calculation results in each 
69.7 	parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset the higher child care support 
69.8 	obligation with the lower child care support obligation to determine the amount to be paid 
69.9 	by the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the lower obligation; and
69.10 	(3) if each parent pays all medical or dental insurance expenses for at least one joint 
69.11 	child, medical support shall be calculated for each joint child as provided in section 518A.41. 
69.12 	The court shall determine each parent's medical support obligation and include the amount 
69.13 	of each parent's obligation in the court order. If the medical support calculation results in 
69.14 	each parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset the higher medical support 
69.15 	obligation with the lower medical support obligation to determine the amount to be paid by 
69.16 	the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the lower obligation. Unreimbursed 
69.17 	and uninsured medical expenses are not included in the presumptive amount of support 
69.18 	owed by a parent and are calculated and collected as provided in section 518A.41.
69.19 	(d) The court shall determine the child care support obligation for the obligor as provided 
69.20 	in section 518A.40.
69.21 	(e) The court shall determine the medical support obligation for each parent as provided 
69.22 	in section 518A.41. Unreimbursed and uninsured medical expenses are not included in the 
69.23 	presumptive amount of support owed by a parent and are calculated and collected as described 
69.24 	in section 518A.41.
69.25 	(f) The court shall determine each parent's total child support obligation by adding 
69.26 	together each parent's basic support, child care support, and health care coverage obligations 
69.27 	as provided in this section.
69.28 	(g) If Social Security benefits or veterans' benefits are received by one parent as a 
69.29 	representative payee for a joint child based on the other parent's eligibility, the court shall 
69.30 	subtract the amount of benefits from the other parent's net child support obligation, if any. 
69.31 	Any benefit received by the obligee for the benefit of the joint child based upon the obligor's 
69.32 	disability or past earnings in any given month in excess of the child support obligation must 
69.33 	not be treated as an arrearage payment or a future payment.
70.1 	(h) The final child support order shall separately designate the amount owed for basic 
70.2 	support, child care support, and medical support. If applicable, the court shall use the 
70.3 	self-support adjustment and minimum support adjustment under section 518A.42 to determine 
70.4 	the obligor's child support obligation.

70.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2027.

70.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518A.46, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
70.7 		Subd. 7.Administrative redirection of support. (a) The public authority must provide 
70.8 	written notice of redirection to the obligee, the obligor, and the caregiver. The notice must 
70.9 	be mailed to the obligor, obligee, and caregiver at the obligee's, the obligor's, and the 
70.10 	caregiver's respective last known address. The notice must state the name of the child or 
70.11 	children for whom support will be redirected, to whom the support will be redirected, the 
70.12 	date the support will be redirected, and the amount of the support that will be redirected. 
70.13 	The notice must also inform the parties of the right to contest the redirection of support 
70.14 	according to paragraph (c).
70.15 	(b) If fewer than all of the children for whom the support is ordered reside with the 
70.16 	caregiver, the public authority must redirect the proportional share of the support for the 
70.17 	number of children residing with the caregiver.
70.18 	(c) The obligee or obligor may contest the redirection of support on the limited grounds 
70.19 	that:
70.20 	(1) the child or children do not reside or no longer reside with the caregiver;
70.21 	(2) under an out-of-home placement plan under section 260C.212, subdivision 1, that 
70.22 	includes a plan for reunification, all or part of the support is needed to maintain the obligee's 
70.23 	home; or
70.24 	(3) the redirection of support is not in the best interests of the child.
70.25 	(d) To contest the redirection, the obligee or obligor must make a written request for a 
70.26 	hearing to the public authority within 30 calendar days of the date of the written notice of 
70.27 	redirection. The hearing must be held at the earliest practicable time, but no later than 30 
70.28 	calendar days from the date the public authority receives the written request for a hearing. 
70.29 	If the public authority receives a timely written request for a hearing, the public authority 
70.30 	must schedule a hearing and serve the obligee and the obligor with a notice of hearing at 
70.31 	least 14 days before the date of the hearing. The notice must be served personally or by 
70.32 	mail at the obligee's and the obligor's respective last known address. The public authority 
70.33 	must file with the court the notice of hearing along with the notice of redirection at least 
71.1 	five days before the scheduled hearing. The court administrator must schedule these hearings 
71.2 	to be heard in the expedited process before a child support magistrate, but may schedule 
71.3 	these hearings in district court if the availability of a child support magistrate does not permit 
71.4 	a hearing to occur within the time frames of this subdivision.
71.5 	(e) If neither the obligee nor the obligor contests the redirection of support under this 
71.6 	subdivision, support must be redirected to the caregiver effective the first day of the month 
71.7 	following the expiration of the time period to contest under paragraph (d). If the obligee or 
71.8 	the obligor contests the redirection of support under paragraph (d), the public authority must 
71.9 	not redirect support to the caregiver pending the outcome of the hearing.
71.10 	(f) The redirection of the basic support, medical support, and child care support terminates 
71.11 	and the public authority must direct support to the obligee if the public authority determines 
71.12 	that:
71.13 	(1) the caregiver for the child no longer receives public assistance for the child;
71.14 	(2) the voluntary placement agreement expires; or
71.15 	(3) the court order placing the child is no longer in effect.; or
71.16 	(4) the redirection of support is not in the best interests of the child as determined under 
71.17 	section 260B.331, subdivision 1, or 260C.331, subdivision 1.
71.18 	(g) The public authority must notify the obligee, obligor, and caregiver of a termination 
71.19 	of the redirection of support by mailing a written notice to each of them at their last known 
71.20 	address. The termination is effective the first day of the month that occurs at least 14 calendar 
71.21 	days after the date the notice is mailed.

71.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

71.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 518A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.24 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) An order establishing, modifying, or enforcing 
71.25 	maintenance or child support shall provide for a biennial adjustment in the amount to be 
71.26 	paid based on a change in the cost of living. An order that provides for a cost-of-living 
71.27 	adjustment shall specify the cost-of-living index to be applied and the date on which the 
71.28 	cost-of-living adjustment shall become effective. The court may use the Consumer Price 
71.29 	Index for all urban consumers, Minneapolis-St. Paul (CPI-U), the Consumer Price Index 
71.30 	for wage earners and clerical, Minneapolis-St. Paul (CPI-W), or another cost-of-living index 
71.31 	published by the Department of Labor which it specifically finds is more appropriate. 
71.32 	Cost-of-living increases under this section shall be compounded. The court may also increase 
72.1 	the amount by more than the cost-of-living adjustment by agreement of the parties or by 
72.2 	making further findings.
72.3 	(b) The adjustment becomes effective on the first of May of the year in which it is made, 
72.4 	for cases in which payment is made to the public authority. For cases in which payment is 
72.5 	not made to the public authority, application for an adjustment may be made in any month 
72.6 	but no application for an adjustment may be made sooner than two years after the date of 
72.7 	the dissolution decree. A court may waive the requirement of the cost-of-living clause if it 
72.8 	expressly finds that the obligor's occupation or income, or both, does not provide for 
72.9 	cost-of-living adjustment or that the order for maintenance or child support has a provision 
72.10 	such as a step increase that has the effect of a cost-of-living clause. The court may waive a 
72.11 	cost-of-living adjustment in a maintenance order if the parties so agree in writing. The 
72.12 	commissioner of children, youth, and families may promulgate rules for child support 
72.13 	adjustments under this section in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. 
72.14 	Notice of this statute must comply with section 518.68, subdivision 2.
72.15 	(c) No adjustment under this section shall be made after January 1, 2027, for any 
72.16 	maintenance or child support order established before, on, or after January 1, 2027.

72.17 	Sec. 9. SOCIAL SERVICES INFORMATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
 72.18 	(a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families must improve and modernize the 
72.19 	child welfare social services information system. Elements the commissioner must address 
72.20 	as part of the system modernization include but are not limited to:
72.21 	(1) capabilities that support case intake, screening, assessments, and investigations;
72.22 	(2) the capacity for local social services agencies to track various financial information, 
72.23 	including benefits received by counties on behalf of children in the child welfare system, 
72.24 	and fees received by counties from parents with children in out-of-home placements;
72.25 	(3) access for the ombudspersons for families, the ombudsperson for American Indian 
72.26 	families, and the foster youth ombudsperson, on a case-by-case basis, to nonprivileged 
72.27 	information necessary for the discharge of the ombudsperson's duties, including specific 
72.28 	child protection case information, while protecting Tribal data sovereignty;
72.29 	(4) comprehensive statewide data reports, including data on law enforcement involvement 
72.30 	in the child protection system;
72.31 	(5) demographic information about children in the child welfare system, including race, 
72.32 	cultural and ethnic identity, disability status, and economic status;
73.1 	(6) bidirectional data exchanges, as required by federal Comprehensive Child Welfare 
73.2 	Information System regulations; and
73.3 	(7) data quality measures, as required by federal Comprehensive Child Welfare 
73.4 	Information System regulations.
73.5 	(b) By March 15, 2026, the commissioner of children, youth, and families must provide 
73.6 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
73.7 	over child welfare and state and local government with a plan and estimated timeline for 
73.8 	modernization of the social services information system in compliance with state law and 
73.9 	federal Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System requirements.
73.10 	(c) By August 15, 2026, and by each January 15 and July 15 thereafter, the commissioner 
73.11 	must provide an update on the social services information system modernization efforts and 
73.12 	progress toward federal compliance required under this section to the chairs and ranking 
73.13 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over child welfare and 
73.14 	state and local government. This paragraph expires upon the commissioner's report to the 
73.15 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
73.16 	child welfare and state and local government that the modernization required under this 
73.17 	section has been substantially completed.

73.18 	ARTICLE 4
73.19 	EARLY CARE AND LEARNING POLICY

73.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142A.42, is amended to read:
73.21 	142A.42 DIAPER DISTRIBUTION GRANT PROGRAM.
73.22 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. The commissioner of children, youth, and 
73.23 	families shall establish a diaper distribution program to award competitive grants to eligible 
73.24 	applicants a sole-source grant to the Diaper Bank of Minnesota to provide diapers to 
73.25 	underresourced families statewide.
73.26 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant the Diaper 
73.27 	Bank of Minnesota must demonstrate its capacity to distribute diapers statewide by having:
73.28 	(1) a network of well-established partners for diaper distribution;
73.29 	(2) the infrastructure needed to efficiently manage diaper procurement and distribution 
73.30 	statewide;
73.31 	(3) relationships with national organizations that support and enhance the work of 
73.32 	addressing diaper need;
74.1 	(4) the ability to engage in building community awareness of diaper need and advocate 
74.2 	for diaper need at local, state, and federal levels;
74.3 	(5) a commitment to and demonstration of working with organizations across ideological 
74.4 	and political spectrums;
74.5 	(6) the ability to address diaper need for children from birth through early childhood; 
74.6 	and
74.7 	(7) a commitment to working within an equity framework by ensuring access to 
74.8 	organizations that provide culturally specific services or are located in communities with 
74.9 	high concentrations of poverty.
74.10 		Subd. 3.Application. Applicants The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must apply to the 
74.11 	commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Applications must be 
74.12 	filed at the times and for the periods determined by the commissioner.
74.13 		Subd. 4.Eligible uses of grant money. An eligible applicant that receives grant money 
74.14 	under this section shall The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must use the money awarded under 
74.15 	this section to purchase diapers and wipes and may use up to ten percent of the money for 
74.16 	administrative costs.
74.17 		Subd. 5.Enforcement. (a) An eligible applicant that receives grant money under this 
74.18 	section The Diaper Bank of Minnesota must:
74.19 	(1) retain records documenting expenditure of the grant money;
74.20 	(2) report to the commissioner on the use of the grant money; and
74.21 	(3) comply with any additional requirements imposed by the commissioner.
74.22 	(b) The commissioner may require that a report submitted under this subdivision include 
74.23 	an independent audit.

74.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.21, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
74.25 		Subd. 6.Payments. (a) The commissioner shall provide payments under this section to 
74.26 	all eligible programs on a noncompetitive basis. The payment amounts shall be based on 
74.27 	the number of full-time equivalent staff who regularly care for children in the program, 
74.28 	including any employees, sole proprietors, or independent contractors.
74.29 	(b) For purposes of this section, "one full-time equivalent" is defined as an individual 
74.30 	caring for children 32 hours per week. An individual can count as more or less than one 
74.31 	full-time equivalent staff, but as no more than two full-time equivalent staff.
75.1 	(c) The commissioner must establish an amount to award per full-time equivalent 
75.2 	individual who regularly cares for children in the program.
75.3 	(d) Payments must be increased by ten percent for programs receiving child care 
75.4 	assistance payments under section 142E.08 or 142E.17 or early learning scholarships under 
75.5 	section 142D.25, or for programs located in a child care access equity area. The commissioner 
75.6 	must develop a method for establishing child care access equity areas. For purposes of this 
75.7 	section, "child care access equity area" means an area with low access to child care, high 
75.8 	poverty rates, high unemployment rates, low homeownership rates, and low median 
75.9 	household incomes.
75.10 	(e) (d) The commissioner shall establish the form, frequency, and manner for making 
75.11 	payments under this section.

75.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.21, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
75.13 	read:
75.14 		Subd. 11.Data. (a) For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the 
75.15 	meanings given in this paragraph.
75.16 	(1) "Great start compensation program support payment data" means data for a specified 
75.17 	time period showing that a great start compensation payment under this section was made 
75.18 	and the amount of great start compensation payments made to a child care and early learning 
75.19 	program.
75.20 	(2) "Data on children and families" means data about the enrollment and attendance as 
75.21 	described in subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2).
75.22 	(b) Great start compensation program support payment data are public except that:
75.23 	(1) any data on children and families collected by the great start compensation support 
75.24 	payment program that may identify a specific family or child or, as determined by the 
75.25 	commissioner, are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12;
75.26 	(2) great start compensation payment data about operating expenses and personnel 
75.27 	expenses are private or nonpublic data; and
75.28 	(3) great start compensation payment data about legal nonlicensed child care providers 
75.29 	as described in subdivision 8 are private or nonpublic data.

76.1 	ARTICLE 5
76.2 	EARLY CARE AND LEARNING FINANCE

76.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
76.4 		Subd. 4.License suspension, revocation, or fine. (a) The commissioner may suspend 
76.5 	or revoke a license, or impose a fine if:
76.6 	(1) a license holder fails to comply fully with applicable laws or rules including but not 
76.7 	limited to the requirements of this chapter and chapter 245C;
76.8 	(2) a license holder, a controlling individual, or an individual living in the household 
76.9 	where the licensed services are provided or is otherwise subject to a background study has 
76.10 	been disqualified and the disqualification was not set aside and no variance has been granted;
76.11 	(3) a license holder knowingly withholds relevant information from or gives false or 
76.12 	misleading information to the commissioner in connection with an application for a license, 
76.13 	in connection with the background study status of an individual, during an investigation, 
76.14 	or regarding compliance with applicable laws or rules;
76.15 	(4) a license holder is excluded from any program administered by the commissioner 
76.16 	under section 142A.12;
76.17 	(5) revocation is required under section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraph (d);
76.18 	(6) for a family foster setting, a license holder, or an individual living in the household 
76.19 	where the licensed services are provided or who is otherwise subject to a background study, 
76.20 	has nondisqualifying background study information, as described in section 245C.05, 
76.21 	subdivision 4, that reflects on the license holder's ability to safely provide care to foster 
76.22 	children; or
76.23 	(7) suspension is necessary under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2).
76.24 	A license holder who has had a license issued under this chapter suspended, revoked, or 
76.25 	has been ordered to pay a fine must be given notice of the action by certified mail, by 
76.26 	personal service, or through the provider licensing and reporting hub. If mailed, the notice 
76.27 	must be mailed to the address shown on the application or the last known address of the 
76.28 	license holder. The notice must state in plain language the reasons the license was suspended 
76.29 	or revoked, or a fine was ordered.
76.30 	(b) If the license was suspended or revoked, the notice must inform the license holder 
76.31 	of the right to a contested case hearing under chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 
76.32 	1400.8505 to 1400.8612. The license holder may appeal an order suspending or revoking 
77.1 	a license. The appeal of an order suspending or revoking a license must be made in writing 
77.2 	by certified mail, by personal service, or through the provider licensing and reporting hub. 
77.3 	If mailed, the appeal must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within ten calendar 
77.4 	days after the license holder receives notice that the license has been suspended or revoked. 
77.5 	If a request is made by personal service, it must be received by the commissioner within 
77.6 	ten calendar days after the license holder received the order. If the order is issued through 
77.7 	the provider hub, the appeal must be received by the commissioner within ten calendar days 
77.8 	from the date the commissioner issued the order through the hub. Except as provided in 
77.9 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), if a license holder submits a timely appeal of an order 
77.10 	suspending or revoking a license, the license holder may continue to operate the program 
77.11 	as provided under section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraphs (i) and (j), until the 
77.12 	commissioner issues a final order on the suspension or revocation.
77.13 	(c)(1) If the license holder was ordered to pay a fine, the notice must inform the license 
77.14 	holder of the responsibility for payment of fines and the right to a contested case hearing 
77.15 	under chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612. The appeal of an 
77.16 	order to pay a fine must be made in writing by certified mail, by personal service, or through 
77.17 	the provider licensing and reporting hub. If mailed, the appeal must be postmarked and sent 
77.18 	to the commissioner within ten calendar days after the license holder receives notice that 
77.19 	the fine has been ordered. If a request is made by personal service, it must be received by 
77.20 	the commissioner within ten calendar days after the license holder received the order. If the 
77.21 	order is issued through the provider hub, the appeal must be received by the commissioner 
77.22 	within ten calendar days from the date the commissioner issued the order through the hub.
77.23 	(2) The license holder shall pay the fines assessed on or before the payment date specified. 
77.24 	If the license holder fails to fully comply with the order, the commissioner may issue a 
77.25 	second fine or suspend the license until the license holder complies. If the license holder 
77.26 	receives state funds, the state, county, or municipal agencies or departments responsible for 
77.27 	administering the funds shall withhold payments and recover any payments made while the 
77.28 	license is suspended for failure to pay a fine. A timely appeal shall stay payment of the fine 
77.29 	until the commissioner issues a final order.
77.30 	(3) A license holder shall promptly notify the commissioner of children, youth, and 
77.31 	families, in writing, when a violation specified in the order to forfeit a fine is corrected. If 
77.32 	upon reinspection the commissioner determines that a violation has not been corrected as 
77.33 	indicated by the order to forfeit a fine, the commissioner may issue a second fine. The 
77.34 	commissioner shall notify the license holder by certified mail, by personal service, or through 
78.1 	the provider licensing and reporting hub that a second fine has been assessed. The license 
78.2 	holder may appeal the second fine as provided under this subdivision.
78.3 	(4) Fines shall be assessed as follows:
78.4 	(i) the license holder shall forfeit $1,000 for each determination of maltreatment of a 
78.5 	child under chapter 260E or the maltreatment of a vulnerable adult under section 626.557 
78.6 	for which the license holder is determined responsible for the maltreatment under section 
78.7 	260E.30, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and (b), or 626.557, subdivision 9c, paragraph (c);
78.8 	(ii) if the commissioner determines that a determination of maltreatment for which the 
78.9 	license holder is responsible is the result of maltreatment that meets the definition of serious 
78.10 	maltreatment as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 18, the license holder shall forfeit 
78.11 	$5,000;
78.12 	(iii) for a program that operates out of the license holder's home and a program licensed 
78.13 	under Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0300 to 9502.0445, the fine assessed against the license 
78.14 	holder shall not exceed $1,000 for each determination of maltreatment;
78.15 	(iv) the license holder shall forfeit $200 for each occurrence of a violation of law or rule 
78.16 	governing matters of health, safety, or supervision, including but not limited to the provision 
78.17 	of adequate staff-to-child or adult ratios, and failure to comply with background study 
78.18 	requirements under chapter 245C; and
78.19 	(v) the license holder shall forfeit $500 for each occurrence of failure to comply with 
78.20 	background study requirements under chapter 245C; and
78.21 	(v) (vi) the license holder shall forfeit $100 for each occurrence of a violation of law or 
78.22 	rule other than those subject to a $5,000, $1,000, or $200, or $500 fine in items (i) to (iv)
78.23 	(v).
78.24 	(5) When a fine has been assessed, the license holder may not avoid payment by closing, 
78.25 	selling, or otherwise transferring the licensed program to a third party. In such an event, the 
78.26 	license holder will be personally liable for payment. In the case of a corporation, each 
78.27 	controlling individual is personally and jointly liable for payment.
78.28 	(d) Except for background study violations involving the failure to comply with an order 
78.29 	to immediately remove an individual or an order to provide continuous, direct supervision, 
78.30 	the commissioner shall not issue a fine under paragraph (c) relating to a background study 
78.31 	violation to a license holder who self-corrects a background study violation before the 
78.32 	commissioner discovers the violation. A license holder who has previously exercised the 
78.33 	provisions of this paragraph to avoid a fine for a background study violation may not avoid 
79.1 	a fine for a subsequent background study violation unless at least 365 days have passed 
79.2 	since the license holder self-corrected the earlier background study violation.

79.3 	Sec. 2. [142B.68] VIDEO SECURITY CAMERAS IN CHILD CARE CENTERS.
79.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
79.5 	subdivision have the meanings given.
79.6 	(b) "Facility" means the indoor and outdoor space in which child care is provided that 
79.7 	is owned, leased, or operated by a licensed child care center and does not include any outdoor 
79.8 	space that is not located on the same property as the licensed child care center.
79.9 	(c) "Video security camera" means a closed circuit video camera or other closed circuit 
79.10 	device that captures or records video.
79.11 		Subd. 2.Requirements for video security cameras. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, a 
79.12 	licensed child care center must have video security cameras in public and shared areas of 
79.13 	its facility as provided under this subdivision and comply with the requirements of this 
79.14 	section if the center is required to post a maltreatment investigation memorandum under 
79.15 	section 142B.16, subdivision 5, or 142B.18, subdivision 6. A center must comply with the 
79.16 	requirements under this section within six months of when the maltreatment investigation 
79.17 	memorandum is posted and must maintain compliance for the length of time the 
79.18 	memorandum is required to be posted.
79.19 	(b) A licensed child care center must have at least one video security camera in each 
79.20 	room designated for infants or toddlers. The camera must be positioned to provide maximum 
79.21 	visibility of the room. If one camera is not sufficient to view at least 80 percent of the square 
79.22 	footage of the room, the center must place an additional camera or cameras in the room to 
79.23 	achieve maximum visibility of the room.
79.24 	(c) A licensed child care center must have a sufficient number of video security cameras 
79.25 	to provide visibility of all the facility's outdoor recreational equipment used by infants or 
79.26 	toddlers and at least 80 percent of the square footage of the facility's fenced-in outdoor space 
79.27 	used by infants or toddlers.
79.28 	(d) The video security cameras must:
79.29 	(1) be turned on and recording at all times the licensed child care center is in operation;
79.30 	(2) record and display the accurate date and time;
79.31 	(3) have a display resolution of 720p or higher; and
79.32 	(4) have a frames per second rate of 15 or higher.
80.1 	(e) A licensed child care center is exempt from having cameras that meet the requirements 
80.2 	under paragraph (d), clauses (2), (3), and (4), if the center has cameras as required in 
80.3 	paragraphs (b) and (c) prior to July 1, 2025.
80.4 		Subd. 3.Retention and disposal of recordings; access to recordings. (a) A licensed 
80.5 	child care center must retain video security camera recordings for 60 calendar days after 
80.6 	the date of the recording. Except as provided under paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), a licensed 
80.7 	child care center must dispose of video security camera recordings after 60 calendar days.
80.8 	(b) A licensed child care center that receives notice from a law enforcement official of 
80.9 	a suspected crime committed against a child at the center may not dispose of any video 
80.10 	security camera recordings until the law enforcement investigation of the suspected crime 
80.11 	is complete.
80.12 	(c) A licensed child care center must retain video security camera recordings related to 
80.13 	an incident that the center must report to the commissioner under Minnesota Rules, part 
80.14 	9503.0130, for six months from the date of the incident.
80.15 	(d) A licensed child care center may retain video security camera recordings to use for 
80.16 	training center employees. Any recordings used for training purposes must redact, as defined 
80.17 	under section 13.825, subdivision 1, identifying information on children shown or heard in 
80.18 	the recording, unless a parent or legal guardian has provided written consent providing that 
80.19 	the center may use unredacted recordings of the parent's or guardian's child.
80.20 	(e) A licensed child care center must adhere to additional requirements issued by the 
80.21 	commissioner regarding retention and disposal of video security camera recordings.
80.22 	(f) A licensed child care center must establish appropriate security safeguards for video 
80.23 	security camera recordings, including procedures for ensuring that the recordings are only 
80.24 	accessible to persons whose work assignment reasonably requires access to the recordings, 
80.25 	and are only accessed by those persons for purposes described in the procedure. All queries 
80.26 	and responses, and all actions in which the recordings are accessed, shared, or disseminated, 
80.27 	must be recorded in a data audit trail. Data contained in the audit trail are subject to the 
80.28 	same requirements as the underlying recording under this section.
80.29 		Subd. 4.Dissemination of recordings. (a) A licensed child care center may not sell, 
80.30 	share, transmit, or disseminate a video security camera recording to any person except as 
80.31 	authorized by this subdivision.
81.1 	(b) A child care center must disseminate a video security camera recording pursuant to 
81.2 	a valid court order, search warrant, or subpoena in a civil, criminal, or administrative 
81.3 	proceeding, including an investigation by the commissioner.
81.4 	(c) A licensed child care center must establish a process by which a parent or legal 
81.5 	guardian may review, but not obtain a copy of, a video security camera recording if the 
81.6 	parent or guardian provides documentation from a physician of a child's physical injury.
81.7 	(d) An employee of a licensed child care center who is the subject of proposed disciplinary 
81.8 	action by the center based upon evidence obtained by a video security camera must be given 
81.9 	access to that evidence for purposes of defending against the proposed action. An employee 
81.10 	who obtains a recording or a copy of the recording must treat the recording or copy 
81.11 	confidentially and must not further disseminate it to any other person except as required 
81.12 	under law. The employee must not keep the recording or copy or a portion of the recording 
81.13 	or copy after it is no longer needed for purposes of defending against a proposed action.
81.14 		Subd. 5.Exception. Notwithstanding the requirement to have closed circuit video security 
81.15 	cameras under this section and subdivision 4, paragraph (a), a licensed child care center 
81.16 	that, as of July 1, 2025, provided remote viewing of video footage for parents and legal 
81.17 	guardians may continue to do so in the same manner.
81.18 		Subd. 6.Hold harmless. (a) The commissioner may not issue a fix-it ticket, correction 
81.19 	order, or order of conditional license against a child care center license holder for a licensing 
81.20 	violation that does not imminently endanger the health or safety of the children served by 
81.21 	the center, if the only source of evidence for the violation is video security camera recordings 
81.22 	reviewed as part of an investigation under subdivision 4, paragraph (b). This paragraph 
81.23 	expires upon implementation of the child care weighted risk system under section 142B.171. 
81.24 	The commissioner shall notify the revisor of statutes when the system has been implemented.
81.25 	(b) Upon implementation of the child care weighted risk system under section 142B.171, 
81.26 	the commissioner may not take a licensing action against a child care center license holder 
81.27 	for a violation that counts as 6.5 or below for a child care center in the weighted risk system, 
81.28 	if the only source of evidence for the violation is video security camera recordings reviewed 
81.29 	as part of an investigation under subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
81.30 		Subd. 7.Written policy required. A licensed child care center must have a written 
81.31 	policy on the center's use of video security cameras that includes the following:
81.32 	(1) the days and times the video security cameras in the facility are in use;
81.33 	(2) the locations of all areas monitored by video security cameras in the facility;
82.1 	(3) the center's retention and disposal policies and procedures for the video security 
82.2 	camera recordings;
82.3 	(4) the center's policies governing access to the video security camera recordings; and
82.4 	(5) the center's security safeguards and procedures regarding employee access to the 
82.5 	recordings.
82.6 		Subd. 8.Notices. (a) A licensed child care center must notify all parents and legal 
82.7 	guardians who apply to enroll or enroll a child in the center about the use of video security 
82.8 	cameras in the facility. At the time of a child's enrollment, the center must provide parents 
82.9 	and legal guardians with the video security camera policy required under subdivision 7.
82.10 	(b) A licensed child care center must post a sign at each facility entrance accessible to 
82.11 	visitors that states: "Video security cameras are present to record persons and activities."
82.12 		Subd. 9.Data practices. Video footage collected or maintained by the commissioner 
82.13 	under this section is classified as welfare data under section 13.46.
82.14 		Subd. 10.Annual audit. If a licensed child care center is required to have video security 
82.15 	cameras under this section, the commissioner must conduct, as part of the annual licensing 
82.16 	inspection required under this chapter, an audit to determine whether the center's use of 
82.17 	video security cameras complies with the requirements of this section, including but not 
82.18 	limited to all requirements in subdivision 3.

82.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.21, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
82.20 		Subd. 10.Account; carryforward authority. Money appropriated under this section 
82.21 	is available until expended. (a) An account is established in the special revenue fund known 
82.22 	as the great start compensation support payment program account.
82.23 	(b) Money appropriated under this section must be transferred to the great start 
82.24 	compensation support payment program account in the special revenue fund.
82.25 	(c) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes 
82.26 	of this section. Any returned funds are available to be regranted.

82.27 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
82.28 		Subd. 3.Eligible uses of money. Grantees must use money received under this section, 
82.29 	either directly or through grants to eligible child care providers, for one or more of the 
82.30 	following purposes:
82.31 	(1) the purchase of computers or mobile devices for use in business management;
83.1 	(2) access to the Internet through the provision of necessary hardware such as routers 
83.2 	or modems or by covering the costs of monthly fees for Internet access;
83.3 	(3) covering the costs of subscription to child care management software;
83.4 	(4) covering the costs of training in the use of technology for business management 
83.5 	purposes; or
83.6 	(5) providing grants for up to $4,000 to licensed child care centers to help cover the 
83.7 	costs of video security cameras and related training; or
83.8 	(5) (6) other services as determined by the commissioner.

83.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.10 		Subd. 2.Program components. (a) The nonprofit organization must use the grant for:
83.11 	(1) tuition scholarships up to $10,000 per year in amounts per year consistent with the 
83.12 	national TEACH early childhood program requirements for courses leading to the nationally 
83.13 	recognized child development associate credential or college-level courses leading to an 
83.14 	associate's degree or bachelor's degree in early childhood development and school-age care; 
83.15 	and
83.16 	(2) education incentives of a minimum of $250 to participants in the tuition scholarship 
83.17 	program if they complete a year of working in the early care and education field.
83.18 	(b) Applicants for the scholarship must be employed by a licensed or certified early 
83.19 	childhood or child care program and working directly with children, a licensed family child 
83.20 	care provider, employed by a public prekindergarten program, employed by a Head Start 
83.21 	program, or an employee in a school-age program exempt from licensing under section 
83.22 	142B.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (8). Lower wage earners must be given priority 
83.23 	in awarding the tuition scholarships. Scholarship recipients must contribute at least ten 
83.24 	percent of the total scholarship and must be sponsored by their employers, who must also 
83.25 	contribute at least five percent of the total scholarship. Scholarship recipients who are 
83.26 	self-employed work in licensed family child care under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502,
83.27 	must contribute 20 at least ten percent of the total scholarship and are not required to receive 
83.28 	employer sponsorship or employer match.

83.29 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
83.30 		Subd. 3.Redeterminations. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0180, item 
83.31 	A, the county shall conduct a redetermination according to paragraphs (b) and (c).
84.1 	(b) The county shall use the redetermination form developed by the commissioner. The 
84.2 	county must verify the factors listed in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), as part of the 
84.3 	redetermination.
84.4 	(c) An applicant's eligibility must be redetermined no more frequently than every 12 
84.5 	months. The following criteria apply:
84.6 	(1) a family meets the eligibility redetermination requirements if a complete 
84.7 	redetermination form and all required verifications are received within 30 days after the 
84.8 	date the form was due;
84.9 	(2) if the 30th day after the date the form was due falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, 
84.10 	the 30-day time period is extended to include the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, 
84.11 	or holiday. Assistance shall be payable retroactively from the redetermination due date;
84.12 	(3) for a family where at least one parent is younger than 21 years of age, does not have 
84.13 	a high school degree or commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency 
84.14 	certification, and is a student in a school district or another similar program that provides 
84.15 	or arranges for child care, parenting, social services, career and employment supports, and 
84.16 	academic support to achieve high school graduation, the redetermination of eligibility may 
84.17 	be deferred beyond 12 months, to the end of the student's school year; and
84.18 	(4) starting May 25, 2026, if a new eligible child is added to the family and has care 
84.19 	authorized, the redetermination of eligibility must be extended 12 months from the eligible 
84.20 	child's arrival date; and
84.21 	(4) (5) a family and the family's providers must be notified that the family's 
84.22 	redetermination is due at least 45 days before the end of the family's 12-month eligibility 
84.23 	period.

84.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.25 		Subdivision 1.General authorization requirements. (a) When authorizing the amount 
84.26 	of child care, the county agency must consider the amount of time the parent reports on the 
84.27 	application or redetermination form that the child attends preschool, a Head Start program, 
84.28 	or school while the parent is participating in an authorized activity.
84.29 	(b) Care must be authorized and scheduled with a provider based on the applicant's or 
84.30 	participant's verified activity schedule when:
84.31 	(1) the family requests care from more than one provider per child;
84.32 	(2) the family requests care from a legal nonlicensed provider; or
85.1 	(3) an applicant or participant is employed by any child care center that is licensed by 
85.2 	the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or has been identified as a high-risk 
85.3 	Medicaid-enrolled provider.
85.4 	This paragraph expires March 2, 2026.
85.5 	(c) If the family remains eligible at redetermination, a new authorization with fewer 
85.6 	hours, the same hours, or increased hours may be determined.

85.7 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.8 		Subd. 2.Maintain steady child care authorizations. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
85.9 	Rules, chapter 3400, the amount of child care authorized under section 142E.12 for 
85.10 	employment, education, or an MFIP employment plan shall continue at the same number 
85.11 	of hours or more hours until redetermination, including:
85.12 	(1) when the other parent moves in and is employed or has an education plan under 
85.13 	section 142E.12, subdivision 3, or has an MFIP employment plan; or
85.14 	(2) when the participant's work hours are reduced or a participant temporarily stops 
85.15 	working or attending an approved education program. Temporary changes include, but are 
85.16 	not limited to, a medical leave, seasonal employment fluctuations, or a school break between 
85.17 	semesters.
85.18 	(b) The county may increase the amount of child care authorized at any time if the 
85.19 	participant verifies the need for increased hours for authorized activities.
85.20 	(c) The county may reduce the amount of child care authorized if a parent requests a 
85.21 	reduction or because of a change in:
85.22 	(1) the child's school schedule;
85.23 	(2) the custody schedule; or
85.24 	(3) the provider's availability.
85.25 	(d) The amount of child care authorized for a family subject to subdivision 1, paragraph 
85.26 	(b), must change when the participant's activity schedule changes. Paragraph (a) does not 
85.27 	apply to a family subject to subdivision 1, paragraph (b). This paragraph expires March 2, 
85.28 	2026.
85.29 	(e) When a child reaches 13 years of age or a child with a disability reaches 15 years of 
85.30 	age, the amount of child care authorized shall continue at the same number of hours or more 
85.31 	hours until redetermination.

86.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.2 		Subd. 2.Extended eligibility and redetermination. (a) If the family received three 
86.3 	months of extended eligibility and redetermination is not due, to continue receiving child 
86.4 	care assistance the participant must be employed or have an education plan that meets the 
86.5 	requirements of section 142E.12, subdivision 3, or have an MFIP employment plan. 
86.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0110, if child care assistance continues, the 
86.7 	amount of child care authorized shall continue at the same number or more hours until 
86.8 	redetermination, unless a condition in section 142E.11, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), applies. 
86.9 	A family subject to section 142E.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), shall have child care 
86.10 	authorized based on a verified activity schedule.
86.11 	(b) If the family's redetermination occurs before the end of the three-month extended 
86.12 	eligibility period to continue receiving child care assistance, the participant must verify that 
86.13 	the participant meets eligibility and activity requirements for child care assistance under 
86.14 	this chapter. If child care assistance continues, the amount of child care authorized is based 
86.15 	on section 142E.12. A family subject to section 142E.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), shall 
86.16 	have child care authorized based on a verified activity schedule.

86.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 25, 2026.

86.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
86.19 		Subdivision 1.Fee schedule. All changes to parent fees must be implemented on the 
86.20 	first Monday of the service period following the effective date of the change.
86.21 	PARENT FEE SCHEDULE. The parent fee schedule is as follows, except as noted in 
86.22 	subdivision 2:

86.23
86.24
86.25	Income Range (as a percent of the state 
median income, except at the start of the first 
tier)
	Co-payment (as a percentage of adjusted 
gross income)
	
86.26
86.27	0-74.99% 0-99.99% of federal poverty 
guidelines
	$0/biweekly
	
86.28	75.00-99.99% of federal poverty guidelines
	$2/biweekly
	
86.29
86.30	100.00% of federal poverty 
guidelines-27.72% 27.99%
	2.61% 2.6%
	
86.31	27.73-29.04%
	2.61%
	
86.32	29.05-30.36%
	2.61%
	
86.33	30.37-31.68%
	2.61%
	
86.34	31.69-33.00%
	2.91%
	
86.35	33.01-34.32%
	2.91%
	
87.1	34.33-35.65%
	2.91%
	
87.2	35.66-36.96%
	2.91%
	
87.3	36.97-38.29%
	3.21%
	
87.4	38.30-39.61%
	3.21%
	
87.5	39.62-40.93%
	3.21%
	
87.6	40.94-42.25%
	3.84%
	
87.7	42.26-43.57%
	3.84%
	
87.8	43.58-44.89%
	4.46%
	
87.9	44.90-46.21%
	4.76%
	
87.10	46.22-47.53%
	5.05%
	
87.11	47.54-48.85%
	5.65%
	
87.12	48.86-50.17%
	5.95%
	
87.13	50.18-51.49%
	6.24%
	
87.14	51.50-52.81%
	6.84%
	
87.15	52.82-54.13%
	7.58%
	
87.16	54.14-55.45%
	8.33%
	
87.17	55.46-56.77%
	9.20%
	
87.18	56.78-58.09%
	10.07%
	
87.19	58.10-59.41%
	10.94%
	
87.20	59.42-60.73%
	11.55%
	
87.21	60.74-62.06%
	12.16%
	
87.22	62.07-63.38%
	12.77%
	
87.23	63.39-64.70%
	13.38%
	
87.24	64.71-67.00%
	14.00%
	
87.25	28.00-30.99%
	2.6%
	
87.26	31.00-33.99%
	2.6%
	
87.27	34.00-36.99%
	2.9%
	
87.28	37.00-39.99%
	3.2%
	
87.29	40.00-42.99%
	3.8%
	
87.30	43.00-45.99%
	4.4%
	
87.31	46.00-48.99%
	5.0%
	
87.32	49.00-51.99%
	5.6%
	
87.33	52.00-54.99%
	6.2%
	
87.34	55.00-57.99%
	6.8%
	
87.35	58.00-60.99%
	6.9%
	
87.36	61.00-63.99%
	6.9%
	
87.37	64.00-67.00%
	6.9%
	
87.38	Greater than 67.00%
	ineligible
	
88.1 	A family's biweekly co-payment fee is the fixed percentage established for the income 
88.2 	range multiplied by the highest lowest possible income within that income range.

88.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 13, 2025.

88.4 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
88.5 		Subd. 3.Training required. (a) Prior to initial authorization as required in subdivision 
88.6 	1, a legal nonlicensed family child care provider must complete first aid and CPR training 
88.7 	and provide the verification of first aid and CPR training to the commissioner. The training 
88.8 	documentation must have valid effective dates as of the date the registration request is 
88.9 	submitted to the commissioner. The training must have been provided by an individual 
88.10 	approved to provide first aid and CPR instruction and have included CPR techniques for 
88.11 	infants and children.
88.12 	(b) Upon each reauthorization after the authorization period when the initial first aid 
88.13 	and CPR training requirements are met, a legal nonlicensed family child care provider must 
88.14 	provide verification of at least eight hours of additional training listed in the Minnesota 
88.15 	Center for Professional Development Registry.
88.16 	(c) Every 12 months, a legal nonlicensed family child care provider who is unrelated to 
88.17 	the child they care for must complete two hours of training in caring for children approved 
88.18 	by the commissioner.
88.19 	(c) (d) This subdivision only applies to legal nonlicensed family child care providers.

88.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2025.

88.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.16, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
88.22 		Subd. 7.Record-keeping requirement. (a) As a condition of payment, all providers 
88.23 	receiving child care assistance payments must:
88.24 	(1) keep accurate and legible daily attendance records at the site where services are 
88.25 	delivered for children receiving child care assistance; and
88.26 	(2) make those records available immediately to the county or the commissioner upon 
88.27 	request. Any records not provided to a county or the commissioner at the date and time of 
88.28 	the request are deemed inadmissible if offered as evidence by the provider in any proceeding 
88.29 	to contest an overpayment or disqualification of the provider.; and
88.30 	(3) submit data on child enrollment and attendance in the form and manner specified by 
88.31 	the commissioner.
89.1 	(b) As a condition of payment, attendance records must be completed daily and include 
89.2 	the date, the first and last name of each child in attendance, and the times when each child 
89.3 	is dropped off and picked up. To the extent possible, the times that the child was dropped 
89.4 	off to and picked up from the child care provider must be entered by the person dropping 
89.5 	off or picking up the child. The daily attendance records must be retained at the site where 
89.6 	services are delivered for six years after the date of service.
89.7 	(c) When the county or the commissioner knows or has reason to believe that a current 
89.8 	or former provider has not complied with the record-keeping requirement in this subdivision:
89.9 	(1) the commissioner may:
89.10 	(i) deny or revoke a provider's authorization to receive child care assistance payments 
89.11 	under section 142E.17, subdivision 9, paragraph (d);
89.12 	(ii) pursue an administrative disqualification under sections 142E.51, subdivision 5, and 
89.13 	256.98; or
89.14 	(iii) take an action against the provider under sections 142E.50 to 142E.58 section 
89.15 	142E.51; or
89.16 	(2) a county or the commissioner may establish an attendance record overpayment under 
89.17 	paragraph (d).
89.18 	(d) To calculate an attendance record overpayment under this subdivision, the 
89.19 	commissioner or county agency shall subtract the maximum daily rate from the total amount 
89.20 	paid to a provider for each day that a child's attendance record is missing, unavailable, 
89.21 	incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise inadequate.
89.22 	(e) The commissioner shall develop criteria for a county to determine an attendance 
89.23 	record overpayment under this subdivision.

89.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 22, 2026.

89.25 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142E.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
89.26 		Subd. 9.Provider payments. (a) A provider shall bill only for services documented 
89.27 	according to section 142E.16, subdivision 7. The provider shall bill for services provided 
89.28 	within ten days of the end of the service period. A provider must sign each bill and declare, 
89.29 	under penalty of perjury as provided in section 609.48, that the information in the bill is 
89.30 	true and correct. Payments under the child care fund shall be made within 21 days of 
89.31 	receiving a complete bill from the provider. Counties or the state may establish policies that 
89.32 	make payments on a more frequent basis.
90.1 	(b) If a provider has received an authorization of care and been issued a billing form for 
90.2 	an eligible family, the bill must be submitted within 60 days of the last date of service on 
90.3 	the bill. A bill submitted more than 60 days after the last date of service must be paid if the 
90.4 	county determines that the provider has shown good cause why the bill was not submitted 
90.5 	within 60 days. Good cause must be defined in the county's child care fund plan under 
90.6 	section 142E.09, subdivision 3, and the definition of good cause must include county error. 
90.7 	Any bill submitted more than a year after the last date of service on the bill must not be 
90.8 	paid.
90.9 	(c) If a provider provided care for a time period without receiving an authorization of 
90.10 	care and a billing form for an eligible family, payment of child care assistance may only be 
90.11 	made retroactively for a maximum of three months from the date the provider is issued an 
90.12 	authorization of care and a billing form. For a family at application, if a provider provided 
90.13 	child care during a time period without receiving an authorization of care and a billing form, 
90.14 	a county may only make child care assistance payments to the provider retroactively from 
90.15 	the date that child care began, or from the date that the family's eligibility began under 
90.16 	section 142E.10, subdivision 7, or from the date that the family meets authorization 
90.17 	requirements, not to exceed six months from the date that the provider is issued an 
90.18 	authorization of care and a billing form, whichever is later.
90.19 	(d) The commissioner may refuse to issue a child care authorization to a certified, 
90.20 	licensed, or legal nonlicensed provider; revoke an existing child care authorization to a 
90.21 	certified, licensed, or legal nonlicensed provider; stop payment issued to a certified, licensed, 
90.22 	or legal nonlicensed provider; or refuse to pay a bill submitted by a certified, licensed, or 
90.23 	legal nonlicensed provider if:
90.24 	(1) the provider admits to intentionally giving the county materially false information 
90.25 	on the provider's billing forms;
90.26 	(2) the commissioner finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the provider 
90.27 	intentionally gave the county materially false information on the provider's billing forms, 
90.28 	or provided false attendance records to a county or the commissioner;
90.29 	(3) the provider is in violation of child care assistance program rules, until the agency 
90.30 	determines those violations have been corrected;
90.31 	(4) the provider is operating after:
90.32 	(i) an order of suspension of the provider's license issued by the commissioner;
90.33 	(ii) an order of revocation of the provider's license issued by the commissioner; or
91.1 	(iii) an order of decertification issued to the provider;
91.2 	(5) the provider submits false attendance reports or refuses to provide documentation 
91.3 	of the child's attendance upon request;
91.4 	(6) the provider gives false child care price information; or
91.5 	(7) the provider fails to report decreases in a child's attendance as required under section 
91.6 	142E.16, subdivision 9.
91.7 	(e) For purposes of paragraph (d), clauses (3), (5), (6), and (7), the commissioner may 
91.8 	withhold the provider's authorization or payment for a period of time not to exceed three 
91.9 	months beyond the time the condition has been corrected.
91.10 	(f) A county's payment policies must be included in the county's child care plan under 
91.11 	section 142E.09, subdivision 3. If payments are made by the state, in addition to being in 
91.12 	compliance with this subdivision, the payments must be made in compliance with section 
91.13 	16A.124.
91.14 	(g) If the commissioner suspends or refuses payment to a provider under paragraph (d), 
91.15 	clause (1) or (2), or sections 142E.50 to 142E.58 and the provider has:
91.16 	(1) a disqualification for wrongfully obtaining assistance under section 256.98, 
91.17 	subdivision 8, paragraph (c);
91.18 	(2) an administrative disqualification under section 142E.51, subdivision 5; or
91.19 	(3) a termination under section 142E.51, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), clause (4), or 
91.20 	142E.55;
91.21 	then the provider forfeits the payment to the commissioner or the responsible county agency, 
91.22 	regardless of the amount assessed in an overpayment, charged in a criminal complaint, or 
91.23 	ordered as criminal restitution.

91.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025.

91.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.0962, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
91.26 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of human services children, youth, 
91.27 	and families must establish a quality parenting initiative grant program to implement quality 
91.28 	parenting initiative principles and practices to support children and families experiencing 
91.29 	foster care placements.

91.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

92.1 	Sec. 15. ELIMINATING SCHEDULE REPORTER DESIGNATION.
 92.2 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 142E.04, subdivisions 6, 7, and 8, the 
92.3 	commissioner of children, youth, and families must allocate additional basic sliding fee 
92.4 	child care money for calendar years 2026 and 2027 to counties and Tribes to account for 
92.5 	eliminating the schedule reporter designation in the child care assistance program. In 
92.6 	allocating the additional money, the commissioner shall consider:
92.7 	(1) the number of children who are in schedule reporter families; and
92.8 	(2) the average basic sliding fee cost of care in the county or Tribe.

92.9 	Sec. 16. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
92.10 	MODERNIZATION.
 92.11 		Subdivision 1.Direction to commissioner. To the extent there is funding available for 
92.12 	these purposes in the state systems account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
92.13 	142A.04, subdivision 2, the commissioner of children, youth, and families must establish 
92.14 	and implement the information technology systems described under this section.
92.15 		Subd. 2.Family common application tool. (a) The commissioner must establish and 
92.16 	implement an application tool that allows families to apply for available early care and 
92.17 	education support programs. The application tool must:
92.18 	(1) provide integrated support in multiple languages, including real-time translation 
92.19 	capabilities;
92.20 	(2) include an eligibility screener;
92.21 	(3) include capability for automatic pre-population of known family information and 
92.22 	use open authorization to validate identity;
92.23 	(4) enable application completion and submission across multiple programs and services;
92.24 	(5) integrate selection tool for early care and education programs;
92.25 	(6) reach families through various ways, including employers, employee organizations, 
92.26 	and medical assistance managed care organizations; and
92.27 	(7) operate using the software as a service model that ensures frequent maintenance and 
92.28 	user experience updates.
92.29 	(b) Funding under this section for the application tool may only be used for early care 
92.30 	and education support programs.
93.1 		Subd. 3.Payments system. The commissioner must establish and implement a 
93.2 	centralized, integrated payment system for early care and education funding streams that:
93.3 	(1) integrates seamlessly with the existing provider licensing and reporting hub;
93.4 	(2) implements real-time payment processing and cash management capabilities, including 
93.5 	instant fund transfers and automated reconciliation;
93.6 	(3) incorporates robust security measures, including fraud detection and prevention;
93.7 	(4) enables automated compliance with state and federal reporting requirements;
93.8 	(5) provides a user-friendly interface with mobile accessibility for child care providers 
93.9 	to manage invoices and payments;
93.10 	(6) ensures interoperability with other relevant state systems and databases; and
93.11 	(7) implements data quality monitoring and reporting tools to support decision making.
93.12 		Subd. 4.Reporting requirements. The commissioner must provide quarterly 
93.13 	implementation updates to the chairs and minority leads of the committees with jurisdiction 
93.14 	over programs for children and families. The quarterly updates must describe the department's 
93.15 	progress toward establishing and implementing the information technology systems under 
93.16 	this section. The quarterly updates must continue until either the systems are fully 
93.17 	implemented or the department no longer has sufficient funding for the purposes identified 
93.18 	in this section.

93.19 	Sec. 17. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 93.20 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 245.0962, as Minnesota 
93.21 	Statutes, section 142A.47. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference changes 
93.22 	consistent with the renumbering.

93.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

93.24 	Sec. 18. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 93.25 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.12, subdivision 
93.26 	3, as Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.121. The revisor shall also make necessary 
93.27 	cross-reference changes consistent with the renumbering.

94.1 	ARTICLE 6
94.2 	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
94.3 	LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION POLICY

94.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
94.5 		Subd. 14.Grant of license; license extension. (a) If the commissioner determines that 
94.6 	the program complies with all applicable rules and laws, the commissioner shall issue a 
94.7 	license consistent with this section or, if applicable, a temporary change of ownership license 
94.8 	under section 142B.11. At minimum, the license shall state:
94.9 	(1) the name of the license holder;
94.10 	(2) the address of the program;
94.11 	(3) the effective date and expiration date of the license;
94.12 	(4) the type of license;
94.13 	(5) the maximum number and ages of persons that may receive services from the program; 
94.14 	and
94.15 	(6) any special conditions of licensure.
94.16 	(b) The commissioner may issue a license for a period not to exceed two years if:
94.17 	(1) the commissioner is unable to conduct the observation required by subdivision 11, 
94.18 	paragraph (a), clause (3), because the program is not yet operational;
94.19 	(2) certain records and documents are not available because persons are not yet receiving 
94.20 	services from the program; and
94.21 	(3) the applicant complies with applicable laws and rules in all other respects.
94.22 	(c) A decision by the commissioner to issue a license does not guarantee that any person 
94.23 	or persons will be placed or cared for in the licensed program.
94.24 	(d) Except as provided in paragraphs (i) and (j), the commissioner shall not issue a 
94.25 	license if the applicant, license holder, or an affiliated controlling individual has:
94.26 	(1) been disqualified and the disqualification was not set aside and no variance has been 
94.27 	granted;
94.28 	(2) been denied a license under this chapter or chapter 245A within the past two years;
94.29 	(3) had a license issued under this chapter or chapter 245A revoked within the past five 
94.30 	years; or
95.1 	(4) failed to submit the information required of an applicant under subdivision 1, 
95.2 	paragraph (f), (g), or (h), after being requested by the commissioner.
95.3 	When a license issued under this chapter or chapter 245A is revoked, the license holder 
95.4 	and each affiliated controlling individual with a revoked license may not hold any license 
95.5 	under chapter 142B for five years following the revocation, and other licenses held by the 
95.6 	applicant or license holder or licenses affiliated with each controlling individual shall also 
95.7 	be revoked.
95.8 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the commissioner may elect not to revoke a license 
95.9 	affiliated with a license holder or controlling individual that had a license revoked within 
95.10 	the past five years if the commissioner determines that (1) the license holder or controlling 
95.11 	individual is operating the program in substantial compliance with applicable laws and rules 
95.12 	and (2) the program's continued operation is in the best interests of the community being 
95.13 	served.
95.14 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the commissioner may issue a new license in response 
95.15 	to an application that is affiliated with an applicant, license holder, or controlling individual 
95.16 	that had an application denied within the past two years or a license revoked within the past 
95.17 	five years if the commissioner determines that (1) the applicant or controlling individual 
95.18 	has operated one or more programs in substantial compliance with applicable laws and rules 
95.19 	and (2) the program's operation would be in the best interests of the community to be served.
95.20 	(g) In determining whether a program's operation would be in the best interests of the 
95.21 	community to be served, the commissioner shall consider factors such as the number of 
95.22 	persons served, the availability of alternative services available in the surrounding 
95.23 	community, the management structure of the program, whether the program provides 
95.24 	culturally specific services, and other relevant factors.
95.25 	(h) The commissioner shall not issue or reissue a license under this chapter if an individual 
95.26 	living in the household where the services will be provided as specified under section 
95.27 	245C.03, subdivision 1, has been disqualified and the disqualification has not been set aside 
95.28 	and no variance has been granted.
95.29 	(i) Pursuant to section 142B.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), when a license issued 
95.30 	under this chapter has been suspended or revoked and the suspension or revocation is under 
95.31 	appeal, the program may continue to operate pending a final order from the commissioner. 
95.32 	If the license under suspension or revocation will expire before a final order is issued, a 
95.33 	temporary provisional license may be issued provided any applicable license fee is paid 
95.34 	before the temporary provisional license is issued.
96.1 	(j) Notwithstanding paragraph (i), when a revocation is based on the disqualification of 
96.2 	a controlling individual or license holder, and the controlling individual or license holder 
96.3 	is ordered under section 245C.17 to be immediately removed from direct contact with 
96.4 	persons receiving services or is ordered to be under continuous, direct supervision when 
96.5 	providing direct contact services, the program may continue to operate only if the program 
96.6 	complies with the order and submits documentation demonstrating compliance with the 
96.7 	order. If the disqualified individual fails to submit a timely request for reconsideration, or 
96.8 	if the disqualification is not set aside and no variance is granted, the order to immediately 
96.9 	remove the individual from direct contact or to be under continuous, direct supervision 
96.10 	remains in effect pending the outcome of a hearing and final order from the commissioner.
96.11 	(k) For purposes of reimbursement for meals only, under the Child and Adult Care Food 
96.12 	Program, Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter II, subchapter A, part 226, 
96.13 	relocation within the same county by a licensed family day care provider, shall be considered 
96.14 	an extension of the license for a period of no more than 30 calendar days or until the new 
96.15 	license is issued, whichever occurs first, provided the county agency has determined the 
96.16 	family day care provider meets licensure requirements at the new location.
96.17 	(l) Unless otherwise specified by statute, all licenses issued under this chapter expire at 
96.18 	12:01 a.m. on the day after the expiration date stated on the license. A license holder must 
96.19 	apply for and be granted comply with the requirements in section 142B.12 and be reissued
96.20 	a new license to operate the program or the program must not be operated after the expiration 
96.21 	date. Child foster care license holders must apply for and be granted a new license to operate 
96.22 	the program or the program must not be operated after the expiration date. Upon 
96.23 	implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub, licenses may be issued each 
96.24 	calendar year.
96.25 	(m) The commissioner shall not issue or reissue a license under this chapter if it has 
96.26 	been determined that a tribal licensing authority has established jurisdiction to license the 
96.27 	program or service.
96.28 	(n) The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall coordinate and share data 
96.29 	with the commissioner of human services to enforce this section.

96.30 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.10, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
96.31 		Subd. 16.Variances. (a) The commissioner may grant variances to rules that do not 
96.32 	affect the health or safety of persons in a licensed program if the following conditions are 
96.33 	met:
97.1 	(1) the variance must be requested by an applicant or license holder on a form and in a 
97.2 	manner prescribed by the commissioner;
97.3 	(2) the request for a variance must include the reasons that the applicant or license holder 
97.4 	cannot comply with a requirement as stated in the rule and the alternative equivalent measures 
97.5 	that the applicant or license holder will follow to comply with the intent of the rule; and
97.6 	(3) the request must state the period of time for which the variance is requested.
97.7 	The commissioner may grant a permanent variance when conditions under which the variance 
97.8 	is requested do not affect the health or safety of persons being served by the licensed program, 
97.9 	nor compromise the qualifications of staff to provide services. The permanent variance shall 
97.10 	expire as soon as the conditions that warranted the variance are modified in any way. Any 
97.11 	applicant or license holder must inform the commissioner of any changes or modifications 
97.12 	that have occurred in the conditions that warranted the permanent variance. Failure to advise 
97.13 	the commissioner shall result in revocation of the permanent variance and may be cause for 
97.14 	other sanctions under sections 142B.17 and 142B.18.
97.15 	The commissioner's decision to grant or deny a variance request is final and not subject to 
97.16 	appeal under the provisions of chapter 14.
97.17 	(b) The commissioner shall consider variances for child care center staff qualification 
97.18 	requirements under Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0032 and 9503.0033, that do not affect 
97.19 	the health and safety of children served by the center. A variance request must be submitted 
97.20 	to the commissioner in accordance with paragraph (a) and must include a plan for the staff 
97.21 	person to gain additional experience, education, or training, as requested by the commissioner. 
97.22 	When reviewing a variance request under this section, the commissioner shall consider the 
97.23 	staff person's level of professional development, including but not limited to steps completed 
97.24 	on the Minnesota career lattice.
97.25 	(c) The commissioner must grant a variance for a child care program's licensed capacity 
97.26 	limit if:
97.27 	(1) the program's indoor space is within 100 square feet of what would be required for 
97.28 	maximum enrollment in the program based on the program's number and qualifications of 
97.29 	staff;
97.30 	(2) the fire marshall approves the variance; and
97.31 	(3) the applicant or license holder submits the variance request to the commissioner in 
97.32 	accordance with paragraph (a).
98.1 	For purposes of this paragraph, a "child care program" means a child care center or family 
98.2 	or group family child care provider licensed under this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapter 
98.3 	9502 or 9503.
98.4 	(c) (d) Counties shall use a uniform application form developed by the commissioner 
98.5 	for variance requests by family child care license holders.

98.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
98.7 		Subd. 2.Reconsideration of correction orders. (a) If the applicant or license holder 
98.8 	believes that the contents of the commissioner's correction order are in error, the applicant 
98.9 	or license holder may ask the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to reconsider 
98.10 	the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error. The request for reconsideration 
98.11 	must be made in writing and must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within 20 
98.12 	calendar days after receipt of the correction order under this paragraph, or receipt of the 
98.13 	interpretive guidance under paragraph (d), by the applicant or license holder or submitted 
98.14 	in the provider licensing and reporting hub within 20 calendar days from the date the 
98.15 	commissioner issued the order under this paragraph, or provided the interpretive guidance 
98.16 	under paragraph (d), through the hub, and:
98.17 	(1) specify the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error;
98.18 	(2) explain why they are in error; and
98.19 	(3) include documentation to support the allegation of error.
98.20 	(b) Upon implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub, the provider must 
98.21 	use the hub to request reconsideration under this paragraph, or to request interpretive guidance 
98.22 	under paragraph (d). A request for reconsideration does not stay any provisions or 
98.23 	requirements of the correction order. The commissioner's disposition of a request for 
98.24 	reconsideration is final and not subject to appeal under chapter 14.
98.25 	(b) (c) This paragraph applies only to licensed family child care providers. A licensed 
98.26 	family child care provider who requests reconsideration of a correction order under paragraph 
98.27 	(a) may also request, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, that the 
98.28 	commissioner expedite the review if:
98.29 	(1) the provider is challenging a violation and provides a description of how complying 
98.30 	with the corrective action for that violation would require the substantial expenditure of 
98.31 	funds or a significant change to their program; and
99.1 	(2) describes what actions the provider will take in lieu of the corrective action ordered 
99.2 	to ensure the health and safety of children in care pending the commissioner's review of the 
99.3 	correction order.
99.4 	(d) Prior to a request for reconsideration under paragraph (a), if the applicant or license 
99.5 	holder believes that the applicable rule or statute is ambiguous or the commissioner's 
99.6 	interpretation of the applicable rule or statute is in error, the applicant or license holder may 
99.7 	ask the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to provide interpretive guidance on 
99.8 	the applicable rule or statute underlying the correction order.
99.9 	(e) The commissioner must not publicly post the correction order for licensed child care 
99.10 	centers or licensed family child care providers on the department's website until:
99.11 	(1) after the 20-calendar-day period for requesting reconsideration; or
99.12 	(2) if the applicant or license holder requested reconsideration, after the commissioner's 
99.13 	disposition of a request for reconsideration is provided to the applicant or license holder.

99.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025, except that paragraph (e) 
99.15 	is effective January 1, 2026, or upon federal approval, whichever is later. The commissioner 
99.16 	of children, youth, and families must notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is 
99.17 	obtained.

99.18 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
99.19 		Subd. 5.Requirement to post conditional license. For licensed family child care 
99.20 	providers and child care centers, upon receipt of any order of conditional license issued by 
99.21 	the commissioner under this section, and notwithstanding a pending request for 
99.22 	reconsideration of the order of conditional license by the license holder, the license holder 
99.23 	shall post the order of conditional license in a place that is conspicuous to the people receiving 
99.24 	services and all visitors to the facility for two years. When the order of conditional license 
99.25 	is accompanied by a maltreatment investigation memorandum prepared under section 
99.26 	626.557 or chapter 260E, the investigation memoranda must be posted with the order of 
99.27 	conditional license, and the license holder must post both in a place that is conspicuous to 
99.28 	the people receiving services and all visitors to the facility for ten years.

99.29 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.171, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
99.30 		Subd. 2.Documented technical assistance.  (a) In lieu of a correction order under section 
99.31 	142B.16, the commissioner shall provide documented technical assistance to a family child 
99.32 	care or child care center license holder if the commissioner finds that:
100.1 	(1) the license holder has failed to comply with a requirement in this chapter or Minnesota 
100.2 	Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be low risk as determined 
100.3 	by the child care weighted risk system;
100.4 	(2) the noncompliance does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or rights of the 
100.5 	persons served by the program; and
100.6 	(3) the license holder did not receive documented technical assistance or a correction 
100.7 	order for the same violation at the license holder's most recent annual licensing inspection.
100.8 	(b) Documented technical assistance must include communication from the commissioner 
100.9 	to the license holder that:
100.10 	(1) states the conditions that constitute a violation of a law or rule;
100.11 	(2) references the specific law or rule violated; and
100.12 	(3) explains remedies for correcting the violation.
100.13 	(c) The commissioner shall not publicly publish documented technical assistance on the 
100.14 	department's website.

100.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.18, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
100.16 		Subd. 6.Requirement to post licensing order or fine. For licensed family child care 
100.17 	providers and child care centers, upon receipt of any order of license suspension, temporary 
100.18 	immediate suspension, fine, or revocation issued by the commissioner under this section, 
100.19 	and notwithstanding a pending appeal of the order of license suspension, temporary 
100.20 	immediate suspension, fine, or revocation by the license holder, the license holder shall 
100.21 	post the order of license suspension, temporary immediate suspension, fine, or revocation 
100.22 	in a place that is conspicuous to the people receiving services and all visitors to the facility 
100.23 	for two years. When the order of license suspension, temporary immediate suspension, fine, 
100.24 	or revocation is accompanied by a maltreatment investigation memorandum prepared under 
100.25 	section 626.557 or chapter 260E, the investigation memoranda must be posted with the 
100.26 	order of license suspension, temporary immediate suspension, fine, or revocation, and the 
100.27 	license holder must post both in a place that is conspicuous to the people receiving services 
100.28 	and all visitors to the facility for ten years.

101.1 	Sec. 7. [142B.181] POSTING LICENSING ACTIONS ON DEPARTMENT 
101.2 	WEBSITE.
101.3 	(a) The commissioner must post a summary document for each licensing action issued 
101.4 	to a licensed child care center and family child care provider on the Licensing Information 
101.5 	Lookup public website maintained by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. 
101.6 	The commissioner must not post any communication, including letters, from the 
101.7 	commissioner to the center or provider.
101.8 	(b) The commissioner must remove a summary document from the Licensing Information 
101.9 	Lookup public website within ten days of the length of time that the document is required 
101.10 	to be posted under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 98.33.

101.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026, or upon federal approval, 
101.12 	whichever is later. The commissioner of children, youth, and families must notify the revisor 
101.13 	of statutes when federal approval is obtained.

101.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
101.15 		Subdivision 1.Delegation of authority to agencies. (a) County agencies and private 
101.16 	agencies that have been designated or licensed by the commissioner to perform licensing 
101.17 	functions and activities under section 142B.10; to recommend denial of applicants under 
101.18 	section 142B.15; to issue correction orders, to issue variances, and to recommend a 
101.19 	conditional license under section 142B.16; or to recommend suspending or revoking a 
101.20 	license or issuing a fine under section 142B.18, shall comply with rules and directives of 
101.21 	the commissioner governing those functions and with this section. The following variances 
101.22 	are excluded from the delegation of variance authority and may be issued only by the 
101.23 	commissioner:
101.24 	(1) dual licensure of family child care and family child foster care;
101.25 	(2) child foster care maximum age requirement;
101.26 	(3) variances regarding disqualified individuals;
101.27 	(4) variances to requirements relating to chemical use problems of a license holder or a 
101.28 	household member of a license holder; and
101.29 	(5) variances to section 142B.74 for a time-limited period. If the commissioner grants 
101.30 	a variance under this clause, the license holder must provide notice of the variance to all 
101.31 	parents and guardians of the children in care.
102.1 	(b) The commissioners of human services and children, youth, and families must both 
102.2 	approve a variance for dual licensure of family child foster care and family adult foster care 
102.3 	or family adult foster care and family child care. Variances under this paragraph are excluded 
102.4 	from the delegation of variance authority and may be issued only by both commissioners.
102.5 	(c) Except as provided in section 142B.41, subdivision 4, paragraph (e), a county agency 
102.6 	must not grant a license holder a variance to exceed the maximum allowable family child 
102.7 	care license capacity of 14 children.
102.8 	(d) A county agency that has been designated by the commissioner to issue family child 
102.9 	care variances must:
102.10 	(1) publish the county agency's policies and criteria for issuing variances on the county's 
102.11 	public website and update the policies as necessary; and
102.12 	(2) annually distribute the county agency's policies and criteria for issuing variances to 
102.13 	all family child care license holders in the county.
102.14 	(e) Before the implementation of NETStudy 2.0, county agencies must report information 
102.15 	about disqualification reconsiderations under sections 245C.25 and 245C.27, subdivision 
102.16 	2, paragraphs (a) and (b), and variances granted under paragraph (a), clause (5), to the 
102.17 	commissioner at least monthly in a format prescribed by the commissioner.
102.18 	(f) For family child care programs, the commissioner shall require a county agency to 
102.19 	conduct one unannounced licensing review at least annually.
102.20 	(g) A child foster care license issued under this section may be issued for up to two years
102.21 	until implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub. Upon implementation of 
102.22 	the provider licensing and reporting hub, licenses may be issued each calendar year.
102.23 	(h) A county agency shall report to the commissioner, in a manner prescribed by the 
102.24 	commissioner, the following information for a licensed family child care program:
102.25 	(1) the results of each licensing review completed, including the date of the review, and 
102.26 	any licensing correction order issued;
102.27 	(2) any death, serious injury, or determination of substantiated maltreatment; and
102.28 	(3) any fires that require the service of a fire department within 48 hours of the fire. The 
102.29 	information under this clause must also be reported to the state fire marshal within two 
102.30 	business days of receiving notice from a licensed family child care provider.

103.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.41, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
103.2 	read:
103.3 		Subd. 7a.Staff distribution. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0040, subpart 
103.4 	2, item B, an aide may substitute for a teacher during morning arrival and afternoon departure 
103.5 	times in a licensed child care center if the total arrival and departure time does not exceed 
103.6 	25 percent of the center's daily hours of operation. In order for an aide to be used in this 
103.7 	capacity, an aide must:
103.8 	(1) be at least 18 years of age;
103.9 	(2) have worked in the licensed child care center for a minimum of 30 days; and
103.10 	(3) have completed all preservice and first-90-days training required for licensing.

103.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

103.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
103.13 		Subd. 2.Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement. (a) Programs 
103.14 	licensed by the Department of Human Services under chapter 245A or the Department of 
103.15 	Children, Youth, and Families under this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, that 
103.16 	serve a child or children under eight nine years of age must document training that fulfills 
103.17 	the requirements in this subdivision.
103.18 	(b) Before a license holder, staff person, or caregiver transports a child or children under 
103.19 	age eight nine in a motor vehicle, the person transporting the child must satisfactorily 
103.20 	complete training on the proper use and installation of child restraint systems in motor 
103.21 	vehicles. Training completed under this section may be used to meet initial or ongoing 
103.22 	training under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subparts 1 and 2.
103.23 	(c) Training required under this section must be completed at orientation or initial training 
103.24 	and repeated at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training must address the 
103.25 	proper use of child restraint systems based on the child's size, weight, and age, and the 
103.26 	proper installation of a car seat or booster seat in the motor vehicle used by the license 
103.27 	holder to transport the child or children.
103.28 	(d) Training under paragraph (c) must be provided by individuals who are certified and 
103.29 	approved by the Office of Traffic Safety within the Department of Public Safety. License 
103.30 	holders may obtain a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public 
103.31 	Safety website or by contacting the agency.
104.1 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for an emergency relative placement under section 
104.2 	142B.06, the commissioner may grant a variance to the training required by this subdivision 
104.3 	for a relative who completes a child seat safety check up. The child seat safety check up 
104.4 	trainer must be approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, and 
104.5 	must provide one-on-one instruction on placing a child of a specific age in the exact child 
104.6 	passenger restraint in the motor vehicle in which the child will be transported. Once granted 
104.7 	a variance, and if all other licensing requirements are met, the relative applicant may receive 
104.8 	a license and may transport a relative foster child younger than eight years of age. A child 
104.9 	seat safety check up must be completed each time a child requires a different size car seat 
104.10 	according to car seat and vehicle manufacturer guidelines. A relative license holder must 
104.11 	complete training that meets the other requirements of this subdivision prior to placement 
104.12 	of another foster child younger than eight years of age in the home or prior to the renewal 
104.13 	of the child foster care license.

104.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026, except paragraph (e), 
104.15 	which is effective July 1, 2026.

104.16 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
104.17 		Subd. 8.Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement.  (a) Before a license 
104.18 	holder transports a child or children under age eight nine in a motor vehicle, the person 
104.19 	placing the child or children in a passenger restraint must satisfactorily complete training 
104.20 	on the proper use and installation of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.
104.21 	(b) Training required under this subdivision must be repeated at least once every five 
104.22 	years. At a minimum, the training must address the proper use of child restraint systems 
104.23 	based on the child's size, weight, and age, and the proper installation of a car seat or booster 
104.24 	seat in the motor vehicle used by the license holder to transport the child or children.
104.25 	(c) Training required under this subdivision must be provided by individuals who are 
104.26 	certified and approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. License 
104.27 	holders may obtain a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public 
104.28 	Safety website or by contacting the agency.
104.29 	(d) Child care providers that only transport school-age children as defined in section 
104.30 	142B.01, subdivision 25, in child care buses as defined in section 169.448, subdivision 1, 
104.31 	paragraph (e), are exempt from this subdivision.
105.1 	(e) Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet in-service training 
105.2 	requirements under subdivision 9. Training completed within the previous five years is 
105.3 	transferable upon a staff person's change in employment to another child care center.

105.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

105.5 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
105.6 		Subd. 9.In-service training. (a) A license holder must ensure that the center director, 
105.7 	staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers complete in-service training each 
105.8 	calendar year.
105.9 	(b) The center director and staff persons who work more than 20 hours per week must 
105.10 	complete 24 hours of in-service training each calendar year. Staff persons who work 20 
105.11 	hours or less per week must complete 12 hours of in-service training each calendar year. 
105.12 	Substitutes and unsupervised volunteers must complete at least two hours of training each 
105.13 	year, and the training must include the requirements of paragraphs (d) to (g) and do not 
105.14 	otherwise have a minimum number of hours of training to complete.
105.15 	(c) The number of in-service training hours may be prorated for individuals center 
105.16 	directors and staff persons not employed for an entire year.
105.17 	(d) Each year, in-service training must include:
105.18 	(1) the center's procedures for maintaining health and safety according to section 142B.66 
105.19 	and Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0140, and handling emergencies and accidents according 
105.20 	to Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0110;
105.21 	(2) the reporting responsibilities under chapter 260E and Minnesota Rules, part 
105.22 	9503.0130;
105.23 	(3) at least one-half hour of training on the standards under section 142B.46 and on 
105.24 	reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death as required under subdivision 6, if 
105.25 	applicable; and
105.26 	(4) at least one-half hour of training on the risk of abusive head trauma from shaking 
105.27 	infants and young children as required under subdivision 7, if applicable.
105.28 	(e) Each year, or when a change is made, whichever is more frequent, in-service training 
105.29 	must be provided on: (1) the center's risk reduction plan under section 142B.54, subdivision 
105.30 	2; and (2) a child's individual child care program plan as required under Minnesota Rules, 
105.31 	part 9503.0065, subpart 3.
105.32 	(f) At least once every two calendar years, the in-service training must include:
106.1 	(1) child development and learning training under subdivision 3;
106.2 	(2) pediatric first aid that meets the requirements of subdivision 4;
106.3 	(3) pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that meets the requirements of 
106.4 	subdivision 5;
106.5 	(4) cultural dynamics training to increase awareness of cultural differences; and
106.6 	(5) disabilities training to increase awareness of differing abilities of children.
106.7 	(g) At least once every five years, in-service training must include child passenger 
106.8 	restraint training that meets the requirements of subdivision 8, if applicable.
106.9 	(h) The remaining hours of the in-service training requirement must be met by completing 
106.10 	training in the following content areas of the Minnesota Knowledge and Competency 
106.11 	Framework:
106.12 	(1) Content area I: child development and learning;
106.13 	(2) Content area II: developmentally appropriate learning experiences;
106.14 	(3) Content area III: relationships with families;
106.15 	(4) Content area IV: assessment, evaluation, and individualization;
106.16 	(5) Content area V: historical and contemporary development of early childhood 
106.17 	education;
106.18 	(6) Content area VI: professionalism;
106.19 	(7) Content area VII: health, safety, and nutrition; and
106.20 	(8) Content area VIII: application through clinical experiences.
106.21 	(i) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given them.
106.22 	(1) "Child development and learning training" means training in understanding how 
106.23 	children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially and learn as part of the 
106.24 	children's family, culture, and community.
106.25 	(2) "Developmentally appropriate learning experiences" means creating positive learning 
106.26 	experiences, promoting cognitive development, promoting social and emotional development, 
106.27 	promoting physical development, and promoting creative development.
106.28 	(3) "Relationships with families" means training on building a positive, respectful 
106.29 	relationship with the child's family.
107.1 	(4) "Assessment, evaluation, and individualization" means training in observing, 
107.2 	recording, and assessing development; assessing and using information to plan; and assessing 
107.3 	and using information to enhance and maintain program quality.
107.4 	(5) "Historical and contemporary development of early childhood education" means 
107.5 	training in past and current practices in early childhood education and how current events 
107.6 	and issues affect children, families, and programs.
107.7 	(6) "Professionalism" means training in knowledge, skills, and abilities that promote 
107.8 	ongoing professional development.
107.9 	(7) "Health, safety, and nutrition" means training in establishing health practices, ensuring 
107.10 	safety, and providing healthy nutrition.
107.11 	(8) "Application through clinical experiences" means clinical experiences in which a 
107.12 	person applies effective teaching practices using a range of educational programming models.
107.13 	(j) The license holder must ensure that documentation, as required in subdivision 10, 
107.14 	includes the number of total training hours required to be completed, name of the training, 
107.15 	the Minnesota Knowledge and Competency Framework content area, number of hours 
107.16 	completed, and the director's approval of the training.
107.17 	(k) In-service training completed by a staff person that is not specific to that child care 
107.18 	center is transferable upon a staff person's change in employment to another child care 
107.19 	program.

107.20 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.66, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
107.21 		Subd. 3.Emergency preparedness. (a) A licensed child care center must have a written 
107.22 	emergency plan for emergencies that require evacuation, sheltering, or other protection of 
107.23 	a child, such as fire, natural disaster, intruder, or other threatening situation that may pose 
107.24 	a health or safety hazard to a child. The plan must be written on a form developed by the 
107.25 	commissioner and must include:
107.26 	(1) procedures for an evacuation, relocation, shelter-in-place, or lockdown;
107.27 	(2) a designated relocation site and evacuation route;
107.28 	(3) procedures for notifying a child's parent or legal guardian of the evacuation, relocation, 
107.29 	shelter-in-place, or lockdown, including procedures for reunification with families;
107.30 	(4) accommodations for a child with a disability or a chronic medical condition;
108.1 	(5) procedures for storing a child's medically necessary medicine that facilitates easy 
108.2 	removal during an evacuation or relocation;
108.3 	(6) procedures for continuing operations in the period during and after a crisis;
108.4 	(7) procedures for communicating with local emergency management officials, law 
108.5 	enforcement officials, or other appropriate state or local authorities; and
108.6 	(8) accommodations for infants and toddlers.
108.7 	(b) The license holder must train staff persons on the emergency plan at orientation, 
108.8 	when changes are made to the plan, and at least once each calendar year. Training must be 
108.9 	documented in each staff person's personnel file.
108.10 	(c) The license holder must conduct drills according to the requirements in Minnesota 
108.11 	Rules, part 9503.0110, subpart 3. The date and time of the drills must be documented.
108.12 	(d) The license holder must review and update the emergency plan annually each calendar 
108.13 	year. Documentation of the annual yearly emergency plan review shall be maintained in 
108.14 	the program's administrative records.
108.15 	(e) The license holder must include the emergency plan in the program's policies and 
108.16 	procedures as specified under section 142B.10, subdivision 21. The license holder must 
108.17 	provide a physical or electronic copy of the emergency plan to the child's parent or legal 
108.18 	guardian upon enrollment.
108.19 	(f) The relocation site and evacuation route must be posted in a visible place as part of 
108.20 	the written procedures for emergencies and accidents in Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0140, 
108.21 	subpart 21.

108.22 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.70, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
108.23 		Subd. 7.Child passenger restraint systems; training requirement. (a) A license 
108.24 	holder must comply with all seat belt and child passenger restraint system requirements 
108.25 	under section 169.685.
108.26 	(b) Family and group family child care programs licensed by the Department of Children, 
108.27 	Youth, and Families that serve a child or children under eight nine years of age must 
108.28 	document training that fulfills the requirements in this subdivision.
108.29 	(1) Before a license holder, second adult caregiver, substitute, or helper transports a 
108.30 	child or children under age eight nine in a motor vehicle, the person placing the child or 
108.31 	children in a passenger restraint must satisfactorily complete training on the proper use and 
108.32 	installation of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. Training completed under this 
109.1 	subdivision may be used to meet initial training under subdivision 1 or ongoing training 
109.2 	under subdivision 8.
109.3 	(2) Training required under this subdivision must be at least one hour in length, completed 
109.4 	at initial training, and repeated at least once every five years. At a minimum, the training 
109.5 	must address the proper use of child restraint systems based on the child's size, weight, and 
109.6 	age, and the proper installation of a car seat or booster seat in the motor vehicle used by the 
109.7 	license holder to transport the child or children.
109.8 	(3) Training under this subdivision must be provided by individuals who are certified 
109.9 	and approved by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. License holders 
109.10 	may obtain a list of certified and approved trainers through the Department of Public Safety 
109.11 	website or by contacting the agency.
109.12 	(c) Child care providers that only transport school-age children as defined in section 
109.13 	142B.01, subdivision 13, paragraph (f), in child care buses as defined in section 169.448, 
109.14 	subdivision 1, paragraph (e), are exempt from this subdivision.

109.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

109.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.70, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
109.17 		Subd. 8.Training requirements for family and group family child care. (a) For 
109.18 	purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and each second adult 
109.19 	caregiver must complete 16 hours of ongoing training each year. Repeat of topical training 
109.20 	requirements in subdivisions 3 to 9 shall count toward the annual 16-hour training 
109.21 	requirement. Additional ongoing training subjects to meet the annual 16-hour training 
109.22 	requirement must be selected from the following areas:
109.23 	(1) child development and learning training in understanding how a child develops 
109.24 	physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially, and how a child learns as part of the 
109.25 	child's family, culture, and community;
109.26 	(2) developmentally appropriate learning experiences, including training in creating 
109.27 	positive learning experiences, promoting cognitive development, promoting social and 
109.28 	emotional development, promoting physical development, promoting creative development; 
109.29 	and behavior guidance;
109.30 	(3) relationships with families, including training in building a positive, respectful 
109.31 	relationship with the child's family;
110.1 	(4) assessment, evaluation, and individualization, including training in observing, 
110.2 	recording, and assessing development; assessing and using information to plan; and assessing 
110.3 	and using information to enhance and maintain program quality;
110.4 	(5) historical and contemporary development of early childhood education, including 
110.5 	training in past and current practices in early childhood education and how current events 
110.6 	and issues affect children, families, and programs;
110.7 	(6) professionalism, including training in knowledge, skills, and abilities that promote 
110.8 	ongoing professional development; and
110.9 	(7) health, safety, and nutrition, including training in establishing healthy practices; 
110.10 	ensuring safety; and providing healthy nutrition.
110.11 	(b) A provider who is approved as a trainer through the Develop data system may count 
110.12 	up to two hours of training instruction toward the annual 16-hour training requirement in 
110.13 	paragraph (a). The provider may only count training instruction hours for the first instance 
110.14 	in which they deliver a particular content-specific training during each licensing year. Hours 
110.15 	counted as training instruction must be approved through the Develop data system with 
110.16 	attendance verified on the trainer's individual learning record and must be in Knowledge 
110.17 	and Competency Framework content area VII A (Establishing Healthy Practices) or B 
110.18 	(Ensuring Safety).
110.19 	(c) Substitutes and adult caregivers who provide care for 500 or fewer hours per year 
110.20 	must complete a minimum of one hour of training each calendar year, and the training must 
110.21 	include the requirements in subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9.

110.22 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.06, is amended by adding a subdivision 
110.23 	to read:
110.24 		Subd. 4.Requirement to post conditional certification. Upon receipt of any order of 
110.25 	conditional certification issued by the commissioner under this section, and notwithstanding 
110.26 	a pending request for reconsideration of the order of conditional certification by the 
110.27 	certification holder, the certification holder shall post the order of conditional certification 
110.28 	in a place that is conspicuous to the people receiving services and all visitors to the facility 
110.29 	for the duration of the conditional certification. When the order of conditional certification 
110.30 	is accompanied by a maltreatment investigation memorandum prepared under chapter 260E, 
110.31 	the investigation memoranda must be posted with the order of conditional certification.

111.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.11, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
111.2 		Subd. 8.Required policies. A certified center must have written policies for health and 
111.3 	safety items in subdivisions 1 to 6, 9, and 10.

111.4 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
111.5 		Subdivision 1.First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Before having 
111.6 	unsupervised direct contact with a child, but within 90 days after the first date of direct 
111.7 	contact with a child, the director, all staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers 
111.8 	must successfully complete pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
111.9 	(CPR) training, unless the training has been completed within the previous two calendar 
111.10 	years. Staff must complete the pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR training at least every 
111.11 	other calendar year and the center must document the training in the staff person's personnel 
111.12 	record.
111.13 	(b) Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet the in-service training 
111.14 	requirements under subdivision 6.
111.15 	(c) Training must include CPR and techniques for providing immediate care to people 
111.16 	experiencing life-threatening cardiac emergencies, choking, bleeding, fractures and sprains, 
111.17 	head injuries, poisoning, and burns. Training developed by the American Heart Association, 
111.18 	the American Red Cross, or another organization that uses nationally recognized, 
111.19 	evidence-based guidelines meets these requirements.

111.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

111.21 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
111.22 		Subd. 6.In-service training. (a) The certified center must ensure that the director and 
111.23 	all staff persons, including substitutes and unsupervised volunteers, are trained at least once 
111.24 	each calendar year on health and safety requirements in this section and sections 142C.10, 
111.25 	142C.11, and 142C.13.
111.26 	(b) The director and each staff person, not including substitutes, must complete at least 
111.27 	six hours of training each calendar year. Substitutes must complete at least two hours of 
111.28 	training each calendar year. Training required under paragraph (a) may be used toward the 
111.29 	hourly training requirements of this subdivision.

112.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245A.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
112.2 		Subdivision 1.Seat belt and child passenger restraint system use. All license holders 
112.3 	that transport children must comply with the requirements of section 142B.51, subdivision 
112.4 	1, and license holders that transport a child or children under eight nine years of age must 
112.5 	document training that fulfills the requirements in section 142B.51, subdivision 2.

112.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2026.

112.7 	Sec. 21. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
112.8 	FAMILIES; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF EDUCATION.
 112.9 	The commissioner of children, youth, and families must amend Minnesota Rules, part 
112.10 	9503.0030, subpart 1, item B, to include any accredited coursework from an accredited 
112.11 	postsecondary institution that can reasonably be shown to be relevant to any skill necessary 
112.12 	to meet the qualifications of a teacher.

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

112.14 	Sec. 22. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
112.15 	FAMILIES; STANDARDIZED LICENSING VISIT TIMELINE AND 
112.16 	REQUIREMENTS.
 112.17 	(a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families must, in consultation with 
112.18 	stakeholders, develop and implement a standardized timeline and standards for the conduct 
112.19 	of licensors when conducting inspections of licensed child care centers. The timeline and 
112.20 	standards developed by the commissioner must clearly identify:
112.21 	(1) the steps of a licensing visit;
112.22 	(2) the expectations for licensors and license holders before, during, and after the licensing 
112.23 	visit;
112.24 	(3) the standards of conduct that licensors must follow during a visit;
112.25 	(4) the rights of license holders;
112.26 	(5) when and how license holders can request technical assistance; and
112.27 	(6) a process for license holders to request additional review of an issue related to the 
112.28 	licensing visit from someone other than the assigned licensor.
112.29 	(b) The timeline and standards must be implemented by January 1, 2026.

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

113.1 	Sec. 23. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
113.2 	FAMILIES; STANDARDIZED COUNTY-DELEGATED LICENSING.
 113.3 	By January 1, 2026, the commissioner of children, youth, and families must:
113.4 	(1) establish time frames for county licensors to respond to time-sensitive or urgent 
113.5 	requests and implement a system to track response times to the requests; and
113.6 	(2) require county licensors to use the electronic licensing inspection tool during an 
113.7 	inspection of a family child care provider and to complete the inspection report on site with 
113.8 	the license holder, including direct communication related to any correction orders issued.

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

113.10 	Sec. 24. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND 
113.11 	FAMILIES; AMENDING CAPACITY LIMITS.
 113.12 	(a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families must amend Minnesota Rules, 
113.13 	part 9502.0365, subpart 1, item A, to exclude one of the caregiver's own children for the 
113.14 	purposes of the licensed capacity, provided the excluded child is at least eight years old and 
113.15 	the caregiver has never been determined to have maltreated a child or vulnerable adult under 
113.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 626.557 or chapter 260E.
113.17 	(b) For purposes of this section and notwithstanding any other requirements for good 
113.18 	cause exempt rulemaking, the commissioner may use the process under Minnesota Statutes, 
113.19 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not 
113.20 	apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

113.21 	ARTICLE 7
113.22 	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
113.23 	APPROPRIATIONS

113.24	Section 1. CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
113.25 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
113.26 	commissioner of children, youth, and families for the purposes specified in this article. The 
113.27 	appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the 
113.28 	fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article 
113.29 	mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 
113.30 	30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second 
113.31 	year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

114.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
114.2				Available for the Year
	
114.3				Ending June 30
	
114.4					2026
		2027

114.5	Sec. 2. TOTAL APPROPRIATION
 	$
	1,312,562,000
	$
	1,341,630,000

114.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
114.7		2026
	2027
	
114.8	General
	1,084,402,000
	1,093,008,000
	
114.9114.10
	State Government 
Special Revenue
	732,000
	732,000
	
114.11	Federal TANF
	227,428,000
	247,890,000
	
114.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
114.13 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

114.14	Sec. 3. TANF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT

114.15	Subdivision 1.Nonfederal Expenditures
 					
114.16 	The commissioner shall ensure that sufficient 
114.17 	qualified nonfederal expenditures are made 
114.18 	each year to meet the state's maintenance of 
114.19 	effort requirements of the TANF block grant 
114.20 	specified under Code of Federal Regulations, 
114.21 	title 45, section 263.1. In order to meet these 
114.22 	basic TANF maintenance of effort 
114.23 	requirements, the commissioner may report 
114.24 	as TANF maintenance of effort expenditures 
114.25 	only nonfederal money expended for allowable 
114.26 	activities listed in the following clauses:
114.27 	(1) MFIP cash, diversionary work program, 
114.28 	and food assistance benefits under Minnesota 
114.29 	Statutes, chapter 142G;
114.30 	(2) the child care assistance programs under 
114.31 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 142E.04 and 
114.32 	142E.08, and county child care administrative 
115.1 	costs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
115.2 	142E.02, subdivision 9;
115.3 	(3) state and county MFIP administrative costs 
115.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 142G and 
115.5 	256K;
115.6 	(4) state, county, and Tribal MFIP 
115.7 	employment services under Minnesota 
115.8 	Statutes, chapters 142G and 256K;
115.9 	(5) expenditures made on behalf of legal 
115.10 	noncitizen MFIP recipients who qualify for 
115.11 	the MinnesotaCare program under Minnesota 
115.12 	Statutes, chapter 256L;
115.13 	(6) qualifying working family credit 
115.14 	expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 
115.15 	290.0671, and child tax credit expenditures 
115.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 290.0661;
115.17 	(7) qualifying Minnesota education credit 
115.18 	expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 
115.19 	290.0674; and
115.20 	(8) qualifying Head Start expenditures under 
115.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.12.

115.22	Subd. 2.Nonfederal Expenditures; Reporting
 					
115.23 	For the activities listed in subdivision 1, 
115.24 	clauses (2) to (8), the commissioner may 
115.25 	report only expenditures that are excluded 
115.26 	from the definition of assistance under Code 
115.27 	of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 
115.28 	260.31.

115.29	Subd. 3.Supplemental Expenditures
 					
115.30 	For the purposes of this section, the 
115.31 	commissioner may supplement the 
115.32 	maintenance of effort claim with working 
115.33 	family credit expenditures or other qualified 
116.1 	expenditures to the extent such expenditures 
116.2 	are otherwise available after considering the 
116.3 	expenditures allowed in this section.

116.4	Subd. 4.Reduction of Appropriations; Exception
 					
116.5 	The requirement in Minnesota Statutes, section 
116.6 	142A.06, subdivision 3, that federal grants or 
116.7 	aids secured or obtained under that subdivision 
116.8 	be used to reduce any direct appropriations 
116.9 	provided by law does not apply if the grants 
116.10 	or aids are federal TANF funds.

116.11	Subd. 5.IT Appropriations Generally
 					
116.12 	This appropriation includes funds for 
116.13 	information technology projects, services, and 
116.14 	support. Funding for information technology 
116.15 	project costs must be incorporated into the 
116.16 	service level agreement and paid to Minnesota 
116.17 	IT Services by the Department of Children, 
116.18 	Youth, and Families under the rates and 
116.19 	mechanism specified in that agreement.

116.20	Subd. 6.Receipts for Systems Project
 					
116.21 	Appropriations and federal receipts for 
116.22 	information technology systems projects for 
116.23 	MAXIS, PRISM, MMIS, ISDS, METS, and 
116.24 	SSIS must be deposited in the state systems 
116.25 	account authorized in Minnesota Statutes, 
116.26 	section 142A.04. Money appropriated for 
116.27 	information technology projects approved by 
116.28 	the commissioner of Minnesota IT Services 
116.29 	funded by the legislature, and approved by the 
116.30 	commissioner of management and budget may 
116.31 	be transferred from one project to another and 
116.32 	from development to operations as the 
116.33 	commissioner of children, youth, and families 
116.34 	considers necessary. Any unexpended balance 
117.1 	in the appropriation for these projects does not 
117.2 	cancel and is available for ongoing 
117.3 	development and operations.

117.4
117.5	Subd. 7.Federal SNAP Education and Training 
Grants
 					
117.6 	Federal funds available during fiscal years 
117.7 	2026 and 2027 for Supplemental Nutrition 
117.8 	Assistance Program Education and Training 
117.9 	and SNAP Quality Control Performance 
117.10 	Bonus grants are appropriated to the 
117.11 	commissioner of human services for the 
117.12 	purposes allowable under the terms of the 
117.13 	federal award. This subdivision is effective 
117.14 	the day following final enactment.

117.15
117.16	Sec. 4. CENTRAL OFFICE; AGENCY 
SUPPORTS

117.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	138,348,000
	$
	101,945,000

117.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
117.19		2026
	2027
	
117.20	General
	137,516,000
	101,113,000
	
117.21
117.22	State Government 
Special Revenue
	732,000
	732,000
	
117.23	Federal TANF
	100,000
	100,000

117.24	Subd. 2.Information Technology
 					
117.25 	$40,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is for 
117.26 	information technology improvements to 
117.27 	SSIS. The appropriation must be used to 
117.28 	develop and implement a modernization plan 
117.29 	for SSIS that addresses priorities established 
117.30 	through collaborative planning with counties 
117.31 	and Tribal Nations that use SSIS. Priorities 
117.32 	must take into consideration available funding 
117.33 	and have a direct impact on child welfare 
117.34 	casework. The appropriation must not be used 
117.35 	for changes to SSIS that are not part of the 
118.1 	child welfare modernization plan. This is a 
118.2 	onetime appropriation.

118.3	Subd. 3.Base Level Adjustment
 					
118.4 	The general fund base is $95,066,000 in fiscal 
118.5 	year 2028 and $95,066,000 in fiscal year 2029.

118.6
118.7	Sec. 5. CENTRAL OFFICE; CHILD SAFETY 
AND PERMANENCY
 	$
	17,232,000
	$
	16,945,000

118.8
118.9	Sec. 6. CENTRAL OFFICE; EARLY 
CHILDHOOD
 	$
	17,212,000
	$
	13,337,000

118.10
118.11	Subdivision 1.Child Care Attendance and 
Record-Keeping System
 					
118.12 	$5,555,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,639,000 
118.13 	in fiscal year 2027 are to develop a statewide 
118.14 	electronic attendance and record-keeping 
118.15 	system for the child care assistance program. 
118.16 	The system must provide the commissioner, 
118.17 	county agencies, and Tribal Nations that 
118.18 	administer the program with real-time access 
118.19 	to electronic attendance records to verify 
118.20 	children's enrollment in the program. This is 
118.21 	a onetime appropriation.

118.22	Subd. 2.Base Level Adjustment
 					
118.23 	The general fund base is $11,698,000 in fiscal 
118.24 	year 2028 and $11,698,000 in fiscal year 2029.

118.25
118.26	Sec. 7. CENTRAL OFFICE; ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITIES AND YOUTH SERVICES
 	$
	3,852,000
	$
	3,562,000

118.27
118.28	Sec. 8. CENTRAL OFFICE; FAMILY 
WELL-BEING
 	$
	14,147,000
	$
	14,147,000

118.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
118.30		2026
	2027
	
118.31	General
	10,471,000
	10,471,000
	
118.32	Federal TANF
	3,676,000
	3,676,000

118.33
118.34	Sec. 9. FORECASTED PROGRAMS; 
MFIP/DWP
 	$
	230,473,000
	$
	268,167,000

119.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
119.2		2026
	2027
	
119.3	General
	103,272,000
	120,504,000
	
119.4	Federal TANF
	127,201,000
	147,663,000

119.5
119.6	Sec. 10. FORECASTED PROGRAMS; MFIP 
CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE
 	$
	100,244,000
	$
	137,333,000

119.7
119.8	Sec. 11. FORECASTED PROGRAMS; 
NORTHSTAR CARE FOR CHILDREN
 	$
	110,214,000
	$
	116,160,000

119.9119.10
	Sec. 12. GRANT PROGRAMS; SUPPORT 
SERVICES GRANTS
 	$
	111,359,000
	$
	111,359,000

119.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
119.12		2026
	2027
	
119.13	General
	14,908,000
	14,908,000
	
119.14	Federal TANF
	96,451,000
	96,451,000

119.15
119.16
119.17	Sec. 13. GRANT PROGRAMS; BASIC 
SLIDING FEE CHILD ASSISTANCE CARE 
GRANTS
 	$
	137,768,000
	$
	135,212,000

119.18
119.19	Sec. 14. GRANT PROGRAMS; CHILD CARE 
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
 	$
	139,319,000
	$
	138,819,000
	
119.20 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is from the 
119.21 	general fund for child care provider access to 
119.22 	technology grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
119.23 	section 142D.23, subdivision 3, clause (5). 
119.24 	This appropriation is available until fiscal year 
119.25 	2029.

119.26
119.27	Sec. 15. GRANT PROGRAMS; CHILD 
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT GRANTS
 	$
	50,000
	$
	50,000

119.28
119.29	Sec. 16. GRANT PROGRAMS; CHILDREN'S 
SERVICES GRANTS
 	$
	43,204,000
	$
	43,205,000
	
119.30 	The commissioner shall allocate funds from 
119.31 	the state's savings from the Fostering 
119.32 	Connections to Success and Increasing 
119.33 	Adoptions Act's expanded eligibility for Title 
119.34 	IV-E adoption assistance as required in 
119.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 142A.61, and as 
119.36 	allowable under federal law. Additional 
120.1 	savings to the state as a result of the Fostering 
120.2 	Connections to Success and Increasing 
120.3 	Adoptions Act's expanded eligibility for Title 
120.4 	IV-E adoption assistance is for postadoption, 
120.5 	foster care, adoption, and kinship services, 
120.6 	including a parent-to-parent support network 
120.7 	and as allowable under federal law.

120.8
120.9	Sec. 17. GRANT PROGRAMS; CHILDREN 
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS
 	$
	87,984,000
	$
	87,984,000

120.10
120.11	Sec. 18. GRANT PROGRAMS; CHILDREN 
AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT GRANTS
 	$
	14,327,000
	$
	12,426,000

120.12	Subdivision 1.FAIM
 					
120.13 	$209,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $210,000 in 
120.14 	fiscal year 2027 are from the general fund for 
120.15 	the family assets for independence program. 
120.16 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
120.17 	available until fiscal year 2029.

120.18
120.19	Subd. 2.American Indian Food Sovereignty 
Funding Program
 					
120.20 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is for the 
120.21 	American Indian food sovereignty funding 
120.22 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
120.23 	142F.15. This is a onetime appropriation and 
120.24 	is available until June 30, 2027.

120.25	Subd. 3.Minnesota Food Shelf Program
 					
120.26 	$451,000 in fiscal year 2026 is for the 
120.27 	Minnesota food shelf program under 
120.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 142F.14. This is 
120.29 	a onetime appropriation.

120.30	Subd. 4.Prepared Meals Food Relief
 					
120.31 	$451,000 in fiscal year 2026 is for prepared 
120.32 	meals food relief grants under Laws 2023, 
120.33 	chapter 70, article 12, section 33. This is a 
120.34 	onetime appropriation.

121.1	Subd. 5.Minnesota Food Bank Program
 					
121.2 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is for Minnesota's 
121.3 	regional food banks with an annual operating 
121.4 	budget of less than $100,000,000 that the 
121.5 	commissioner contracts with for the purposes 
121.6 	of the emergency food assistance program 
121.7 	(TEFAP). The commissioner shall distribute 
121.8 	funding under this paragraph in accordance 
121.9 	with the federal TEFAP formula and 
121.10 	guidelines of the United States Department of 
121.11 	Agriculture. Funding must be used to purchase 
121.12 	food that will be distributed free of charge to 
121.13 	TEFAP partner agencies. Funding must also 
121.14 	cover the handling and delivery fees typically 
121.15 	paid by food shelves to food banks to ensure 
121.16 	that costs associated with funding under this 
121.17 	paragraph are not incurred at the local level. 
121.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.

121.19	Subd. 6.Base Level Adjustment
 					
121.20 	The general fund base is $12,216,000 in fiscal 
121.21 	year 2028 and $12,216,000 in fiscal year 2029.

121.22
121.23	Sec. 19. GRANT PROGRAMS; EARLY 
LEARNING GRANTS
 	$
	138,688,000
	$
	132,838,000

121.24
121.25	Sec. 20. GRANT PROGRAMS; YOUTH 
SERVICES GRANTS
 	$
	8,141,000
	$
	8,141,000

121.26
121.27	Subdivision 1.Restorative Practices Initiative 
Grant
 					
121.28 	$1,750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,750,000 
121.29 	in fiscal year 2027 are from the general fund 
121.30 	for restorative practices initiative grants. The 
121.31 	general fund base for this appropriation is 
121.32 	$2,500,000 in fiscal year 2028 and $2,500,000 
121.33 	in fiscal year 2029.

122.1	Subd. 2.Base Level Adjustment
 					
122.2 	The general fund base is $8,891,000 in fiscal 
122.3 	year 2028 and $8,891,000 in fiscal year 2029.

122.4	Sec. 21. TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
 	$
	74,493,000
	$
	74,493,000
	
122.5 	This appropriation is from the federal TANF 
122.6 	fund.

122.7 	Sec. 22. Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 8, is amended to read:

122.8
122.9	Sec. 8. OFFICE OF THE FOSTER YOUTH 
OMBUDSPERSON
 	$
	842,000
	$
	759,000
	
122.10 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
122.11 	2027.

122.12 	Sec. 23. CANCELLATIONS.
 122.13 		Subdivision 1.Child welfare initiative grants. $5,294,000 of the fiscal year 2025 
122.14 	general fund appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 22, 
122.15 	paragraph (b), is canceled to the general fund.
122.16 		Subd. 2.Establishing the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. $8,500,000 
122.17 	of the fiscal year 2024 general fund appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, 
122.18 	section 12, paragraph (b), is canceled to the general fund.
122.19 		Subd. 3.Social service information system technology improvements. $5,059,000 
122.20 	of the fiscal year 2024 general fund appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, 
122.21 	section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (g), is canceled to the general fund.

122.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, or 
122.23 	retroactively from June 30, 2025, whichever is earlier.

122.24 	Sec. 24. TRANSFERS.
 122.25 		Subdivision 1.Programs and grants. The commissioner of children, youth, and families, 
122.26 	with the approval of the commissioner of management and budget, may transfer 
122.27 	unencumbered appropriation balances for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, within fiscal 
122.28 	years among MFIP; MFIP child care assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 142E.08; 
122.29 	the entitlement portion of Northstar Care for Children under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
122.30 	142A.60 to 142A.612; and early childhood family education under Minnesota Statutes, 
122.31 	section 142D.11, between fiscal years of the biennium. The commissioner shall inform the 
123.1 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
123.2 	children and families finance and policy quarterly about transfers made under this 
123.3 	subdivision.
123.4 		Subd. 2.Administration. Positions, salary money, and nonsalary administrative money 
123.5 	may be transferred within the Department of Children, Youth, and Families as the 
123.6 	commissioners deem necessary, with the advance approval of the commissioner of 
123.7 	management and budget. The commissioners shall report to the chairs and ranking minority 
123.8 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over children and families finance 
123.9 	quarterly about transfers made under this subdivision.
123.10 		Subd. 3.Interdepartmental transfers. Administrative money may be transferred 
123.11 	between the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and Department of Human 
123.12 	Services or the Department of Education as the commissioners deem necessary, with the 
123.13 	advance approval of the commissioner of management and budget. The commissioners 
123.14 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
123.15 	jurisdiction over children and families finance and policy quarterly about transfers made 
123.16 	under this subdivision.

123.17 	Sec. 25. EXPIRATION OF UNCODIFIED LANGUAGE.
 123.18 	All uncodified language contained in this article expires on June 30, 2027, unless a 
123.19 	different expiration date is explicit or an appropriation is made available beyond June 30, 
123.20 	2027.

123.21 	Sec. 26. APPROPRIATIONS GIVEN EFFECT ONCE.
 123.22 	If an appropriation, transfer, or cancellation in this article is enacted more than once 
123.23 	during the 2025 regular session, the appropriation, transfer, or cancellation must be given 
123.24 	effect once.

123.25 	ARTICLE 8
123.26 	OTHER CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

123.27	Section 1. OTHER AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
123.28 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
123.29 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
123.30 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
123.31 	The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
123.32 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. 
124.1 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" 
124.2 	is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

124.3				APPROPRIATIONS
	
124.4				Available for the Year
	
124.5				Ending June 30
	
124.6					2026
		2027

124.7	Sec. 2. OMBUDSPERSON FOR FAMILIES
 	$
	792,000
	$
	808,000

124.8
124.9	Sec. 3. OMBUDSPERSON FOR AMERICAN 
INDIAN FAMILIES
 	$
	344,000
	$
	347,000

124.10
124.11	Sec. 4. OFFICE OF THE FOSTER YOUTH 
OMBUDSPERSON
 	$
	772,000
	$
	785,000

124.12	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 	$
	7,950,000
	$
	7,950,000

124.13 	Sec. 6. EXPIRATION OF UNCODIFIED LANGUAGE.
 124.14 	All uncodified language contained in this article expires on June 30, 2027, unless a 
124.15 	different expiration date is explicit or an appropriation is made available beyond June 30, 
124.16 	2027.

124.17 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS GIVEN EFFECT ONCE.
 124.18 	If an appropriation, transfer, or cancellation in this article is enacted more than once 
124.19 	during the 2025 regular session, the appropriation, transfer, or cancellation must be given 
124.20 	effect once.

	ARTICLE 1	ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE........	Page.Ln 2.2	
	ARTICLE 2	CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE POLICY........	Page.Ln 2.11	
	ARTICLE 3	CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE FINANCE........	Page.Ln 52.9	
	ARTICLE 4	EARLY CARE AND LEARNING POLICY........	Page.Ln 73.18	
	ARTICLE 5	EARLY CARE AND LEARNING FINANCE........	Page.Ln 76.1	
	ARTICLE 6	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIESLICENSING AND CERTIFICATION POLICY........	Page.Ln 94.1	
	ARTICLE 7	DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES APPROPRIATIONS........	Page.Ln 113.21	
	ARTICLE 8	OTHER CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS........	Page.Ln 123.25