HF 4316
1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/08/2026 09:11 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to children; modifying licensing actions to indicate whether a violation
was self-reported; requiring child care programs to give parents materials on how
to recognize abuse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.16,
subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 142B.17, subdivision 1; 142B.18, by adding
a subdivision; 142B.61, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2025
Supplement, section 142B.171, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Contents of correction orders and conditional licenses.
(a) If the
commissioner finds that the applicant or license holder has failed to comply with an
applicable law or rule and this failure does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or
rights of the persons served by the program, the commissioner may issue a correction order
and an order of conditional license to the applicant or license holder. When issuing a
conditional license, the commissioner shall consider the nature, chronicity, or severity of
the violation of law or rule and the effect of the violation on the health, safety, or rights of
persons served by the program. The correction order or conditional license must state the
following in plain language:
(1) the conditions that constitute a violation of the law or rule;
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(2) whether the conditions were self-reported by the applicant or license holder;
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deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end the specific law or rule violated;
deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end the time allowed to correct each violation; and
deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end if a license is made conditional, the length and terms of the conditional license,
and the reasons for making the license conditional.
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits the commissioner from proposing a sanction as
specified in section 142B.18, prior to issuing a correction order or conditional license.
(c) The commissioner may issue a correction order and an order of conditional license
to the applicant or license holder through the provider licensing and reporting hub.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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If the commissioner posts an order
of conditional license or a correction order for a licensed family child care provider or child
care center on the department's website, the summary information posted for the order must
include, at a minimum, whether the license holder self-reported the conditions that constitute
the violation of law or rule cited in the order.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Fix-it ticket.
(a) In lieu of a correction order under section 142B.16, the
commissioner shall issue a fix-it ticket to a family child care or child care center license
holder if the commissioner finds that:
(1) the license holder has failed to comply with a requirement in this chapter or Minnesota
Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be eligible for a fix-it
ticket;
(2) the violation does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or rights of the persons
served by the program;
(3) the license holder did not receive a fix-it ticket or correction order for the violation
at the license holder's last licensing inspection;
(4) the violation can be corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; and
(5) the license holder corrects the violation at the time of inspection or agrees to correct
the violation within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
(b) The fix-it ticket must state:
(1) the conditions that constitute a violation of the law or rule;
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(2) whether the conditions were self-reported by the license holder;
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deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end that the violation was corrected at the time of inspection or must be corrected
within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
(c) The commissioner shall not publicly publish a fix-it ticket on the department's website.
(d) Within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, of receiving a fix-it
ticket, the license holder must correct the violation and within one week submit evidence
to the licensing agency that the violation was corrected.
(e) If the violation is not corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, or the evidence submitted is insufficient to establish that
the license holder corrected the violation, the commissioner must issue a correction order
for the violation of Minnesota law or rule identified in the fix-it ticket according to section
142B.16.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 142B.171, subdivision 2, is amended
to read:
Subd. 2.
Documented technical assistance.
(a) In lieu of a correction order under section
142B.16, the commissioner shall provide documented technical assistance to a family child
care or child care center license holder if the commissioner finds that:
(1) the license holder has failed to comply with a requirement in this chapter or Minnesota
Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be low risk as determined
by the child care weighted risk system;
(2) the noncompliance does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or rights of the
persons served by the program; and
(3) the license holder did not receive documented technical assistance or a correction
order for the same violation at the license holder's most recent annual licensing inspection.
(b) Documented technical assistance must include communication from the commissioner
to the license holder that:
(1) states the conditions that constitute a violation of a law or rule;
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(2) identifies whether the conditions were self-reported by the license holder;
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deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end references the specific law or rule violated; and
deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end explains remedies for correcting the violation.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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(a) For an order of license suspension, a temporary
immediate suspension, a fine, or a revocation issued by the commissioner to a licensed
family child care provider or child care center under this section, the order must indicate
whether the conditions that constitute the violation of law or rule were self-reported by the
license holder.
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(b) If the commissioner posts an order of license suspension, a temporary immediate
suspension, a fine, or a revocation for a licensed family child care provider or child care
center on the department's website, the summary information posted for the order must
include, at a minimum, whether the license holder self-reported the conditions that constitute
the violation of law or rule cited in the order.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.61, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
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(a) Upon a child's enrollment, a
licensed child care center and family child care provider must provide parents and caregivers
with written materials approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (c) on how to
recognize the signs of physical abuse and neglect in infants and children and how to report
suspected physical abuse or neglect. The parent or caregiver enrolling the child must sign
an attestation that they received the written materials.
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(b) A licensed child care center and family child care provider must post and maintain
a poster approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (c). The poster must be
posted in a place that is visible to people receiving services and all visitors to the facility.
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(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, must:
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(1) approve written materials to educate parents and caregivers on how to recognize the
signs of physical abuse and neglect in infants and children and how to report suspected
physical abuse or neglect. At a minimum, the materials must be available in English and
the three most commonly spoken non-English languages in the state as determined by the
state demographer for the previous calendar year;
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(2) approve a poster to educate parents and caregivers on how to recognize the signs of
physical abuse and neglect in infants and children and how to report suspected physical
abuse or neglect; and
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(3) review and update the written materials and poster every five years.
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This section is effective January 15, 2027.
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