SF 4832
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/26/2026 09:23 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to child care; modifying requirements for abusive head trauma training
for child care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.65,
subdivision 7; 142B.70, subdivision 6; 142C.12, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Abusive head trauma training.
(a) Before caring for children under school
age, the director, staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must receive training
on the risk of abusive head trauma during orientation and each calendar year thereafter.
(b) Abusive head trauma training under this subdivision must be at least one-half hour
in length. At a minimum, the training must address the risk factors related to shaking infants
and young children, means to reduce the risk of abusive head trauma in child care, and
license holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of abusive head
trauma.new text begin The training must be interactive and must not consist only of reading or viewing
information.
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(c) Except if completed during orientation, training taken under this subdivision may
be used to meet the in-service training requirements under subdivision 9.
(d) The commissioner shall make available for viewing a video presentation on the
dangers associated with shaking infants and young children, which may be used in
conjunction with the annual training required under paragraph (b).
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This section is effective January 1, 2027.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma training.
(a)
License holders must ensure and document that before the license holder, second adult
caregivers, substitutes, and helpers assist in the care of infants, they are instructed on the
standards in section 142B.46 and receive training on reducing the risk of sudden unexpected
infant death. In addition, license holders must ensure and document that before the license
holder, second adult caregivers, substitutes, and helpers assist in the care of infants and
children under school age, they receive training on reducing the risk of abusive head trauma
from shaking infants and young children. The training in this subdivision may be provided
as initial training under subdivision 1 or ongoing annual training under subdivision 8.
(b) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training required under this subdivision
must, at a minimum, address the risk factors related to sudden unexpected infant death,
means of reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death in child care, and license
holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant
death.
(c) Abusive head trauma training required under this subdivision must, at a minimum,
address the risk factors related to shaking infants and young children, means of reducing
the risk of abusive head trauma in child care, and license holder communication with parents
regarding reducing the risk of abusive head trauma.new text begin The training must be interactive and
must not consist only of reading or viewing information.
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(d) Training for family and group family child care providers must be developed by the
commissioner in conjunction with the Minnesota Sudden Infant Death Center and approved
by the Minnesota Center for Professional Development. Sudden unexpected infant death
reduction training and abusive head trauma training may be provided in a single course of
no more than two hours in length.
(e) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive head trauma training
required under this subdivision must be completed in person or as allowed under subdivision
11, clause (1) or (2), at least once every two years. On the years when the individual receiving
training is not receiving training in person or as allowed under subdivision 11, clause (1)
or (2), the individual receiving training in accordance with this subdivision must receive
sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive head trauma training through
a video of no more than one hour in length. The video must be developed or approved by
the commissioner.
(f) An individual who is related to the license holder as defined in section 142B.01,
subdivision 15, and who is involved only in the care of the license holder's own infant or
child under school age and who is not designated to be a second adult caregiver, helper, or
substitute for the licensed program, is exempt from the sudden unexpected infant death and
abusive head trauma training.
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This section is effective January 1, 2027.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Abusive head trauma.
A certified center that cares for a child under school
age must ensure that the director and all staff persons, including substitutes and unsupervised
volunteers, receive training on abusive head trauma before assisting in the care of a child
under school age.new text begin The training must be interactive and must not consist only of reading or
viewing information.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective January 1, 2027.
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