HF 1680

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 04/11/2019 12:23pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; clarifying child care assistance program record-keeping
requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 119B.125, subdivision
6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 119B.125, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Record-keeping requirement.

new text begin (a) new text end All providers receiving child care assistance
payments must keep daily attendance records at the site where services are delivered for
children receiving child care assistance and must make those records available immediately
to the county or the commissioner upon request. new text begin Attendance records that are not immediately
made available to the county or the commissioner upon request are not valid for purposes
of establishing proof that a child was present during the time period in question.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end The attendance records must be completed daily and include the date, the first and
last name of each child in attendance, and the times when each child is dropped off and
picked up. To the extent possible, the times that the child was dropped off to and picked up
from the child care provider must be entered by the person dropping off or picking up the
child.

new text begin (c) new text end The daily attendance records must be retained at the site where services are delivered
for six years after the date of service.

new text begin (d) new text end A county or the commissioner may deny authorization as a child care provider to
any applicant, rescind authorization of any provider, or establish an overpayment claim in
the system against a current or former provider, when the county or the commissioner knows
or has reason to believe that the provider has not complied with the record-keeping
requirement in this subdivision.

new text begin (e) If an attendance record is found to be insufficient to support the information submitted
on a billing form, a county or the commissioner may establish an overpayment claim in the
system against a current or former provider, regardless of whether a child was eligible for
an absent day payment under section 119B.13, subdivision 7.
new text end

new text begin (f) new text end A provider's failure to produce attendance records as requested on more than one
occasion constitutes grounds for disqualification as a provider.