HF 3824

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/15/2024 09:36am

A bill for an act
relating to child protection; adding requirements for reporting when a peace officer
takes a child into immediate custody; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
256M.80, subdivision 1; 257.0725; 260C.175, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256M.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

County evaluation.

Each county shall submit to the commissioner data
from the past calendar year on the outcomes and performance indicators in the service plan. new text begin
For each removal of a child by a peace officer under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause
(2), each county shall submit information to the commissioner identifying the law
enforcement agency that removed the child, the address and setting where the removal
occurred, and the date and time of the removal. new text end The commissioner shall prescribe standard
methods to be used by the counties in providing the data. The data shall be submitted no
later than March 1 of each year.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 257.0725, is amended to read:

257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.

(a) The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual report on child
maltreatment and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer
with counties, child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and
other groups on how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report.
In regard to child maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment
reports received and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to
include in a report on child maltreatment. new text begin For each removal of a child by a peace officer
under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause (2), the report shall include information
identifying the law enforcement agency that removed the child, the address and setting
where the removal occurred, and the date and time of the removal. new text end In regard to children in
out-of-home placement, the report shall include, by county and statewide, information on
legal status, living arrangement, age, sex, race, accumulated length of time in placement,
reason for most recent placement, race of family with whom placed, school enrollments
within seven days of placement pursuant to section 120A.21, and other information deemed
appropriate on all children in out-of-home placement. Out-of-home placement includes
placement in any facility by an authorized child-placing agency.

(b) This section expires January 1, 2032.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260C.175, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end

new text begin Notice to commissioner of human services. new text end

new text begin If a peace officer takes a child
into immediate custody for relative placement or shelter care pursuant to subdivision 1,
clause (2), the responsible social services agency must notify the commissioner of human
services within seven days of the date that the child was taken into immediate custody. The
notice given by the responsible social services agency must identify the law enforcement
agency that took the child into immediate custody, the address and setting where the removal
into immediate custody occurred, and the date and time of the removal into immediate
custody.
new text end