SF 1504

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; directing the commissioner to study child care
provider standards; requiring reports; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin CHILD CARE PROVIDER STUDY.
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new text begin The commissioner of human services is directed to study the implications of
restricting the use of state subsidies in center-based child care to centers meeting state
quality standards under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.175, paragraph (c). By January
1, 2008, the commissioner is directed to report back to the chairs of the house and senate
committees having jurisdiction over child care providers with a report that includes:
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new text begin (1) the likelihood of there being sufficient child care providers meeting the standards;
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new text begin (2) the cost to bring providers up to the standards and how this cost would be funded;
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new text begin (3) how the standards and the ratings would be communicated to both parents and
the general public; and
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new text begin (4) a determination whether a similar system could be implemented for
non-center-based care.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... is appropriated for fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the commissioner
of human services for the purposes of section 1.
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