1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; establishing a technical assistance notice in certain 
1.3 	circumstances; requiring a report;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 245A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [245A.066] TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NOTICE.
1.7 	(a) In lieu of a correction order under section 245A.06, or a fix-it ticket under section 
1.8 	245A.065, the commissioner shall issue a technical assistance notice to a family child care 
1.9 	license holder or child care center license holder if the commissioner finds that:
1.10 	(1) the license holder failed to comply with a requirement under this chapter or Minnesota 
1.11 	Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be eligible for a technical 
1.12 	assistance notice; and
1.13 	(2) the violation presents a low risk of harm or no risk of harm and does not imminently 
1.14 	endanger the health, safety, or rights of the persons served by the program.
1.15 	(b) The technical assistance notice must state:
1.16 	(1) the conditions that violate a law or rule;
1.17 	(2) the specific law or rule violated; and
1.18 	(3) instructions on how to correct the violation.
1.19 	(c) The commissioner shall not publicly publish a license holder's technical assistance 
1.20 	notice on the department's website.
2.1 	(d) The commissioner shall post on the department's website the violations that are 
2.2 	eligible for a technical assistance notice.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective November 1, 2019.

2.4 	Sec. 2. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER.
 2.5 	The commissioner of human services shall, following consultation with family child 
2.6 	care license holders, child care center license holders, parents, and county agencies, issue 
2.7 	a report by November 1, 2019, that identifies the violations of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
2.8 	245A, and Minnesota Rules, chapters 9502 and 9503, that are eligible for a technical 
2.9 	assistance notice. The commissioner shall provide the report to county agencies and the 
2.10 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
2.11 	child care and shall post the report to the department's website.