Minnesota Legislature
HF 1499
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/26/2025 02:52pm
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A bill for an act
relating to child care; modifying the modernization of family child care regulations;
amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81, is amended
to read:
Sec. 81. FAMILY CHILD CARE REGULATION MODERNIZATION.
(a) The commissioner of deleted text begin human services shalldeleted text end new text begin children, youth, and families mustnew text end contract
with an experienced and independent organization or individual consultantnew text begin , other than the
National Association for Regulatory Administration,new text end to conduct the work outlined in this
section. deleted text begin If practicable, the commissioner must contract with the National Association for
Regulatory Administration.
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(b) The consultant must develop a proposal for updated family child care licensing
standards and solicit input from stakeholders as described in paragraph (d).new text begin The proposed
new standards must protect the health and safety of children in family child care programs
and be child centered, family friendly, and fair to providers.
new text end
(c) The consultant must new text begin work with stakeholders and the Department of Children, Youth,
and Families, as described in paragraph (d), to new text end develop a proposal for a risk-based model
for monitoring compliance with family child care licensing standardsdeleted text begin , grounded in national
regulatory best practicesdeleted text end . Violations in the new model must be weighted to reflect the
potential risk they pose to children's health and safety, and licensing sanctions must be tied
to the potential risk. deleted text begin The proposed new model must protect the health and safety of children
in family child care programs and be child-centered, family-friendly, and fair to providers.
deleted text end
(d) The consultant deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end develop and implement a stakeholder engagement process
that solicits input from parents, licensed family child care providers, county licensors, staff
of the Department of deleted text begin Human Servicesdeleted text end new text begin Children, Youth, and Familiesnew text end , and experts in child
development about licensing standards, tiers for violations of the standards based on the
potential risk of harm that each violation poses, and licensing sanctions for each tier.new text begin The
consultant and commissioner must engage with working groups of licensed family child
care providers at least five times throughout the stakeholder engagement process.
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(e) The consultant deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end solicit input from deleted text begin parents,deleted text end licensed family child care
providers, county licensors, and staff of the Department of deleted text begin Human Servicesdeleted text end new text begin Children, Youth,
and Familiesnew text end about which family child care providers should be eligible for abbreviated
inspections that predict compliance with other licensing standards for licensed family child
care providers deleted text begin using key indicators previously identified by an empirically based statistical
methodology developed by the National Association for Regulatory Administration and the
Research Institute for Key Indicatorsdeleted text end .
(f) No later than February 1, deleted text begin 2024deleted text end new text begin 2026new text end , the commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end submit a report
and proposed legislation required to implement the new licensing model and the new
licensing standards to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over child care regulation.
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(g) The proposals developed under paragraphs (b) and (c), any documents used in the
stakeholder engagement process under paragraph (d) or when soliciting input under paragraph
(e), and the report required under paragraph (f) must also be made available in Hmong,
Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
new text end
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(h) The updated family child care licensing standards proposed under paragraph (b) and
the risk-based model for monitoring compliance with family child care licensing standards
proposed under paragraph (c) must not be implemented any earlier than January 1, 2027.
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