HF 3009

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 04/01/2025 11:25am

A bill for an act
relating to child protection; modifying the multidisciplinary child protection team
and its duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.02, subdivisions
1, 2, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Establishment of team.

A county shall establish a multidisciplinary
child protection team that may include but is not limited to the director of the local welfare
agency or designees, the county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or designees,
representatives of health and education, representatives of mental health, representatives of
agencies providing specialized services or responding to youth who experience or are at
risk of experiencing sex or labor trafficking or sexual exploitation new text begin or whose family members
have been identified as missing and murdered Indigenous relatives new text end , or other appropriate
human services, children's services, or community-based agencies, and parent groups. As
used in this section, a "community-based agency" may include, but is not limited to, schools,
social services agencies, new text begin Tribal social services agencies, new text end family service and mental health
collaboratives, children's advocacy centers, early childhood and family education programs,
Head Start, or other agencies serving children and families. A member of the team must be
designated as the lead person of the team responsible for the planning process to develop
standards for the team's activities with battered women's and domestic abuse programs and
services.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Duties of team.

A multidisciplinary child protection team may provide public
and professional education, develop resources for prevention, intervention, and treatment,
and provide case consultation to the local welfare agency or other interested community-based
agencies. The community-based agencies may request case consultation from the
multidisciplinary child protection team regarding a child or family for whom the
community-based agency is providing services. As used in this section, "case consultation"
means a case review process in which recommendations are made concerning services to
be provided to the identified children and family. Case consultation may be performed by
a committee or subcommittee of members representing human services or children's services,
including mental health and substance use disorder providers; law enforcement, including
probation and parole; new text begin Tribal law enforcement; new text end the county attorney; a children's advocacy
center; health care; education; community-based agencies and other necessary agencies;
and persons directly involved in an individual case as designated by other members
performing case consultation.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 260E.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. new text end

new text begin A multidisciplinary child
protection team may assist the local welfare agency, the local law enforcement agency, or
an appropriate private organization in developing a responsive program for youth who are
at risk of going missing or being murdered, or whose family member has been identified
as a missing and murdered Indigenous relative. At least one representative of a nonprofit
agency serving youth who are at risk of going missing or being murdered, or an agency
serving families with missing and murdered Indigenous relatives, shall be appointed to and
serve on the multidisciplinary child protection team in addition to the standing members of
the team.
new text end