Minnesota Session Laws 2016 to 2026 Index (topics)
CHILD CARE
Accreditation, provider rate differential, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 40
Administration of programs, study, Minn. Law 2026 c 121 art 11 s 3
After-school care, school-age care, see SCHOOL-AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS
Appeals, overpayments, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 40
Child care affordability task force, Minn. Law 2016 c 174
Child care assistance programs
Absent days, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 11, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 8
Administrative disqualification, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 107
Applications, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 7, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 5, 6, 2023 c 70 art 17 s 59
Appropriations for, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 18 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 14 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 16 s 2, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Authorization, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 15, 16, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 9, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 7, 8
Compensation support payments, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 20, 2026 c 127 art 9 s 10
Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 4, 2023 c 70 art 13 s 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 23, 2024 c 80 art 5 s 3 to 2024 c 80 art 5 s 5, 7
Cost estimation model, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 25
Data, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 1, 4, 7
Disqualification, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 41
Eligibility, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 8, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 8
Change in status, reports, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 9
Definitions, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 69 to 2023 c 70 art 10 s 71, 2023 c 70 art 17 s 58
Documentation, exemption, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 77
Generally, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 12, 13
Income, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 79 to 2023 c 70 art 10 s 81
Personal property limitation, exemption, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 7 s 20, 2023 c 70 art 10 s 72 to 2023 c 70 art 10 s 76
Recertification, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 78
Redeterminations, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 8, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 6
Revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 212
Self-employment income, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 7 s 24
Eligibility, lived-experience engagement income, exclusion, Minn. Law 2026 c 100 art 3 s 13
Fraud, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 108
Great start scholarships program, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 2, 19, 20
Homelessness, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 1, 5, 10
Information about, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 20
License-exempt child care centers, decertification, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 89
Participants, reporting requirements, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 31, 2023 c 70 art 10 s 83, 87, 92
Payments, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 21, 22, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 10, 133, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 5, 6
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 11, 2023 c 70 art 13 s 11
Revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 41
Prohibited hiring practices, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 82, 2025 c 38 art 5 s 2
Provider requirements, training, Minn. Law 2026 c 121 art 11 s 1
Providers
Registration, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 1
Requirements, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 3 to 2023 c 70 art 13 s 5
Provisional payments, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 4, 12
Rates, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 26, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 9
Records and record keeping, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 9, 2023 c 70 art 13 s 9, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 12
Termination, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 10 s 92
Violations and penalties, Minn. Law 2025 c 38 art 5 s 3, 32
Wrongfully obtaining assistance, disqualification, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 41
Child care assistance programs, COVID-19, temporary closures, Minn. Law 2022 c 40 s 4
Child care assistance programs, fraud prevention, Minn. Law 2018 c 200 s 8
Child care assistance programs, payments, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 9 s 1, 3
Child care centers, see CHILD CARE CENTERS
Child Care Community Partnerships Office, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 15 s 1, 2023 c 53 art 20 s 2, 2025 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 2
Child care development grants, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 18 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 14 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 16 s 2
Child care improvement grants, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 9, 11, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 19 s 17
Child care improvement grants, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 55
Child care one-stop assistance network, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 2 s 79
Child care provider grants, Minn. Law 2017 c 94 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 7 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 7 art 2 s 8, 2021 1Sp c 10 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 10 art 2 s 19, 2023 c 53 art 20 s 2, 2024 c 120 art 1 s 2, 2025 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 2
Child care services grants, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2
Costs, background checks and studies, Minn. Law 2018 c 166 s 13, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 16 s 9
Costs, child support, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 66 to 2021 c 30 art 10 s 68
Costs, child support, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 213
Data, child care assistance programs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 1
Definitions, child care programs, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 5, 6, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 1 to 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 3, 2020 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 1
Definitions, child care programs, transition year families, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 38
Early care and learning cost estimate model, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 25, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Early childhood mental health consultation grant program, Minn. Law 2026 c 95 art 5 s 3
Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 4 to 2023 c 53 art 12 s 7
Employees, see CHILD CARE WORKERS
Family child care
Compensation support payments, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 20
Licensing, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 14 s 2
Ombudsperson for Family Child Care Providers Office, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 14
Family child care, compensation support payments, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 10
Family child care, licensing, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 1, 5, 2024 c 115 art 19 s 3
Family child foster care, licensing, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 19 s 3
Family day care homes, see FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
Federal child care and development fund, allocations from, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 22 s 2, 5
Fraud investigations
Administrative review, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 17, 43
Appeals, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 18, 2023 c 70 art 8 s 37
Correction orders, reconsideration, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 17
Definitions
Renumbered, Minn. Law 2025 c 21 s 94
Repealed, Minn. Law 2025 c 21 s 95
Definitions, repealed, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 226
Financial misconduct, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 110
Inspector general
Investigative reports to, Minn. Law 2026 c 92 art 2 s 9
Powers and duties, Minn. Law 2026 c 92 art 1 s 7
Sanctions, Minn. Law 2025 c 38 art 5 s 1
Fraud investigations, recovery of money, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 10
Fraud investigations, reporting of suspected fraud, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 19 s 14
Fraud notifications, exclusion list, programs and individuals, Minn. Law 2026 c 92 art 1 s 7
Fraud notifications, financial misconduct, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 24
Grants for
Child care and development block grants, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2017 c 40 art 1 s 13
Child care improvement grants, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 19 s 17
Family, friend, and neighbor grant program, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 12, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Postsecondary students, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 2
Child care grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 2 s 15
Emergency assistance, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 1 s 2
Postsecondary students, child care grants, Minn. Law 2017 c 89 art 1 s 2, 2017 c 89 art 2 s 9, 10
Technology grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 22, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 9, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 4
Grants for, child care improvement grants, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 22 s 2
Grants for, COVID-19 response, Minn. Law 2020 c 71 art 1 s 2
Grants for, early childhood mental health consultation grant program, Minn. Law 2026 c 95 art 5 s 3
Grants for, postsecondary students, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 8, 9
Grants for, postsecondary students, child care grants, Minn. Law 2019 c 64 art 1 s 2
Great Start for All Minnesota Children Task Force, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 14 s 18
Great start scholarships program
Administration, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 12 s 34
Appropriations, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Appropriations for, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 19, 20
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 2
Hearings, child care assistance programs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 106, 2024 c 80 art 1 s 43
Improvement and investment, Child Care Community Partnerships Office, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 15 s 1
Judgments, MFIP, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 40
Labor market research, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 20 s 2
Market rate survey, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 4
MFIP child care assistance grants, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2
MFIP child care program
Appeals, overpayments, judgments, procedures, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 40
Appropriations for, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 18 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 14 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 7 art 16 s 2, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
County boards, duties, redeterminations, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 6
Disqualification, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 41
Eligibility
Educational programs, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 18, 36
Employment or training, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 17
Extended eligibility, determination and authorization, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 19
Generally, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 11
Eligibility, extended eligibility, determination and authorization, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 9
Eligibility, lived-experience engagement income, exclusion, Minn. Law 2026 c 100 art 3 s 13
Eligibility, MFIP recipients, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 2
Eligibility, public assistance reporting information system, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 11
Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 17 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 13 s 1, 2021 c 30 art 18 s 2, 2023 c 70 art 19 s 2, 2024 c 115 art 21 s 2, 2026 c 109 art 4 s 2
Hearings, administrative fraud disqualification, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 43, 2024 c 115 art 18 s 12
Payments, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 40
Quality control/quality assurance, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 32
Recipients, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 40
Violations and penalties, welfare fraud, theft, disqualification, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 41, 2025 c 38 art 5 s 27
MFIP child care program, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2020 c 74 art 4 s 2, 2022 c 98 art 15 s 2
Ombudsperson for family child care providers, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 2 s 3
Ombudsperson for Family Child Care Providers Office, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 14
Parenting leave, see PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE
Parents in Community Action, capital improvement project, Minn. Law 2023 c 71 art 1 s 14
Postsecondary schools, child care grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 2 s 15
Postsecondary students, child care grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 11, 12
Providers
Accreditation, rate differential, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 40
Correction orders, prohibiting quotas, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 9 s 6
Financial assistance, payment to, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 14
Legal nonlicensed child care providers, background checks, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 7 s 9
Legal nonlicensed child care providers, background checks, fees, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 7
Maltreatment reporting, investigations, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 165
Maltreatment reporting, mandatory reporters, policies, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 6
Primary providers, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 16
Secondary providers, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 6 art 7 s 16
Technology grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 22, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 9
Providers, financial misconduct, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 110
Providers, maltreatment reporting, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 7 s 6, 11, 34
Providers, technology grants, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 13 s 4
Quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), Minn. Law 2023 c 54 s 9, 20, 2023 c 70 art 12 s 23
Resource and referral programs, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 7 art 8 s 11
Appropriation, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
Generally, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 13 s 18, 2023 c 70 art 15 s 9
Resource and referral programs, grants for, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 22 s 2
Rural community planning, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 20 s 2, 2025 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 2
Standardized licensing visit timelines and requirements, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 14 s 20
Transportation, school buses, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 3 art 3 s 49
Waivers, legal nonlicensed child care providers, background checks, fees, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 7
Waivers, program requirements, during federal disaster periods, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 3