Minnesota Session Laws 2004 to 2026 Index (topics)
child placement
See also ADOPTION; FOSTER CARE
adoption, see ADOPTION
African American and disproportionately represented children
Case reviews, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 9, 12
Generally, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 12
Technical corrections, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 4, 8
Child placement proceedings, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8
Child placement proceedings, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 16
Child-placing agencies, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 6, 8
Emergency removal or placement of child, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 7, 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 10
Involuntary placement proceedings, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8
Out-of-home placement, preferences, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 8
Relative placement, noncustodial parents, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 6
Relative placement, noncustodial parents, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 160
Relative placement, noncustodial parents, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 9
Reports about, African American Child and Family Well-Being Unit, annual census, compliance data, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 9
Reports about, African American Child Well-Being Unit, annual census, compliance data, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 11
Right to counsel, parent or custodian, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 7
Background checks
Emergency placement, Minn. Law 2007 c 8
Requirement, generally, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 3 s 29, 30
Background checks, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2009 c 163 art 1 s 4, 9
Caregivers, data about, access by juvenile courts, Minn. Law 2008 c 361 art 6 s 34 to 2008 c 361 art 6 s 36
Child custody, see CHILD CUSTODY
Child in Voluntary Foster Care for Treatment Act, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 49 to 2021 c 30 art 10 s 54
Child-placing agencies
African American and disproportionately represented children
Duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 6, 8
Duties, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2026 c 88 art 1 s 160
Family preservation grants, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 13, 22, 2026 c 127 art 19 s 13
African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act
Active efforts, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 4
Child status determination information, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 2
Definitions, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 3
Definitions, disproportionality, repealed, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 14
Safety plans, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 4, 2026 c 127 art 11 s 3
Best interests of child, policy of state, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 2, 8
Child abuse and maltreatment, Indian children, information sharing with Tribal agency, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 16
Cultural competency training, African American and disproportionately represented children, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 10
Cultural competency training, child welfare system, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 5
Disclosure, communicable diseases, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 26
Foster care agencies, care of individuals on medical monitoring equipment, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 25
Indian children, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 16, 19, 27
Active efforts to preserve family, findings, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19
Duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 18, 26 to 32, 2024 c 127 art 66 s 18
Indian Family Preservation Act
Active efforts, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 18
Definitions, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 6
Indian Family Preservation Act, active efforts, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 12 s 5, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19
Personnel requirements, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 19 s 28, 30
Training, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 10
Training, mandatory reporters, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 8 s 36
Child-placing agencies, Indian children, transferring case to title IV-E agency, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 6
Child-placing agencies, Indian Family Preservation Act, conflict resolution, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 294
Child-placing agencies, Ombudsperson for Foster Youth, duties, Minn. Law 2022 c 63 s 4
Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Law 2012 c 216 art 1 s 17, 18
Children in need of protection or services (CHIPS), see CHILDREN IN NEED OF PROTECTION OR SERVICES
African American and disproportionately represented children, responsible social services agencies, conduct, case reviews, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 9, 12
Case plans, responsible social services agencies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 33
Definition, Juvenile Court Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 4 s 5
Immediate custody, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 6
Independent living plans, transition to adulthood, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 13
Monthly caseworker visits, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 20
Out-of-home placement plans, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 8
Noncustodial parent, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 10
Relatives, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 11, 21
Out-of-home placement plans, residential treatment programs, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 77 to 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 89, 96
Out-of-home placement plans, responsible social services agencies, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 18 s 36
Out-of-home placement plans, written findings, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 19
Permanency planning, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 25, 26
Physical and mental examinations, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 74
Children in need of protection or services (CHIPS), appellate counsel and training office, parent attorneys, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 3 s 1
Children under guardianship of Human Services Department, adoption procedures, Minn. Law 2012 c 216 art 1 s 26 to 2012 c 216 art 1 s 43
Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 8 s 24 to 2024 c 80 art 8 s 30, 2025 c 21 s 61
Definitions
African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 3
Disproportionality, repealed, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 14
Disproportionately represented child, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 11 s 1
Indian Family Preservation Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 3 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 14, 56
Juvenile Court Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 12 s 6 to 2024 c 115 art 12 s 9
Definitions, Juvenile Court Act, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 67 to 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 73, 2022 c 98 art 8 s 5, 2023 c 70 art 14 s 8, 9
Developmentally disabled children, voluntary placement agreements, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 21
Disclosure, child-placing agencies, communicable diseases, foster care placement, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 26
Emergency placement, background checks, Minn. Law 2007 c 8
Emergency relative placement, Minn. Law 2008 c 361 art 6 s 36
Emotionally disturbed children, voluntary placement agreements, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 21
Family and permanency teams, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 67, 85 to 87
Family First Prevention Services Act support and development grant program, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 14 s 2, 2023 c 70 art 20 s 2
foster care, see FOSTER CARE
Home studies, Minn. Law 2014 c 291 art 1 s 6
Independent living plans, transition to adulthood, review, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 13
Indian children
Active efforts to preserve family, findings, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 19
Child placement proceedings
Improper removal invalidation, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 28
Tribal court, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Child placement proceedings, improper removal, invalidation, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 41
Child-placing agencies, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 18
Conforming changes, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 31 to 2023 c 16 s 35, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 15 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 17, 33 to 40, 42 to 48
Emergency placement, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 51
Emergency removal or placement of child, temporary state court jurisdiction, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 15
Family and permanency teams, membership, tribal representative, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 87
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Compliance, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 52 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 54
Generally, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 26 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 32
Guardians ad litem, training, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Involuntary child placement proceedings, tribal court, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Involuntary placement proceedings, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Out-of-home placement, improper removal invalidation, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 28
Out-of-home placement plans, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 86, 88
Parent or custodian consent, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 23, 24, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 23 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 25
Return of custody, improper removal invalidation, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 28
Right to counsel, parent or custodian, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27, 2024 c 115 art 17 s 29
Tribal court jurisdiction, Minn. Law 2023 c 16 s 27
Voluntary foster placement for treatment, compliance with ICWA, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 17 s 52 to 2024 c 115 art 17 s 54
Indian children, active efforts to preserve family, findings, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 216
Indian children, out-of-home placements, reimbursement to counties and tribes, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 14
Indian children, out-of-home placements, transferring case to title IV-E agency, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 6
Indian children, preadoptive or adoptive placement of Indian children, Minn. Law 2013 c 65
Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, Minn. Law 2008 c 361 art 6 s 23, 59
Interstate compact, technical corrections, Minn. Law 2009 c 163 art 1
Juvenile protection proceedings, Minn. Law 2022 c 98 art 8 s 4
Juvenile protection proceedings, generally, Minn. Law 2012 c 216 art 4 s 1
Juvenile protection proceedings, purpose, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 13
Legal representation for children, grants for, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 2 s 3, 2025 c 35 art 2 s 3
Licenses, Children, Youth, and Families Department, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 2
Licenses, human services licensing, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 2 s 4
Local social services agencies, relative search, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 41
Out-of-home placement programs, county costs, 2009 aid to counties, Minn. Law 2008 c 366 art 2 s 13
Out-of-home placements
African American and disproportionately represented children, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 4, 5
American Indian child welfare projects, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 7
Educational stability, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 18
Independent living plans, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 21
Indian children, transferring case to title IV-E agency, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 6
Reports about, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 16
Residential treatment programs, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 77, 86, 88, 89
Youth 18 and older
Eligibility, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 22, 23
Termination, Minn. Law 2026 c 127 art 9 s 24
Youth 18 and older, review, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 12
Out-of-home placements, appellate counsel and training office, parent attorneys, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 3 s 1
Out-of-home placements, mental health screening, Minn. Law 2025 c 38 art 4 s 13
Out-of-home placements, residential treatment programs, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 10
Out-of-state placement report, Minn. Law 2023 c 70 art 14 s 40
Permanency planning
Concurrent permanency planning, juvenile courts, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 25, 26
Youth 18 and older, out-of-home placement plans, review, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 3 art 10 s 29
Permanency planning, residential treatment programs, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 86, 87, 89, 90
Permanency proceedings, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 14, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 33, 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 83
Background studies, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 25 s 4 to 2014 c 312 art 25 s 6
Out-of-home placements, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 25 s 29
Relative custody, Minn. Law 2014 c 312 art 25 s 30
Permanency review, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 18
placement prevention, Minn. Law 2005 c 136 art 15 s 5, 2005 c 159 art 2 s 11, 12, 15, 18
Placement prevention and family reunification, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 7
Placement with relative or friend, Minn. Law 2012 c 216 art 1 s 13, 18
Procedures, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 14
Relative caregiver support grants, Minn. Law 2024 c 115 art 12 s 33, 2024 c 115 art 22 s 2
Relatives, searches for, responsible social services agencies, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 117 s 6
Residential family-based substance use disorder treatment programs, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 26
Residential treatment programs, placement, generally, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 5 s 85
Review of court-ordered placements, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 18
Review of placements, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 17
Social and medical histories, Minn. Law 2021 c 30 art 10 s 29
Transition to adulthood, independent living plans, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 9 art 1 s 32
Transition to adulthood, independent living plans, review, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 13
Unlicensed emergency relative placement, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 3 s 1
Voluntary placement agreements, Minn. Law 2007 c 147 art 1 s 21
Youth 18 and older, out-of-home placement plans, review, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 15 s 12