1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; appropriating money for grants to family and group family 
1.3 	day care providers; requiring reports.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	employment and economic development for grants to family and group family day care 
1.8 	providers licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A, and Minnesota Rules, part 9503, 
1.9 	to increase the supply of quality child care providers. Grants under this section shall be in 
1.10 	amounts of at least $500, but not exceeding $2,000, and must be used for either the cost of 
1.11 	starting a child care business or the cost of becoming Parent Aware rated. In awarding 
1.12 	grants, the commissioner must give priority to providers in communities that have a 
1.13 	documented shortage of child care providers in the area.
1.14 	By January 1 of each year, starting in 2020, the commissioner must report to the standing 
1.15 	committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over child care and economic development 
1.16 	on the outcomes of the program to date, including but not limited to the number of new 
1.17 	programs created, the number of providers that became Parent Aware rated, the number of 
1.18 	new child care provider jobs created, and the resulting increase in child care capacity.