Minnesota SF 1232: Electronic roster pilot project and task force establishment and appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to child care; modifying the modernization of family child care regulations;​
1.3 amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81, is amended​
1.6 to read:​
1.7 Sec. 81. FAMILY CHILD CARE REGULATION MODERNIZATION.​
1.8 (a) The commissioner of human services shall children, youth, and families must contract​
1.9 with an experienced and independent organization or individual consultant, other than the​
1.10 National Association for Regulatory Administration, to conduct the work outlined in this​
1.11 section. If practicable, the commissioner must contract with the National Association for​
1.12 Regulatory Administration.​
1.13 (b) The consultant must develop a proposal for updated family child care licensing​
1.14 standards and solicit input from stakeholders as described in paragraph (d). The proposed​
1.15 new standards must protect the health and safety of children in family child care programs​
1.16 and be child centered, family friendly, and fair to providers.​
1.17 (c) The consultant must work with stakeholders and the Department of Children, Youth,​
1.18 and Families, as described in paragraph (d), to develop a proposal for a risk-based model​
1.19 for monitoring compliance with family child care licensing standards, grounded in national​
1.20 regulatory best practices. Violations in the new model must be weighted to reflect the​
1.21 potential risk they pose to children's health and safety, and licensing sanctions must be tied​
1​Section 1.​
25-02066 as introduced​01/15/25 REVISOR DTT/ES​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1232​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: WIKLUND, Mitchell and Pha)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​339​02/10/2025​
Referred to Health and Human Services​
Author added Mitchell​492​02/24/2025​
Author added Pha​873​03/17/2025​
See First Special Session, HF2​

2.1 to the potential risk. The proposed new model must protect the health and safety of children​
2.2 in family child care programs and be child-centered, family-friendly, and fair to providers.​
2.3 (d) The consultant shall must develop and implement a stakeholder engagement process​
2.4 that solicits input from parents, licensed family child care providers, county licensors, staff​
2.5 of the Department of Human Services Children, Youth, and Families, and experts in child​
2.6 development about licensing standards, tiers for violations of the standards based on the​
2.7 potential risk of harm that each violation poses, and licensing sanctions for each tier. The​
2.8 consultant and commissioner must engage with working groups of licensed family child​
2.9 care providers at least five times throughout the stakeholder engagement process.​
2.10 (e) The consultant shall must solicit input from parents, licensed family child care​
2.11 providers, county licensors, and staff of the Department of Human Services Children, Youth,​
2.12 and Families about which family child care providers should be eligible for abbreviated​
2.13 inspections that predict compliance with other licensing standards for licensed family child​
2.14 care providers using key indicators previously identified by an empirically based statistical​
2.15 methodology developed by the National Association for Regulatory Administration and the​
2.16 Research Institute for Key Indicators.​
2.17 (f) No later than February 1, 2024 2026, the commissioner shall must submit a report​
2.18 and proposed legislation required to implement the new licensing model and the new​
2.19 licensing standards to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees​
2.20 with jurisdiction over child care regulation.​
2.21 (g) The proposals developed under paragraphs (b) and (c), any documents used in the​
2.22 stakeholder engagement process under paragraph (d) or when soliciting input under paragraph​
2.23 (e), and the report required under paragraph (f) must also be made available in Hmong,​
2.24 Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.​
2.25 (h) The updated family child care licensing standards proposed under paragraph (b) and​
2.26 the risk-based model for monitoring compliance with family child care licensing standards​
2.27 proposed under paragraph (c) must not be implemented any earlier than January 1, 2027.​
2​Section 1.​
25-02066 as introduced​01/15/25 REVISOR DTT/ES​