Minnesota SF 1786: Age-Friendly Minnesota Council establishment

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to children and families; modifying relative foster care licensing, training,​
1.3 and background study requirements; modifying the Minnesota family investment​
1.4 program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections​
1.5 142B.01, subdivision 15; 142B.05, subdivision 3; 142B.47; 142B.51, subdivision​
1.6 2; 142B.80; 142E.01, subdivisions 14, 19; 142G.01, subdivision 8; 142G.40,​
1.7 subdivision 4; 245C.02, by adding a subdivision; 245C.15, subdivision 4a;​
1.8 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 142B.​
1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.01, subdivision 15, is amended to read:​
1.11 Subd. 15.Individual who is related."Individual who is related" means a spouse, a​
1.12 parent, a birth or adopted child or stepchild, a stepparent, a stepbrother, a stepsister, a niece,​
1.13 a nephew, an adoptive parent, a grandparent, a sibling, an aunt, an uncle, or a legal guardian.​
1.14 For purposes of family child foster care, "individual who is related" includes an individual​
1.15 who is an important individual of the child or of the child's parent or custodian. Important​
1.16 individual means an individual with whom the child has resided or had significant contact​
1.17 or who has a significant relationship to the child or the child's parent or custodian.​
1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
1.19 Subd. 3.Foster care by an individual who is related to a child; license required.(a)​
1.20 Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), in order to provide foster care for​
1.21 a child, an individual who is related to the child, other than a parent, or legal guardian, must​
1.22 be licensed by the commissioner except as provided by section 142B.06.​
1.23 (b) An individual who is related to the child may seek foster care licensure through the​
1.24 county agency or a private agency in the community designated or licensed by the​
1​Sec. 2.​
S1786-2 2nd Engrossment​SF1786 REVISOR DTT​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1786​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE, Mohamed and Oumou Verbeten)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​478​02/24/2025​
Referred to Health and Human Services​
Author added Mohamed​580​02/27/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety​687a​03/10/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services​989a​03/24/2025​
Author added Oumou Verbeten​1114​03/27/2025​
See First Special Session, HF2​

2.1 commissioner. The county agency must provide information to all potential relative foster​
2.2 care providers about this choice, including information about available private agencies for​
2.3 foster care licensure.​
2.4 (c) The commissioner must develop materials for the county agency to distribute at​
2.5 regular intervals to all potential relative foster care providers and licensed relative foster​
2.6 care providers, advising such providers on:​
2.7 (1) access to legal services and support;​
2.8 (2) choice in licensing under paragraph (b);​
2.9 (3) choice in ongoing case support;​
2.10 (4) how to access respite care and strategies for leveraging natural supports for the child​
2.11 and family; and​
2.12 (5) ways to include resource or substitute caregivers in the child's case plan.​
2.13 (d) If an individual who is related to a child is seeking licensure to provide foster care​
2.14 for the child and the individual has a domestic partner but is not married to the domestic​
2.15 partner, only the individual related to the child must be licensed to provide foster care. The​
2.16 commissioner must conduct background studies on household members according to section​
2.17 245C.03, subdivision 1.​
2.18 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.47, is amended to read:​
2.19 142B.47 TRAINING ON RISK OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH​
2.20 AND ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA FOR CHILD FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS.​
2.21 (a) Licensed child foster care providers, except individuals related to the child, that care​
2.22 for infants or children through five years of age must document that before caregivers assist​
2.23 in the care of infants or children through five years of age, they the caregivers are instructed​
2.24 on the standards in section 142B.46 and receive training on reducing the risk of sudden​
2.25 unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma from shaking infants and young children.​
2.26 Licensed child foster care providers who are related to the child must document completion​
2.27 of the training required under this section within 30 days after licensure. This section does​
2.28 not apply to emergency relative placement under section 142B.06. The training on reducing​
2.29 the risk of sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma may be provided as:​
2.30 (1) orientation training to ch