Minnesota HF 3824: Requirements added for reporting when a peace officer takes a child into immediate custody.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to child protection; adding requirements for reporting when a peace officer​
1.3 takes a child into immediate custody; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections​
1.4 256M.80, subdivision 1; 257.0725; 260C.175, by adding a subdivision.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256M.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subdivision 1.County evaluation.Each county shall submit to the commissioner data​
1.8 from the past calendar year on the outcomes and performance indicators in the service plan.​
1.9 For each removal of a child by a peace officer under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause​
1.10 (2), each county shall submit information to the commissioner identifying the law​
1.11 enforcement agency that removed the child, the address and setting where the removal​
1.12 occurred, and the date and time of the removal. The commissioner shall prescribe standard​
1.13 methods to be used by the counties in providing the data. The data shall be submitted no​
1.14 later than March 1 of each year.​
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 257.0725, is amended to read:​
1.16 257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.​
1.17 (a) The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual report on child​
1.18 maltreatment and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer​
1.19 with counties, child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and​
1.20 other groups on how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report.​
1.21 In regard to child maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment​
1.22 reports received and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to​
1​Sec. 2.​
REVISOR BD/RC 24-06422​01/31/24 ​
State of Minnesota​
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No. 3824​
NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
Authored by Keeler, Gomez, Kozlowski, Hollins and Berg​02/15/2024​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy​

2.1 include in a report on child maltreatment. For each removal of a child by a peace officer​
2.2 under section 260C.175, subdivision 1, clause (2), the report shall include information​
2.3 identifying the law enforcement agency that removed the child, the address and setting​
2.4 where the removal occurred, and the date and time of the removal. In regard to children in​
2.5 out-of-home placement, the report shall include, by county and statewide, information on​
2.6 legal status, living arrangement, age, sex, race, accumulated length of time in placement,​
2.7 reason for most recent placement, race of family with whom placed, school enrollments​
2.8 within seven days of placement pursuant to section 120A.21, and other information deemed​
2.9 appropriate on all children in out-of-home placement. Out-of-home placement includes​
2.10 placement in any facility by an authorized child-placing agency.​
2.11 (b) This section expires January 1, 2032.​
2.12 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260C.175, is amended by adding a subdivision​
2.13 to read:​
2.14 Subd. 2a.Notice to commissioner of human services.If a peace officer takes a child​
2.15 into immediate custody for relative placement or shelter care pursuant to subdivision 1,​
2.16 clause (2), the responsible social services agency must notify the commissioner of human​
2.17 services within seven days of the date that the child was taken into immediate custody. The​
2.18 notice given by the responsible social services agency must identify the law enforcement​
2.19 agency that took the child into immediate custody, the address and setting where the removal​
2.20 into immediate custody occurred, and the date and time of the removal into immediate​
2.21 custody.​
2​Sec. 3.​
REVISOR BD/RC 24-06422​01/31/24 ​