1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to child care licensing; modifying requirements for correction orders;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 2.Reconsideration of correction orders.(a) If the applicant or license holder
1.7believes that the contents of the commissioner's correction order are in error, the applicant
1.8or license holder may ask the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to reconsider
1.9the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error. The request for reconsideration
1.10must be made in writing and must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within 20
1.11calendar days after receipt of the correction order by the applicant or license holder or
1.12submitted in the provider licensing and reporting hub within 20 calendar days from the date
1.13the commissioner issued the order through the hub, and:
1.14 (1) specify the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error;
1.15 (2) explain why they are in error; and
1.16 (3) include documentation to support the allegation of error.
1.17 (b) Upon implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub, the provider must
1.18use the hub to request reconsideration under paragraph (a). A request for reconsideration
1.19does not stay any provisions or requirements of the correction order. The commissioner's
1.20disposition of a request for reconsideration must be made in writing and must be postmarked
1.21and sent to the applicant or license holder or submitted in the provider licensing and reporting
1.22hub within 90 calendar days, or 45 calendar days if the review is expedited under paragraph
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1897
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Moller03/05/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy 2.1(c), from the date the commissioner received the request for reconsideration. The
2.2commissioner's disposition of a request for reconsideration is final and not subject to appeal
2.3under chapter 14.
2.4 (b) (c) This paragraph applies only to licensed family child care providers. A licensed
2.5family child care provider who requests reconsideration of a correction order under paragraph
2.6(a) may also request, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, that the
2.7commissioner expedite the review if:
2.8 (1) the provider is challenging a violation and provides a description of how complying
2.9with the corrective action for that violation would require the substantial expenditure of
2.10funds or a significant change to their program; and
2.11 (2) describes what actions the provider will take in lieu of the corrective action ordered
2.12to ensure the health and safety of children in care pending the commissioner's review of the
2.13correction order.
2.14 (d) The commissioner must not publicly post correction orders for licensed child care
2.15centers or licensed family child care providers on the department's website until:
2.16 (1) after the 20-calendar-day period for requesting reconsideration; or
2.17 (2) if the applicant or license holder requested reconsideration, after the commissioner's
2.18disposition of a request for reconsideration is provided to the applicant or license holder.
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