Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to child protection; delaying implementation dates for provisions of the
3	3	1.3 Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare
4	4	1.4 Disproportionality Act; amending Laws 2024, chapter 117, sections 1; 2; 3; 4; 5;
5	5	1.5 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 1, the effective date, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
9	9	1.9under section 20.
10	10	1.10 Sec. 2. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 2, the effective date, is amended to read:
11	11	1.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
12	12	1.12under section 20.
13	13	1.13 Sec. 3. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 3, the effective date, is amended to read:
14	14	1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
15	15	1.15under section 20.
16	16	1.16 Sec. 4. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 4, the effective date, is amended to read:
17	17	1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
18	18	1.18under section 20.
19	19	1Sec. 4.
20	20	REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0453203/06/25
21	21	State of Minnesota
22	22	This Document can be made available
23	23	in alternative formats upon request
24	24	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
25	25	H. F. No. 2939
26	26	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27	27	Authored by Wiener and Nash04/01/2025
28	28	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 5. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 5, the effective date, is amended to read:
29	29	2.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
30	30	2.3under section 20.
31	31	2.4 Sec. 6. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 6, the effective date, is amended to read:
32	32	2.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
33	33	2.6under section 20.
34	34	2.7 Sec. 7. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 7, the effective date, is amended to read:
35	35	2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
36	36	2.9under section 20.
37	37	2.10 Sec. 8. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 8, the effective date, is amended to read:
38	38	2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
39	39	2.12under section 20.
40	40	2.13 Sec. 9. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 9, the effective date, is amended to read:
41	41	2.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
42	42	2.15under section 20.
43	43	2.16 Sec. 10. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 10, the effective date, is amended to read:
44	44	2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
45	45	2.18under section 20.
46	46	2.19 Sec. 11. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 14, the effective date, is amended to read:
47	47	2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
48	48	2.21under section 20.
49	49	2.22 Sec. 12. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 15, the effective date, is amended to read:
50	50	2.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
51	51	2.24under section 20.
52	52	2Sec. 12.
53	53	REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0453203/06/25 3.1 Sec. 13. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 16, is amended to read:
54	54	3.2 Sec. 16. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES;
55	55	3.3DISAGGREGATE DATA.
56	56	3.4 The commissioner of human services must establish a process to improve the
57	57	3.5disaggregation of data to monitor child welfare outcomes for African American and other
58	58	3.6disproportionately represented children in the child welfare system. The commissioner must
59	59	3.7begin disaggregating data by January 1, 2027 2029.
60	60	3.8 Sec. 14. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 16, the effective date, is amended to read:
61	61	3.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029.
62	62	3.10 Sec. 15. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 17, the effective date, is amended to read:
63	63	3.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
64	64	3.12under section 20.
65	65	3.13 Sec. 16. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 18, the effective date, is amended to read:
66	66	3.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
67	67	3.15under section 20.
68	68	3.16 Sec. 17. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 19, is amended to read:
69	69	3.17 Sec. 19. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; COMPLIANCE SYSTEM REVIEW
70	70	3.18DEVELOPMENT .
71	71	3.19 (a) By January 1, 2026 2028, the commissioner of human services, in consultation with
72	72	3.20counties and the working group established under section 21, must develop a system to
73	73	3.21review county compliance with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and
74	74	3.22Child Welfare Disproportionality Act. The system may include but is not limited to the
75	75	3.23cases to be reviewed, the criteria to be reviewed to demonstrate compliance, the rate of
76	76	3.24noncompliance and the coordinating penalty, the program improvement plan, and training.
77	77	3.25 (b) By January 1, 2026 2028, the commissioner of human services must provide a report
78	78	3.26to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
79	79	3.27over child welfare on the proposed compliance system review process and language to
80	80	3.28codify that process in statute.
81	81	3Sec. 17.
82	82	REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0453203/06/25 4.1 Sec. 18. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 20, is amended to read:
83	83	4.2 Sec. 20. MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND
84	84	4.3CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY ACT; PHASE-IN PROGRAM.
85	85	4.4 (a) The commissioner of human services must establish a phase-in program that
86	86	4.5implements sections 1 to 17 in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The commissioner may
87	87	4.6allow additional counties to participate in the phase-in program upon the request of the
88	88	4.7counties.
89	89	4.8 (b) The commissioner of human services must report on the outcomes of the phase-in
90	90	4.9program, including the number of participating families, the rate of children in out-of-home
91	91	4.10placement, and the measures taken to prevent out-of-home placement for each participating
92	92	4.11family, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
93	93	4.12jurisdiction over child welfare.
94	94	4.13 (c) Sections 1 to 17 are effective January 1, 2025, for purposes of this phase-in program.
95	95	4.14Case review reports under section 9, subdivision 2, must be provided beginning January 1,
96	96	4.152026.
97	97	4.16 (d) This section expires July 1, 2027 2029.
98	98	4.17 Sec. 19. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 21, is amended to read:
99	99	4.18 Sec. 21. MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND
100	100	4.19CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY ACT; WORKING GROUP.
101	101	4.20 (a) The commissioner of human services must establish a working group to provide
102	102	4.21guidance and oversight for the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child
103	103	4.22Welfare Disproportionality Act phase-in program.
104	104	4.23 (b) The members of the working group must include representatives from the Minnesota
105	105	4.24Association of County Social Service Administrators, the Association of Minnesota Counties,
106	106	4.25the Minnesota Inter-County Association, the Minnesota County Attorneys Association,
107	107	4.26Hennepin County, Ramsey County, the Department of Human Services, and community
108	108	4.27organizations with experience in child welfare. The legislature may provide recommendations
109	109	4.28to the commissioner on the selection of the representatives from the community organizations.
110	110	4.29 (c) The working group must provide oversight of the phase-in program and evaluate the
111	111	4.30cost of the phase-in program. The working group must also assess future costs of
112	112	4Sec. 19.
113	113	REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0453203/06/25 5.1implementing the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare
114	114	5.2Disproportionality Act statewide.
115	115	5.3 (d) By January 1, 2026, the working group must develop and submit an interim report
116	116	5.4to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
117	117	5.5over child welfare detailing initial needs for the implementation of the Minnesota African
118	118	5.6American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act. The interim report
119	119	5.7must also include recommendations for any statutory or policy changes necessary to
120	120	5.8implement the act.
121	121	5.9 (e) By September 1, 2026 2028, the working group must develop an implementation
122	122	5.10plan and best practices for the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child
123	123	5.11Welfare Disproportionality Act to go into effect statewide.
124	124	5Sec. 19.
125	125	REVISOR DTT/DG 25-0453203/06/25