Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF1315 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to child care licensing; modifying requirements for correction orders;
3	3	1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 2.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6	6	1.6 Subd. 2.Reconsideration of correction orders.(a) If the applicant or license holder
7	7	1.7believes that the contents of the commissioner's correction order are in error, the applicant
8	8	1.8or license holder may ask the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to reconsider
9	9	1.9the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error. The request for reconsideration
10	10	1.10must be made in writing and must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within 20
11	11	1.11calendar days after receipt of the correction order by the applicant or license holder or
12	12	1.12submitted in the provider licensing and reporting hub within 20 calendar days from the date
13	13	1.13the commissioner issued the order through the hub, and:
14	14	1.14 (1) specify the parts of the correction order that are alleged to be in error;
15	15	1.15 (2) explain why they are in error; and
16	16	1.16 (3) include documentation to support the allegation of error.
17	17	1.17 (b) Upon implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub, the provider must
18	18	1.18use the hub to request reconsideration under paragraph (a). A request for reconsideration
19	19	1.19does not stay any provisions or requirements of the correction order. The commissioner's
20	20	1.20disposition of a request for reconsideration must be made in writing and must be postmarked
21	21	1.21and sent to the applicant or license holder or submitted in the provider licensing and reporting
22	22	1.22hub within 90 calendar days, or 45 calendar days if the review is expedited under paragraph
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-01339 as introduced12/13/24 REVISOR DTT/LN
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 1315NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: MARTY)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
31	31	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1(c), from the date the commissioner received the request for reconsideration. The
32	32	2.2commissioner's disposition of a request for reconsideration is final and not subject to appeal
33	33	2.3under chapter 14.
34	34	2.4 (b) (c) This paragraph applies only to licensed family child care providers. A licensed
35	35	2.5family child care provider who requests reconsideration of a correction order under paragraph
36	36	2.6(a) may also request, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, that the
37	37	2.7commissioner expedite the review if:
38	38	2.8 (1) the provider is challenging a violation and provides a description of how complying
39	39	2.9with the corrective action for that violation would require the substantial expenditure of
40	40	2.10funds or a significant change to their program; and
41	41	2.11 (2) describes what actions the provider will take in lieu of the corrective action ordered
42	42	2.12to ensure the health and safety of children in care pending the commissioner's review of the
43	43	2.13correction order.
44	44	2.14 (d) The commissioner must not publicly post correction orders for licensed child care
45	45	2.15centers or licensed family child care providers on the department's website until:
46	46	2.16 (1) after the 20-calendar-day period for requesting reconsideration; or
47	47	2.17 (2) if the applicant or license holder requested reconsideration, after the commissioner's
48	48	2.18disposition of a request for reconsideration is provided to the applicant or license holder.
49	49	2Section 1.
50	50	25-01339 as introduced12/13/24 REVISOR DTT/LN