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	25-04532 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/DG
21	21	SENATE
22	22	STATE OF MINNESOTA
23	23	S.F. No. 3309NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
24	24	(SENATE AUTHORS: UTKE, Gruenhagen, Koran, Drazkowski and Lieske)
25	25	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
26	26	Introduction and first reading04/07/2025
27	27	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 Sec. 5. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 5, the effective date, is amended to read:
28	28	2.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
29	29	2.3under section 20.
30	30	2.4 Sec. 6. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 6, the effective date, is amended to read:
31	31	2.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
32	32	2.6under section 20.
33	33	2.7 Sec. 7. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 7, the effective date, is amended to read:
34	34	2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
35	35	2.9under section 20.
36	36	2.10 Sec. 8. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 8, the effective date, is amended to read:
37	37	2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
38	38	2.12under section 20.
39	39	2.13 Sec. 9. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 9, the effective date, is amended to read:
40	40	2.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
41	41	2.15under section 20.
42	42	2.16 Sec. 10. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 10, the effective date, is amended to read:
43	43	2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
44	44	2.18under section 20.
45	45	2.19 Sec. 11. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 14, the effective date, is amended to read:
46	46	2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
47	47	2.21under section 20.
48	48	2.22 Sec. 12. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 15, the effective date, is amended to read:
49	49	2.23 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
50	50	2.24under section 20.
51	51	2Sec. 12.
52	52	25-04532 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/DG 3.1 Sec. 13. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 16, is amended to read:
53	53	3.2 Sec. 16. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES;
54	54	3.3DISAGGREGATE DATA.
55	55	3.4 The commissioner of human services must establish a process to improve the
56	56	3.5disaggregation of data to monitor child welfare outcomes for African American and other
57	57	3.6disproportionately represented children in the child welfare system. The commissioner must
58	58	3.7begin disaggregating data by January 1, 2027 2029.
59	59	3.8 Sec. 14. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 16, the effective date, is amended to read:
60	60	3.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029.
61	61	3.10 Sec. 15. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 17, the effective date, is amended to read:
62	62	3.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
63	63	3.12under section 20.
64	64	3.13 Sec. 16. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 18, the effective date, is amended to read:
65	65	3.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2027 2029, except as provided
66	66	3.15under section 20.
67	67	3.16 Sec. 17. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 19, is amended to read:
68	68	3.17 Sec. 19. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; COMPLIANCE SYSTEM REVIEW
69	69	3.18DEVELOPMENT .
70	70	3.19 (a) By January 1, 2026 2028, the commissioner of human services, in consultation with
71	71	3.20counties and the working group established under section 21, must develop a system to
72	72	3.21review county compliance with the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and
73	73	3.22Child Welfare Disproportionality Act. The system may include but is not limited to the
74	74	3.23cases to be reviewed, the criteria to be reviewed to demonstrate compliance, the rate of
75	75	3.24noncompliance and the coordinating penalty, the program improvement plan, and training.
76	76	3.25 (b) By January 1, 2026 2028, the commissioner of human services must provide a report
77	77	3.26to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
78	78	3.27over child welfare on the proposed compliance system review process and language to
79	79	3.28codify that process in statute.
80	80	3Sec. 17.
81	81	25-04532 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/DG 4.1 Sec. 18. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 20, is amended to read:
82	82	4.2 Sec. 20. MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND
83	83	4.3CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY ACT; PHASE-IN PROGRAM.
84	84	4.4 (a) The commissioner of human services must establish a phase-in program that
85	85	4.5implements sections 1 to 17 in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The commissioner may
86	86	4.6allow additional counties to participate in the phase-in program upon the request of the
87	87	4.7counties.
88	88	4.8 (b) The commissioner of human services must report on the outcomes of the phase-in
89	89	4.9program, including the number of participating families, the rate of children in out-of-home
90	90	4.10placement, and the measures taken to prevent out-of-home placement for each participating
91	91	4.11family, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
92	92	4.12jurisdiction over child welfare.
93	93	4.13 (c) Sections 1 to 17 are effective January 1, 2025, for purposes of this phase-in program.
94	94	4.14Case review reports under section 9, subdivision 2, must be provided beginning January 1,
95	95	4.152026.
96	96	4.16 (d) This section expires July 1, 2027 2029.
97	97	4.17 Sec. 19. Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 21, is amended to read:
98	98	4.18 Sec. 21. MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND
99	99	4.19CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY ACT; WORKING GROUP.
100	100	4.20 (a) The commissioner of human services must establish a working group to provide
101	101	4.21guidance and oversight for the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child
102	102	4.22Welfare Disproportionality Act phase-in program.
103	103	4.23 (b) The members of the working group must include representatives from the Minnesota
104	104	4.24Association of County Social Service Administrators, the Association of Minnesota Counties,
105	105	4.25the Minnesota Inter-County Association, the Minnesota County Attorneys Association,
106	106	4.26Hennepin County, Ramsey County, the Department of Human Services, and community
107	107	4.27organizations with experience in child welfare. The legislature may provide recommendations
108	108	4.28to the commissioner on the selection of the representatives from the community organizations.
109	109	4.29 (c) The working group must provide oversight of the phase-in program and evaluate the
110	110	4.30cost of the phase-in program. The working group must also assess future costs of
111	111	4Sec. 19.
112	112	25-04532 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/DG 5.1implementing the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare
113	113	5.2Disproportionality Act statewide.
114	114	5.3 (d) By January 1, 2026, the working group must develop and submit an interim report
115	115	5.4to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
116	116	5.5over child welfare detailing initial needs for the implementation of the Minnesota African
117	117	5.6American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act. The interim report
118	118	5.7must also include recommendations for any statutory or policy changes necessary to
119	119	5.8implement the act.
120	120	5.9 (e) By September 1, 2026 2028, the working group must develop an implementation
121	121	5.10plan and best practices for the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child
122	122	5.11Welfare Disproportionality Act to go into effect statewide.
123	123	5Sec. 19.
124	124	25-04532 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/DG