HF 1916 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child care assistance program integrity requirements established; commissioner of children, youth, and families directed to establish an electronic record-keeping system for child care enrollment; reports required; and money appropriated.

HF 1916 requires Minnesota's commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families to create an electronic system for tracking child care enrollment records in the state's child care assistance program. This system replaces paper-based or outdated record-keeping methods, directly affecting child care providers and families receiving assistance. The bill mandates regular reports to lawmakers and appropriates funds to implement and maintain the new system. It amends existing statutes (13.461, 142A.03, 142E.17) to establish program integrity requirements and streamline enrollment management. The key change is shifting to digital record-keeping to improve accuracy and oversight of child care assistance funds.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 6 edits · Apr 1, 2025

MODERATE

This bill update expands the scope of video monitoring requirements from licensed child care programs to include all early childhood programs, regardless of licensing status. It strengthens enforcement by allowing the commissioner to review video footage and use missing recordings as evidence of zero care provided. Additionally, the retention period for video recordings increased from 30 to 60 days, and new biennial audit requirements were added for unlicensed providers.

Scope change

The bill now applies to all early childhood programs, including those not licensed under chapter 142B, whereas previously it primarily targeted licensed providers.

SCOPE

Expanded applicability to include unlicensed early childhood programs in addition to licensed ones.

REQUIREMENT

Increased the mandatory retention period for video monitoring recordings from 30 days to 60 days.

Introduced new requirements for unlicensed programs to undergo independent biennial audits to verify video monitoring compliance.

ENFORCEMENT

Added authority for the commissioner to review video footage and use missing recordings as prima facie evidence that no children were cared for during specific times.

TIMELINE

Set a specific deadline of December 1, 2027, for the first biennial audits required of unlicensed programs.

DEFINITION

Clarified data classification rules to distinguish between video footage held by government entities versus other data types.

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Children and Families Finance and Policy

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Children and Families Finance and Policy

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor