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HF2551 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; technical changes made.

Related bill: SF2706

AI Generated Summary

Purpose of the Bill

The bill aims to make technical updates and corrections across multiple Minnesota Statutes affecting various departments and services, particularly concerning children, youth, and families. These updates are a follow-up to the 2024 children, youth, and families recodification process.

Main Provisions

  • Department of Children, Youth, and Families: Establishes this department's role alongside the Department of Human Services and others in overseeing and updating existing statutes for better service delivery.
  • Changes to Existing Statutes: Amends multiple sections across a range of topics including children’s placement, data sharing, health care services, licensing procedures, and funding.
  • Collaboration and Oversight: Reinforces interdepartmental collaboration and oversight, especially in areas such as healthcare, education, welfare, and safety.
  • Data Management and Privacy: Updates regulations surrounding data collection, access, and privacy, particularly regarding licensing and welfare investigations.
  • Family Services and Child Protection: Strengthens frameworks concerning child protection, family services, and welfare checks, insisting on compliance with updated state provisions.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • Technical Corrections: Addresses errors and inconsistencies in statutory language, aiming to clarify the roles of various departments after the recent recodification.
  • Integration of New Departments: Recognizes the newly established Department of Children, Youth, and Families, adjusting existing statutes to reflect its responsibilities.
  • Data Sharing and Protection: Enhances mechanisms for inter-agency data sharing while safeguarding privacy, especially related to child and family services.
  • Licensing and Compliance: Implements new procedures for licensing actions and compliance to ensure safety and welfare in various facilities including daycares and foster homes.
  • Financial and Performance Management: Updates processes related to financial responsibilities and performance management in social services delivery.

Relevant Terms

  • Technical changes
  • Recodification
  • Department of Children, Youth, and Families
  • Licensing and compliance
  • Interdepartmental collaboration
  • Data privacy and sharing
  • Child protection
  • Performance management and oversight

Bill text versions

Past committee meetings

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 19, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toChildren and Families Finance and Policy
March 26, 2025HouseFloorActionCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer toJudiciary Finance and Civil Law

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Clarification on data sharing with commissioners of human services and children, youth, and families."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "None identified."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill modifies data privacy regulations for licensing agencies under section 13.41.",
      "modified": [
        "Updates to the definition of licensing agency and data handling responsibilities."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "13.41"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Additional provisions for data sharing among agencies."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "None identified."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill amends regulations related to data on individuals in welfare systems under section 13.46.",
      "modified": [
        "Clarifications on data classification and sharing rules."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "13.46"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Procedures for managing background studies for individuals affiliated with multiple licensed programs."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "None identified."
      ],
      "summary": "This bill touches on the transferability and management of background studies across multiple facilities under section 245C.07.",
      "modified": [
        "Clarifications on conditions for single background study applicability."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "245C.07"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "None identified."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "None identified."
      ],
      "summary": "This section concerns the establishment of a social welfare fund as detailed in section 256.88.",
      "modified": [
        "Emphasizes the use and management of funds for various beneficiary groups."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256.88"
  }
]

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