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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Child care facilities required to provide influenza information.

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Independent living goals court findings required for children age 16 or older
who are in an out-of-home placement.

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Author added Slocum

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Foster children medical assistance eligibility certified until age 21.

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Author added Slocum

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Foster care benefits extended to age 21, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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RST ENGROSSMENT

Children's Mental health providers required to develop a plan for and comply
with requirements on the use of restrictive procedures.

Section 1: Restrictive procedures planning and reporting language provided,
including Scope, Restrictive procedures plan, Definitions, Allowable procedures,
Parental consent and notification, Physical escort requirements, Physical
holding or seclusion, Exempt techniques and procedures, Conditions on use of
restrictive procedures, Prohibitions, Training for staff, Administrative review,
Review of patterns of use of restrictive procedures, and Annual report.

Section 2: Provider entity administrative infrastructure requirements language
added.

JAJ 3/13/08

Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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URTH ENGROSSMENT MFIP provisions modified, child placement and welfare provisions changed, Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children established, child in voluntary foster care for treatment established, and data practices and technical changes made. ARTICLE 1 -- MFIP WORK PARTICIPATION Section 1: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified. Section 2: Specific powers language modified. Section 3: Eligibility language modified. Section 4: Eligibility for services language added. Section 5: Performance base funds language modified. ARTICLE 2-- CHILD CARE Section 1: Allocation formula language is modified. Section 2: Licensed and legal nonlicensed family child care providers; assistance language is modified. Section 3: Relationship to current law language is modified. Section 4: Child [...]

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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Author added Kahn

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Child care licensure requirement modified.

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Author added Kahn

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RST ENGROSSMENT Child Care Advisory Task Force established, and report required. Section 1: Child Care Advisory Task Force Subdivision 1. Establishment language is provided. The commissioner of human services shall establish an advisory task force of stakeholders to review and make recommendations to the legislature to remove barriers facing families applying for and receiving childcare assistance Subdivision 2. Membership language is provided. Task Force members shall include but are not limited to, representatives from: the Department of Human Services, counties and nonprofit organizations administering the child care assistance programs, the child care advocacy community, and the antipoverty advocacy community. Subdivision 3. Duties of the Task Force are provided. Subdivision 4. Report requirements are provided. Subdivision 5. Task Force expense guidelines are provided. Subdivision [...]

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Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Human services residential program sitting provisions modified.

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Foster and residential care placement provisions modified.

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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition; modifying general education levy aid; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; allowing referendum market value to determine district state aid adjustment abatement; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the specific enrollment options in nonresident districts ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Requiring charter and nonpublic schools to transfer student records to student school of residence, requiring inclusion of form disciplinary actions in records transfer; requiring school district to adopt gifted and talented students acceleration policies and procedures; modifying secondary students state graduation test (academic standard) requirements, highly qualified teacher definition for purposes of the [...]

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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight

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1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a child care
advisory task force for reviewing child care assistance laws, rules and policies
and to remove barriers facing families applying for and receiving child care
assistance, specifying membership and duties; requiring recommendations to the
legislature by a certain date; sunset provision
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying certain requirements relating to the reduction of risk of sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS) for child care providers licensed by the
commissioner of human services, requiring doctor documentation for alternative
sleeping position in place of sleeping on the back of the infant
(je)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and proposing a famiy day care demonstration project to be conducted
by a certain care facility in conjunction with the commissioner of human
services in order to study a new classification for family day care allowing
greater provider flexibility to care for school age children in excess of
licensed capacity for certain limited daytime periods under certain conditions,
specifying program requirements, requiring reports and commissioner rulemaking
under certain conditions
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the city of Austin and authorizing the issuance of state
bonds for site acquisition, design and construction of the Austin area success
center to provide for family based community and regional services within the
city and Mower county, providing focus on the community child care center,
parenting resource center and the head start program
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Relating to early childhood special education; upon parent or guardian placement
of a prekindergarten child in a nonresident school district for care and
education services, the nonresident school district becomes the responsible
district; requiring districts to provide care or education services to eligible
children for a certain amount of time per week, exception for head start
programs; clarifying continuing eligibility for special instruction and services
in the district of residence, exempting resident districts from the
transportation requirement to the nonresident district
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring removal by a certain date of all structures made of pressure treated
lumber containing chromated copper arsenate from schools, parks and child care
facilities
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting the commissioner of human services from setting aside the
disqualification of any individual in connection with a license to provide child
care, foster care for children and foster care or day care for adults
(me)

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring child care facilities to provide and distribute annually by a certain
date information on the risks of influenza, the spreading of influenza and the
availability and effectiveness of vaccines for influenza to the parents or
guardians of each child enrolled in the facility
(me)

Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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TICLE 1 - PROGRAM INTEGRITY Making program integrity improvements and expanding certain duties of the department of human services; modifying the subpoena authority; authorizing the department of labor and industry to allow the department of human services and county agencies direct access and data matching on workers compensation claims information; modifying public assistance overpayments and declarations ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Expanding Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) income exclusions to include cash payments to individuals enrolled for full time services as a volunteer under AmeriCorps programs; modifying referral information requirements for diversionary work program (DWP) employment services ARTICLE 3 - CHILD CARE Expanding certain private data disclosure requirements on individuals to include the child care assistance program; prohibiting [...]

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