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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Family law terminology, procedures, and requirements modified.

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Bar bingo winner postings required.

Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added McFarlane

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Disability accommodation credit provided for vehicle purchase or modification,
home modification or improvement, and for family caregivers, and money
appropriated.

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Author added Peterson, N.

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Individual and family medical assistance asset limits increased.

Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Referred by Chair to Licensing Subcommittee

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Violent patient behavior warning duty imposed and liability limited.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Referred by Chair to Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

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Minnesota family investment program family cap repealed.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Referred by Chair to Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

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Minnesota Family Investment Program unpaid work prohibited, Minnesota Family
Investment Program provisions repealed for family cap and rental subsidy as
unearned income.

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

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HF 3376 FOURTH 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.

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Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Author added Haws

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families maintenance of effort programs modified.

Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Author added Hosch

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Child custody; courts prohibited from considering a parent's military status
when determining child custody or parenting time orders.

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Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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Gender-neutral marriage laws provided and Marriage and Family Protection Act
enacted.

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Marriage and Family Protection Act"; specifying legislative findings; providing
for gender neutral marriage laws; specifying instructions to the revisor of
statutes
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Chief author stricken Bonoff

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"Grieving Parents Act"; requiring hospitals, clinics and medical facilities
having custody of a fetus following a miscarriage to provide written
notification to the mother of the right to arrange for the burial or cremation
of the fetus; providing for election of disposition; specifying certain duties
of the commissioner of health relating to notification and election forms
(je)

Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to marriage; establishing a marriage dissolution prevention process for
couples with minor children, specifying required content of a dissolution
prevention notice; establishing length of prevention period, exception for
uncontested dissolutions; providing for notice forms and the option to file a
copy of the notice with district court; requiring certain couples having
participated in the marriage dissolution process to seek counseling before being
granted a marriage dissolution, specifying certain exceptions; requiring
application for federal grant to support counseling
(me)

Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the age qualification for adult foster care and family adult day
services under department of human services licensing requirements
(rt)

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

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Establishing a pilot program to provide educational support to families with
adolescents, specifying issues to be addressed in the program, authorizing
school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts and other
interested community based education organizations to apply to the commissioner
of education, requiring commissioner recipient determination, requring the
commissioner to provide for participating programs evaluation, appropriating
money to the commissioner of education
(rt)

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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Establishing Word Works a research based early childhood literacy program
premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development
and high quality early literacy program standards to increase literacy skills of
children participating in head start, specifying program provider requirements;
requiring the commissioner of education to collect longitudinal literacy data on
children; appropriating money to the commissioner of education
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for
school of social work to expand learning dreams program to enable more parents
to participate in the education of their children through highly effective
parent and community involvement to improve outcomes for at risk children;
requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date
(me)