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You are receiving this email because you are a family child care provider, licensor, supervisor, county licensing employee or you subscribed to the family child care listserv.
Governor Walz signed legislation that includes several provisions that impact family child care licensing. The language can be found in Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, chapter 3.
This email is a high-level summary and does not include specific details of all of the changes. The DCYF Licensing Division will email an implementation plan with more information at a later date.
The legislation includes the following:
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Family Child Care Regulation Modernization. Updates timelines and requirements for engaging family child care providers for the Family Child Care Regulation Modernization project. Article 13, Section 15
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Correction orders on Licensing Information Lookup (LIL). Pending federal approval, correction orders cannot be posted until: the 20-day reconsideration request timeline has passed or, if reconsideration has been requested, until the commissioner’s final disposition has been provided. Article 14, Section 3
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Interpretive guidance. License holders may request interpretive guidance from the department on a rule or statute prior to requesting reconsideration of a correction order. Article 14, Section 3
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County responses to requests. Directs DCYF to establish time frames for county licensors to respond to time-sensitive or urgent requests. Article 14, Section 21
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Electronic Licensing Inspection Checklist Information (ELICI). Requires county licensors to use ELICI and to complete the inspection report on site. Article 14, Section 21
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Licensing Information Lookup (LIL) changes. To comply with federal requirements, all items that are reviewed during a licensing visit will be displayed on LIL. Article 14, Section 5
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Training for substitutes and adult caregivers. Currently, Minnesota statute specifies that substitutes and adult caregivers (who provide care for 500 or fewer hours per year) must complete ongoing training in certain topics but doesn’t specify the number of hours. To comply with federal requirements, new language specifies that substitutes and adult caregivers must complete a minimum of one hour of training each calendar year. There is no change to the training topics or frequency. Article 14, Section 14
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Maltreatment finding. If a program receives an order of a conditional license, license suspension, temporary immediate suspension, fine, or revocation that is accompanied by a maltreatment investigation memorandum, both documents must be posted in the program for 4 years. Article 14, Sections 4 and 6
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Child passenger restraint systems training. Aligns training language with 2024 legislative changes to require children up to age 9 to use a child passenger restraint. Article 14, Sections 9 and 13
For more information about changes to background study deadlines, please review DHS' Background Studies website: Background studies / Minnesota Department of Human Services (mn.gov).
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