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This bill directs the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families to modify existing child care licensing rules to exclude up to two of the caregiver's own children when calculating the licensed capacity for family child care providers. The bill provides a special rulemaking process that allows the commissioner to make these changes more quickly and with fewer administrative hurdles than typically required. Specifically, the commissioner can use an expedited "good cause exempt rulemaking" process outlined in Minnesota Statutes, which will allow for a more streamlined amendment to the current rules. By excluding the caregiver's own children from the capacity count, this bill effectively increases the potential number of children a family child care provider can care for, potentially helping to address child care availability and capacity challenges in the state.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0655&ssn=0&y=2025