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This bill directs the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families to modify the state's child care licensing rules to exclude up to two of a caregiver's own children when calculating the licensed capacity of a family child care facility. The bill provides a streamlined rulemaking process that bypasses some standard administrative procedures, specifically using the process outlined in Minnesota Statutes section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3). By allowing caregivers' own children to not count toward the facility's licensed capacity, the bill effectively increases the potential number of children a family child care provider can care for, which could help address child care availability and provider capacity in Minnesota. The bill uses an expedited rulemaking approach, which means the commissioner can make these changes more quickly and with fewer bureaucratic hurdles than would typically be required for rule modifications.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1642&ssn=0&y=2025