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Committee adopts DE1 to OIG children's policy bill; amendment clarifies training hours and prohibits kickbacks
Summary
The committee adopted a DE1 amendment to House File 2191, a technical Office of Inspector General children's policy bill that clarifies training hours for federal compliance, updates child passenger restraint training requirements and adds prohibitions on kickbacks in child care and medical assistance programs.
Members of the Minnesota House Children and Families Committee adopted the DE1 amendment to House File 2191, the Office of Inspector General's children's policy bill, and laid the bill over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.
Ari Didion, legislative director for the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General, described the DE1 as primarily technical and conforming. Article 1 contains technical corrections after a prior change to a continuous license process for some childcare licenses and posts federally required training hours for the Child Care Development Fund without adding new training topics.
Other sections update statutory references to match the Department of Public Safety's updated child passenger restraint systems training, including expanding the covered age to 9 from 8 and recognizing additional delivery formats for the training. The amendment also adds requirements for certified (license‑exempt) centers to meet certain health and safety training, post conditional certification publicly, and conform to licensing standards more similar to licensed child care centers.
Article 2 adds statutory prohibitions on kickbacks in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Medical Assistance (MA) contexts and creates a criminal penalty for kickbacks; the department told the committee there are limited exceptions for discounts and promotional offers that directly benefit an applicant or recipient. The committee adopted DE1 by voice vote and laid the bill over in its amended shape.
