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Minn. committee lays over bill to commission fiscal review of child welfare funding
Summary
The Minnesota House Children and Families Committee laid over House File 2,135, as amended, which would direct the Department of Children, Youth and Families to contract with an external consultant to produce a comprehensive fiscal analysis of the state's child welfare system and identify untapped federal and other funding streams.
House File 2,135, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion in a later omnibus bill after the Minnesota House Children and Families Committee voted to adopt a DE3 amendment and close public testimony.
The bill, introduced to the committee by Representative Pinto, would require the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to contract with an independent consultant to perform a fiscal analysis of Minnesota's child welfare system and produce a report identifying how funding streams are currently used and where federal and other resources might be maximized. Representative Pinto told the committee House Bill 2,135 "is a bill that, a proposal that actually advanced out of our committee last term" and that the DE3…
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