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Bill to let Minnesota agencies investigate maltreatment of resident children that occurred out of state is re-referred
Summary
The committee re-referred House File 1367 to the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee after testimony that the bill would close a jurisdictional gap, allowing county social services to investigate alleged maltreatment of Minnesota-resident children that occurred outside the state.
The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee voted to re-refer House File 1367 to the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee after hearing testimony that the bill would close a statutory gap preventing counties from pursuing child-protection findings when alleged maltreatment occurred outside Minnesota.
Representative Pinto said the Minnesota County Attorneys Association brought the bill to address what it described as a jurisdictional omission that left some Minnesota children unprotected if…
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