David Frishman presented the county's long‑term financial plan for 2027–2031 and highlighted a $6.1 million projected increase from new legislative and federal impacts over the next three years. He identified a $900,000 state cost shift in 2026 and a projected $3.4 million child‑protection cost tied to a new law that Attorney Mintz named as the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act.

Attorney Mintz told the board that the act creates additional court‑ordered steps for health and human services (HHS) and that Hennepin and Ramsey counties received phased‑in funding ($5 million) to implement similar programs. "There is no funding for these requirements that are going to be additional steps that health and human services are going to have to take," Mintz said, warning the board that the act is ordered by a court and will increase HHS responsibilities and resource needs.

Commissioners discussed implications and asked staff to brief judges and court partners. "Why don't you come in and talk to our judges about how this is gonna impact us?" one commissioner said, proposing use of the justice advisory team to educate local courts and partners. Frishman and other administrators also raised paid family leave (county share estimated at about $400,000) and other Medicaid and SNAP‑related pressures coming into county budgets.

Board members described the cost shifts as a priority for legislative attention and said staff should continue to refine cost estimates and seek policy remedies where possible. Frishman emphasized that these are planning numbers and that the county would continue detailed work with HHS and judicial partners.

The item was informational; no formal board action was taken at the work session.