Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

142E.04 BASIC SLIDING FEE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1. Notice of allocation. By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall notify all counties of their final child care fund program allocation. § Subd. 2.Waiting list. Each county that receives funds under this section must keep …

142E.05 AT-HOME INFANT CHILD CARE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. A family in which a parent provides care for the family's infant child may receive a subsidy in lieu of assistance if the family is eligible for or is receiving assistance under the basic sliding fee progra…

142E.06 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner to administer program. The commissioner is authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend funds available under the child care and development fund under Public Law 104-193, Title VI. § Subd…

142E.07 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner to administer block grant. The commissioner is authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend child care funds available under the child care and development block grant authorized un…

142E.08 MFIP CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Eligible participants. Families eligible for child care assistance under the MFIP child care program are: (1) MFIP participants who are employed or in job search and meet the requirements of section 142E.12; (2) persons …

142E.09 REPORTING AND PAYMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Reports. The commissioner shall specify requirements for reports under the authority provided in section 142A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (o). § Subd. 2.Monthly payments. The commissioner shall make monthly payments on a reimbursem…

142E.10 FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY. § Subdivision 1.General eligibility requirements. (a) Child care services must be available to families who need child care to find or keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary to find employment and who: (1) have household in…

142E.11 CHILD CARE AUTHORIZATIONS. § Subdivision 1.General authorization requirements. (a) When authorizing the amount of child care, the county agency must consider the amount of time the parent reports on the application or redetermination form that the child attends preschool,…

142E.12 EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, OR TRAINING ELIGIBILITY. § Subdivision 1.Assistance for persons seeking and retaining employment. (a) Persons who are seeking employment and who are eligible for assistance under this section are eligible to receive up to 240 hours of child care ass…

142E.13 EXTENDED ELIGIBILITY AND AUTHORIZATION. § Subdivision 1.Three-month extended eligibility period. (a) A family in a situation under paragraph (b) continues to be eligible for up to three months or until the family's redetermination, whichever occurs first, rather than losi…

142E.14 COUNTY CONTRIBUTION. § Subdivision 1.County contributions required. (a) In addition to payments from basic sliding fee child care program participants, each county shall contribute from county tax or other sources a fixed local match equal to its calendar year 1996 requir…

142E.15 SLIDING FEE SCALE. § Subdivision 1.Fee schedule. All changes to parent fees must be implemented on the first Monday of the service period following the effective date of the change. PARENT FEE SCHEDULE. The parent fee schedule is as follows, except as noted in subdivision…

142E.16 PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Authorization. The commissioner must authorize the provider chosen by an applicant or a participant before the county can authorize payment for care provided by that provider. The commissioner must establish the requirements necessar…

142E.17 CHILD CARE RATES. § Subdivision 1.Subsidy restrictions. (a) Beginning October 30, 2023, the maximum rate paid for child care assistance in any county or county price cluster under the child care fund shall be the greater of the 75th percentile of the 2021 child care provi…

142E.18 FAIR HEARING PROCESS. § Subdivision 1.Fair hearing allowed for applicants and recipients. (a) An applicant or recipient adversely affected by an action of a county agency or the commissioner, for an action taken directly against the applicant or recipient, may request and…

142E.19 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. A provider has the right to an administrative review under this section if (1) a payment was suspended under sections 142E.51 to 142E.58, or (2) the provider's authorization was denied or revoked under section 142E.17,…

142E.20 RECONSIDERATION OF CORRECTION ORDERS. (a) If a provider believes that the contents of the commissioner's correction order issued under sections 142E.51 to 142E.58 are in error, the provider may ask the commissioner to reconsider the parts of the correction order that are …

142E.30 CHILD CARE SERVICES GRANT DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Child care services grants. "Child care services grants" means grants awarded to child care centers and family child care providers, both licensed and legal nonlicensed, under section 142E.32, subdivision 4. § Subd. 2…

142E.31 GRANTS FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Distribution of funds for operation of child care resource and referral programs. The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall distribute funds to public or…

142E.32 CHILD CARE SERVICES GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Distribution of grant funds. (a) The commissioner shall distribute funds to the child care resource and referral programs designated under sections 142E.30 and 142E.31, subdivision 2, for child care services grants to improve ch…

142E.50 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 21 s 95] § Subd. 3. [Renumbered 142E.01, subd 5a] § Subd. 4.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the …

142E.51 INVESTIGATIONS OF FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Investigating provider or recipient financial misconduct. The department shall investigate alleged or suspected financial misconduct by providers and errors related to payments issued by the child care assistance pro…

142E.52 DUTY TO PROVIDE ACCESS. § Subdivision 1.Affirmative duty. A provider, license holder, controlling individual, employee, staff person, or recipient has an affirmative duty to provide access upon request to information specified under section 142E.54 or the program facility…

142E.53 HONEST AND TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS. It shall be unlawful for a provider, license holder, controlling individual, or recipient to: (1) falsify, conceal, or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statem…

142E.54 RECORD RETENTION. § Subdivision 1.Records required to be retained. The following records must be maintained, controlled, and made immediately accessible to license holders, providers, and controlling individuals. The records must be organized and labeled to correspond to …

142E.55 ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Factors regarding imposition of administrative sanctions. (a) The department shall consider the following factors in determining the administrative sanctions to be imposed: (1) nature and extent of financial misconduct; (2) histor…

142E.56 MONETARY RECOVERY. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for and methods of monetary recovery. (a) The department may obtain monetary recovery from a provider who has been improperly paid by the child care assistance program, regardless of whether the error was intentional. Overpayment…

142E.57 REPORTING OF SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. (a) A person who, in good faith, makes a report of or testifies in any action or proceeding in which financial misconduct is alleged, and who is not involved in, has not participated in, or has not aided and abetted, conspired, …

142E.58 DATA PRIVACY. Data of any kind obtained or created in relation to a provider or recipient investigation under this chapter is defined, classified, and protected the same as all other data under section 13.46, and this data has the same classification as licensing data. Hi…