Requirements for abusive head trauma training for child care providers modified.

A bill for an act

relating to child care; modifying requirements for abusive head trauma training

for child care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142B.65,

subdivision 7; 142B.70, subdivision 6; 142C.12, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.65, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Abusive head trauma training.

(a) Before caring for children under school

age, the director, staff persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers must receive training

on the risk of abusive head trauma during orientation and each calendar year thereafter.

(b) Abusive head trauma training under this subdivision must be at least one-half hour

in length. At a minimum, the training must address the risk factors related to shaking infants

and young children, means to reduce the risk of abusive head trauma in child care, and

license holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of abusive head

trauma.
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The training must be interactive and must not consist only of reading or viewing

information.
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(c) Except if completed during orientation, training taken under this subdivision may

be used to meet the in-service training requirements under subdivision 9.

(d) The commissioner shall make available for viewing a video presentation on the

dangers associated with shaking infants and young children, which may be used in

conjunction with the annual training required under paragraph (b).

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective January 1, 2027.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142B.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma training.

(a)

License holders must ensure and document that before the license holder, second adult

caregivers, substitutes, and helpers assist in the care of infants, they are instructed on the

standards in section
142B.46
and receive training on reducing the risk of sudden unexpected

infant death. In addition, license holders must ensure and document that before the license

holder, second adult caregivers, substitutes, and helpers assist in the care of infants and

children under school age, they receive training on reducing the risk of abusive head trauma

from shaking infants and young children. The training in this subdivision may be provided

as initial training under subdivision 1 or ongoing annual training under subdivision 8.

(b) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training required under this subdivision

must, at a minimum, address the risk factors related to sudden unexpected infant death,

means of reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death in child care, and license

holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant

death.

(c) Abusive head trauma training required under this subdivision must, at a minimum,

address the risk factors related to shaking infants and young children, means of reducing

the risk of abusive head trauma in child care, and license holder communication with parents

regarding reducing the risk of abusive head trauma.
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The training must be interactive and

must not consist only of reading or viewing information.
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(d) Training for family and group family child care providers must be developed by the

commissioner in conjunction with the Minnesota Sudden Infant Death Center and approved

by the Minnesota Center for Professional Development. Sudden unexpected infant death

reduction training and abusive head trauma training may be provided in a single course of

no more than two hours in length.

(e) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive head trauma training

required under this subdivision must be completed in person or as allowed under subdivision

11, clause (1) or (2), at least once every two years. On the years when the individual receiving

training is not receiving training in person or as allowed under subdivision 11, clause (1)

or (2), the individual receiving training in accordance with this subdivision must receive

sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive head trauma training through

a video of no more than one hour in length. The video must be developed or approved by

the commissioner.

(f) An individual who is related to the license holder as defined in section
142B.01,

subdivision 15
, and who is involved only in the care of the license holder's own infant or

child under school age and who is not designated to be a second adult caregiver, helper, or

substitute for the licensed program, is exempt from the sudden unexpected infant death and

abusive head trauma training.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective January 1, 2027.

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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142C.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Abusive head trauma.

A certified center that cares for a child under school

age must ensure that the director and all staff persons, including substitutes and unsupervised

volunteers, receive training on abusive head trauma before assisting in the care of a child

under school age.
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The training must be interactive and must not consist only of reading or

viewing information.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective January 1, 2027.

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