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SF3974 • 2026
System for uploading child care provider slot availability to Parent Aware establishment
System for uploading child care provider slot availability to Parent Aware establishment
Children
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
Bill History
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2026-02-26
House
Introduction and first reading
Official Summary Text
System for uploading child care provider slot availability to Parent Aware establishment
Current Bill Text
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A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing a system for uploading child care provider slot availability to Parent Aware; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.13, by adding a subdivision. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.13, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Slot availability data integration. new text end new text begin (a) By July 1, 2027, the commissioner shall create a method for automatically uploading child care slot availability data from the majority of child care providers' management software and display the up-to-date slot availability information on Parent Aware. The commissioner may use shared services grant money to assist providers in obtaining and training in software that can upload to Parent Aware under section 142D.22, subdivision 3, clause (7). new text end new text begin (b) The commissioner must ensure that the process under this subdivision only uploads data on slot availability and does not include any potentially confidential information. new text end Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; CHILD CARE DATA INTEGRATION. new text end new text begin (a) $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated to the commissioner of children, youth, and families to establish a method for automatically uploading child care slot availability data from child care provider management software pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.13, subdivision 5. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until July 1, 2028. new text end new text begin (b) The general fund base for maintaining the child care availability upload system in Minnesota Statutes, section 142D.13, subdivision 5, is $....... in fiscal year 2028 and $....... in fiscal year 2029. new text end