1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying training requirements for certain child care 
1.3 	providers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 245A.50, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 245A.50, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma training. (a) 
1.7 	License holders must document that before staff persons, caregivers, and helpers assist in 
1.8 	the care of infants, they are instructed on the standards in section 245A.1435 and receive 
1.9 	training on reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death. In addition, license holders 
1.10 	must document that before staff persons, caregivers, and helpers assist in the care of infants 
1.11 	and children under school age, they receive training on reducing the risk of abusive head 
1.12 	trauma from shaking infants and young children. The training in this subdivision may be 
1.13 	provided as initial training under subdivision 1 or ongoing annual training under subdivision 
1.14 	7.
1.15 	(b) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training required under this subdivision 
1.16 	must, at a minimum, address the risk factors related to sudden unexpected infant death, 
1.17 	means of reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant death in child care, and license 
1.18 	holder communication with parents regarding reducing the risk of sudden unexpected infant 
1.19 	death.
1.20 	(c) Abusive head trauma training required under this subdivision must, at a minimum, 
1.21 	address the risk factors related to shaking infants and young children, means of reducing 
1.22 	the risk of abusive head trauma in child care, and license holder communication with parents 
1.23 	regarding reducing the risk of abusive head trauma.
2.1 	(d) Training for family and group family child care providers must be developed by the 
2.2 	commissioner in conjunction with the Minnesota Sudden Infant Death Center and approved 
2.3 	by the Minnesota Center for Professional Development. Sudden unexpected infant death 
2.4 	reduction training and abusive head trauma training may be provided in a single course of 
2.5 	no more than two hours in length.
2.6 	(e) Sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive head trauma training 
2.7 	required under this subdivision must be completed in person or as allowed under subdivision 
2.8 	10, clause (1) or (2), at least once every two years. On the years when the license holder is 
2.9 	not receiving training in person or as allowed under subdivision 10, clause (1) or (2), the 
2.10 	license holder must receive sudden unexpected infant death reduction training and abusive 
2.11 	head trauma training through a video of no more than one hour in length. The video must 
2.12 	be developed or approved by the commissioner.
2.13 	(f) An individual who is related to the license holder as defined in section 245A.02, 
2.14 	subdivision 13, and who is involved only in the care of the license holder's own infant or 
2.15 	child under school age and who is not designated to be a caregiver, helper, or substitute, as 
2.16 	defined in Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0315, for the licensed program, is exempt from the 
2.17 	sudden unexpected infant death and abusive head trauma training.