1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; expanding child care assistance to certain foster care 
1.3 	parents;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 119B.09, subdivision 9.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 119B.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 9.Licensed and legal nonlicensed family child care providers; assistance. (a) 
1.7 	This subdivision applies to any provider providing care in a setting other than a child care 
1.8 	center. Licensed and legal nonlicensed family child care providers and their employees are 
1.9 	not eligible to receive child care assistance subsidies under this chapter for their own children 
1.10 	or children in their family during the hours they are providing child care or being paid to 
1.11 	provide child care. Child care providers and their employees are eligible to receive child 
1.12 	care assistance subsidies for their children when they are engaged in other activities that 
1.13 	meet the requirements of this chapter and for which child care assistance can be paid. The 
1.14 	hours for which the provider or their employee receives a child care subsidy for their own 
1.15 	children must not overlap with the hours the provider provides child care services.
1.16 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision and if all other eligibility requirements under 
1.17 	this chapter are satisfied, a licensed or legal nonlicensed family child care provider who is 
1.18 	also a foster care parent, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3010, subpart 25, is 
1.19 	eligible to receive child care assistance subsidies for a foster child, as defined in Minnesota 
1.20 	Rules, part 2960.3010, subpart 21, of the provider during the hours the provider is providing 
1.21 	child care or being paid to provide child care to the foster child. Child care assistance under 
1.22 	this paragraph shall be administered according to this chapter.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon any necessary federal approval. 
2.2 	The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval 
2.3 	is obtained or if federal approval is not required.