MN SF2338

Requires commissioners of human services, education, health, and corrections to submit a joint report to the governor and legislature by March 15, 2012, outlining a plan to improve children's well-being in the child welfare system through enhanced information collection and evaluation.

Directs the report to address well-being information for children with accepted maltreatment reports, including both family assessment and traditional investigation referrals, regardless of whether allegations were substantiated.

Mandates recommendations on improving data sharing between agencies, quality of information used in child welfare investigations, case planning, and service planning, including physical and mental health, education, and family services information.

Requires aggregated well-being data recommendations covering developmental screenings, early intervention services, educational achievement indicators, demographic variations, and efficient case-level data aggregation for state reporting.

Beginning January 1, 2013, requires the commissioner of human services to issue a biennial report containing aggregated well-being data and modifies the annual child maltreatment report to include total number of calls and reports made to county child protection offices.