MN HF2804

Licensed child care providers and license-exempt centers may bill for emergency closures when the local public school district closes for an emergency (including inclement weather), the provider is closed for the entire day, and a child was authorized to be in care.

Counties or agencies must make additional payments to registered CCAP providers who care for children whose regular provider closed due to an emergency, and these additional payments are excluded from the maximum child care assistance limits.

Children with documented medical conditions exceeding normal absence limits are exempt from the 25 full-day absent days and 10 consecutive full-day absent days limits per fiscal year.

Absences due to documented medical conditions of a parent or sibling living in the same residence do not count against the child's absent days limit.

Child care center directors or lead teachers may verify illness in lieu of a medical practitioner when a provider sends a child home early for medical reasons including fever or contagious illness.