MN SF4338

The legislative auditor must conduct a special review of Minnesota counties' costs for providing child protective services, with a completion deadline of August 1, 2023.

The review must examine county roles and responsibilities in Minnesota's child protective services system and compare them to other states' approaches.

The review must track spending by each county from 2013 through 2022 on child protective services duties, including the amounts paid using property tax revenue.

The review must document federal and state funds received by each county from 2013 through 2022 for child protective services duties.

Results must be reported to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over property taxation; an unspecified amount from the general fund is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Auditor for fiscal year 2023 as a one-time appropriation.