MN HF3819

Licensed child care centers must receive at least one unannounced annual licensing inspection, with centers receiving $500,000 or more in child care assistance or early learning scholarships required to receive a second annual unannounced inspection

Providers receiving $500,000 or more in child care assistance annually must install video security cameras in public and shared areas and allow commissioner access to video monitoring for one year following receipt of funding

Child care providers must submit attendance data through a statewide electronic attendance and record-keeping system established by the commissioner, and must sign bills under penalty of perjury declaring information is true and correct

Commissioner must publish an annual report by January 15 summarizing fraud detection, prevention, and investigation actions taken in the previous year, with results disaggregated by program

Failure to produce requested video recordings may be used as prima facie evidence that the provider cared for zero children during the missing time periods