MN SF4335

Shifts responsibility for reviewing child welfare cases involving African American and other disproportionately represented children from individual county social services agencies to the state commissioner, who will conduct centralized reviews across all agencies

Delays the first required report deadline from October 1, 2029 to October 1, 2031, and removes the requirement for the commissioner to provide annual guidance to agencies starting November 1, 2028

Requires the commissioner to develop remediation plans collaboratively with agencies showing racial disproportionality in child welfare outcomes, rather than having agencies include remediation plans in their own case review summaries

Appropriates an unspecified dollar amount in fiscal year 2027 from the general fund to the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families for distribution to county agencies for staffing and services related to Act implementation