Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy Committee
Audio & Video Archives

Windows Media Player is required

Note: Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF1779 (Mullery) Child care provisions modified; family child care disinfection and infant sleep supervision requirements established; and training requirements modified for family child care providers, child care centers, foster care providers, and chemical dependency programs.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Monday, April 15, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Informational hearing in HFXXXX (Mullery). This bill is the substance of the provisions found in HF1233 Article 3. Testimony will be taken on HFXXXX and amendments on Monday. Formal action on amendments and the bill will be taken on Tuesday.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF1058 (Winkler) Early learning scholarship program established, access to quality early learning and care expanded, and money appropriated.
HF1328 (Laine) Child care assistance accreditation bonus modified.
HF1293 (Mullery) Juvenile justice system discussion required.
HF1239 (Abeler) Licensing data, human services licensing, child care programs, financial fraud and abuse investigations, vendors of chemical dependency treatment services, and fair hearings provisions modified.
HF703 (Clark) Child care assistance financial eligibility provision and commissioner's duties modified.
HF1192 (Clark) Autism service option notification required for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare recipients, medical assistance required to cover specified services for the treatment of autism, commissioner of health required to research and report on autism, and commissioners of health and human services required to train autism service providers.
HF1471 (Dehn) Community violence prevention program provided for African-American children, and money appropriated.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Agenda order is subject to change. In addition, bills may be laid over to Wednesday's hearing.
HF807 (Mullery) Predatory offender registration limited for persons under the age of 18 years, and time period and renewals allowed for a continuance without adjudication in a juvenile delinquency case extended.
HF1259 (Mullery) Individuals with juvenile court records background study requirements modified, and commissioner's authority to grant a variance modified.
HF1350 (Mullery) Youth advisory group established.
HF1217 (Mullery) Sentence of life with release established when juveniles commit a heinous crime.
HF622 (Marquart) Minnesota Youth Council Committee established.
HF395 (Norton) Autism spectrum disorder pilot project program created, and money appropriated.
HF1121 (Norton) Prepaid health plans modified to include screening, diagnosis, and treatment of young children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental conditions.
HF1338 (Norton) Parent notification required for incidents that may involve child maltreatment in a school facility.
HF1020 (Fischer) Emerging Adulthood Task Force created.
HF1106 (Allen) Child protection screening work group established for the purpose of establishing consistency in child protection screening.
HF890 (Abeler) Anoka County; family child care pilot program established.
HF510 (Dehn) State agencies required to establish youth internships or apprenticeships, utilization of small businesses encouraged in state procurement, and ethnic and cultural heritage tourism promoted.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Thursday, March 7, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: At the discretion of the Chair, discussion and amendment will be confined to the purview of the committee's policy jurisdiction.
The cut off for written testimony will be 3pm.
HF631 (Brynaert) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and commissioner of human services required to convene a summit related to mental health and workforce development issues, and legislative report required.
HF950 (Nelson) Family child care providers and individual providers of direct support services collective bargaining authorized, Quality Self-Directed Services Workforce created, and money appropriated.


Television archive available for this meeting    View archive
House Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy Committee
10:50 - Gavel.
11:23 - HF631 (Brynaert) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and commissioner of human services required to convene a summit related to mental health and workforce development issues, and legislative report required.
43:50 - HF950 (Nelson) Family child care providers collective bargaining authorized.
Runs 2 hours, 16 minutes.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF1141 (Moran) Homeless children qualified for early educational services.
HF1142 (Moran) Minnesota Families and Children Assistance Program Act created, MFIP and child care assistance programs modified, commissioner provided directions, revisor instructed to change terminology, and money appropriated.
HF1047 (Loeffler) Maternal depression outreach, public education, and screening development required, medical assistance eligibility expanded for pregnant women and infants, commissioner of human services required to provide technical assistance related to maternal depression screening and referrals, parenting skills added to adult rehabilitative mental health services, Minnesota health care program outreach expanded, reports required, and money appropriated.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: HF1141 and HF1142 will be heard informationally, no formal action will be taken on them at Tuesday's hearing. They will be formally acted upon at Wednesday's Hearing.
HF951 (Moran) Child Care Affordability Act established, child care assistance programs modified, and money appropriated.
HF430 (Hortman) Family economic security act created, minimum wage rate increased, child care assistance modified, new child care tax credit provided, working family tax credit expanded, and money appropriated.
HF362 (Halverson) MFIP child care assistance modified.
HF1141 (Moran) Homeless children qualified for early educational services.
HF1142 (Moran) Minnesota Families and Children Assistance Program Act created, MFIP and child care assistance programs modified, commissioner provided directions, revisor instructed to change terminology, and money appropriated.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF393 (Morgan) Compensatory revenue authorized to be spent on early education efforts, including parental outreach.
HF296 (Liebling) Drug formulary exception provided, case management services extended for young adults with severe emotional distrurbance, and money appropriated for various mental health services and training.
HF739 (Moran) Children and family service provisions modified; data practice provisions changed; and contractual agreement provisions changed with tribes, child care programs, community action agencies, the Minnesota family investment program, general assistance, group residential housing, and maltreatment reporting.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF704 (Hilstrom) Family Reunification Act of 2013 created.
HF697 (Mullery) Homeless Youth Task Force established.
HF485 (Allen) Director of child sex trafficking prevention established, sexually exploited youth provisions modified, grant programs established and amended relating to combating sexual exploitation of youth, related services and housing provided to victims, and money appropriated.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF353 (Davnie) Children's school-based mental health grants funding appropriated.
HF359 (Laine) Children's mental health; case management services modified; and awareness, training, and services money appropriated.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF698 (Halverson) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act modified, and money appropriated.
HF220 (Fritz) Childcare licensure requirement regarding infant sleep position modified.
HF358 (Loeffler) Electronic survey of providers required for pediatric services and children's mental health services, and new mental health services covered under medical assistance.


Television archive available for this meeting    View archive
House Early Childhood and Youth Development Committee
06:50 - Gavel.
07:08 - HF698 (Halverson) Runaway and Homeless Youth Act modified, and money appropriated.
48:38 - HF358 (Loeffler) Electronic survey of providers required for pediatric services and children's mental health services, and new mental health services covered under medical assistance.
57:47 - HF220 (Fritz) Childcare licensure requirement regarding infant sleep position modified.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda:
HF357 (Mullery) Children's mental health; psychosis early identification, intensive treatment, and support funds appropriated.
HF392 (Melin) Juvenile court proceeding records governing provisions modified.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Informational presenation from Early Childhood Education Providers on the impact of expanding access to Minnesota's Children.
-Jenna Ruble, PK-3 Manager for SPPS -Cisa Keller, MN Child Care Association -Gayle Kelley, MN Head Start Association -Dan Evans, Child Care Works -Representative from AFSCME MN Agenda is Tentative and Subject to Change

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Informational presentation on research into the effectiveness of Early Childhood Education.
Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank – summary of research on the effect of early ed programs Megan Gunnar, U of M – research on childhood brain development Richard Chase, Wilder Foundation – summary of school readiness dividend study Barb Yates (tent.) - Governor's Early Learning Council, areas of focus, recommendations Nicholas Banovetz - MinnCAN, infographic summary of research into pre-k program benefits Annie Pearson, Mpls Public Schools - Effectiveness of public-pre-K education programs aligned with kindergarten programs

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Informational presentation on licensing of child care and parent aware rating systems
HF107 (Moran) Child care assistance absent days modified.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Department of Education presentation on the Office of Early Learning

Television archive available for this meeting    View archive
House Early Childhood and Youth Development Committee
04:23 - Gavel.
05:45- Department of Education presentation on the Office of Early Learning.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Children's Mental Health, Part II: Overview of Children's Mental Health Services; Juvenile Justice System and Mental Health; Homeless Youth; Educating Youth about Mental Illnesses; Parenting a Child with a Mental Illness; Changes Needed in the Mental Health System; other mental health issues regarding children and youth. Please note there may be some adjustments to the specific topics listed.

Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy

Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Listen Now or Download MP3
Agenda: Introductions. Children's Mental Health, Part I: Why Focus on Children's Mental Health; Mental Illnesses in Children; Childhood Foundations of Lifelong Health and Disease; Trauma; Health Care Disparities; Schools and Children with Mental Illnesses; School-linked Mental Health Services; other mental health issues regarding children and youth. Please note there may be some adjustments to the specific topics listed.