Foster families get break from fingerprinting requirements

Children in a licensed family foster home, legal non-licensed child care provider home, or family child care home won’t automatically have to submit fingerprints and a photograph for a background check.

Sponsored by Rep. Tony Albright (R-Prior Lake) and Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake), the law takes effect June 18, 2018.

The new law will require a fingerprint-based background study of a member of a legal non-licensed child care provider home, family child care home, or foster home household who is under 18 years of age only if that person will be supervising children, or the state has reasonable cause to think a national criminal history record check is needed.

HF4249/SF2683*/CH166

SF2683* / HF4249 / CH166