1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2435, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 183, after line 29, insert:

1.3    "Sec. .... Laws 2024, chapter 117, section 20, is amended to read:
1.4    Sec. 20. MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY PRESERVATION AND
1.5CHILD WELFARE DISPROPORTIONALITY ACT; PHASE-IN PROGRAM.
1.6(a) The commissioner of human services must establish a phase-in program that
1.7implements sections 1 to 17 in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The commissioner may
1.8allow additional counties to participate in the phase-in program upon the request of the
1.9counties.
1.10(b) The commissioner of human services must report on the outcomes of the phase-in
1.11program, including the number of participating families, the rate of children in out-of-home
1.12placement, and the measures taken to prevent out-of-home placement for each participating
1.13family, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
1.14jurisdiction over child welfare.
1.15(c) Sections 1 to 17 are effective January 1, 2025, for purposes of this phase-in program.
1.16Case review reports under section 9, subdivision 2, must be provided beginning January 1,
1.172026.
1.18(d) This section expires July 1, 2027. Sections 1 to 17 are effective January 1, 2028, for
1.19cases in counties within the seven-county metropolitan area, except Hennepin and Ramsey
1.20Counties; January 1, 2029, for cases in counties outside the seven-county metropolitan area
1.21containing at least one city with a population of over 70,000; and effective January 1, 2030,
1.22statewide."
1.23Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.1Amend the title accordingly