1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1106 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 626.556, subdivision 11c, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5 Subd. 11c.
Welfare, court services agency, and school records maintained.
1.6Notwithstanding sections
138.163 and
138.17, records maintained or records derived
1.7from reports of abuse by local welfare agencies, agencies responsible for assessing or
1.8investigating the report, court services agencies, or schools under this section shall be
1.9destroyed as provided in paragraphs (a) to (d) by the responsible authority.
1.10(a) For family assessment cases and cases where an investigation results in no
1.11determination of maltreatment or the need for child protective services, the assessment or
1.12investigation records must be maintained for a period of four years. Records under this
1.13paragraph may not be used for employment, background checks, or purposes other than to
1.14assist in future risk and safety assessments.
1.15(b) All records relating to reports which, upon investigation, indicate either
1.16maltreatment or a need for child protective services shall be maintained for at least ten
1.17years after the date of the final entry in the case record.
1.18(c) All records regarding a report of maltreatment, including any notification of intent
1.19to interview which was received by a school under subdivision 10, paragraph (d), shall be
1.20destroyed by the school when ordered to do so by the agency conducting the assessment or
1.21investigation. The agency shall order the destruction of the notification when other records
1.22relating to the report under investigation or assessment are destroyed under this subdivision.
1.23(d) Private or confidential data released to a court services agency under subdivision
1.2410h must be destroyed by the court services agency when ordered to do so by the local
1.25welfare agency that released the data. The local welfare agency or agency responsible for
1.26assessing or investigating the report shall order destruction of the data when other records
1.27relating to the assessment or investigation are destroyed under this subdivision.
2.1(e) For reports alleging child maltreatment that were not accepted for assessment
2.2or investigation, counties shall maintain sufficient information to identify repeat reports
2.3alleging maltreatment of the same child or children for 365 days from the date the report
2.4was screened out. The Department of Human Services shall specify to the counties the
2.5minimum information needed to accomplish this purpose. Counties shall enter this data
2.6into the state social services information system."
2.7Amend the title accordingly