Group family day care child-adult capacity ratios and age distribution restrictions modified.

HF 2877 modifies Minnesota's rules for group family day care centers (home-based programs caring for up to 18 children). It specifies exact child-adult ratios and age limits: for example, a 10-child center requires one adult for up to 10 children under 11 (with no more than 8 under 5 and 2 under 12 months but over six weeks). Larger centers (12 or 18 children) have adjusted ratios, with 18-child centers requiring two adults (a helper may replace the second adult if only one infant under 12 months is present). These changes directly affect home-based day care providers and the state agencies (like the commissioner of human services) that license and regulate these programs.