Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modified, and money appropriated.

This bill modifies Minnesota's existing African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act to require more detailed data collection and reporting on child welfare cases involving African American and other disproportionately represented children. It mandates that the commissioner of children, youth, and families conduct annual reviews of child welfare cases, collecting specific data on maltreatment reports, service access, removals, reunifications, and permanency outcomes broken down by race. The bill also requires agencies to identify barriers to family reunification and develop remediation plans with measurable goals when disparities are found in child welfare outcomes. Additionally, the legislation appropriates funding to support staffing and service provision for implementing these requirements, with the first report due by October 1, 2031.