HF 449

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:37am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; peace officers; establishing crisis intervention team
grants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 626.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [626.96] CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Request for proposals. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall
create a competitive grant process using request for proposals for crisis intervention team
training for local police and sheriff departments. Before making grants under this section,
the commissioner shall consult with the following organizations or individuals regarding
the development of the request for proposals:
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new text begin (1) the National Alliance on Mental Illness;
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new text begin (2) the Mental Health Association of Minnesota; and
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new text begin (3) national experts on crisis intervention team training.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Training requirements. new text end

new text begin The training provided with grants made under
this section must include, but is not limited to, the following components:
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new text begin (1) an overview of mental illnesses and the mental health system;
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new text begin (2) site visits to psychiatric receiving facilities;
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new text begin (3) an overview of mental health courts;
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new text begin (4) an overview of specific psychiatric conditions, their manifestations, and
treatment; and
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new text begin (5) crisis intervention team reporting and data collection.
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new text begin At least 20 percent of the training must involve scenario-based role-play training with the
use of a professional acting company with crisis intervention team training experience.
Training provided under this subdivision must be at least 40 hours. The training must
encourage and support the statewide development of crisis intervention teams for law
enforcement. The training must promote the development of local collaboration among
public safety professionals, community mental health and emergency medicine providers,
and members of the public.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $144,000 is appropriated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2009, from
the general fund to the commissioner of public safety to fund grants to local police
departments to conduct crisis intervention training under section 1. The commissioner
may use up to 2.5 percent of the amount appropriated under this subdivision for costs of
administering this grant program.
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