HF 339

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/07/2015 12:25pm

A bill for an act
relating to judiciary; appropriating money for a grant to Beltrami County
for planning and development of a comprehensive mental health center for
individuals under arrest, subject to arrest, or under a transport hold.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH
CENTER IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.
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new text begin (a) $1,500,000 is appropriated for the 2016-2017 biennium from the general fund to
the commissioner of human services for a grant to Beltrami County to fund the planning
and development of a comprehensive mental health center for individuals under arrest
or subject to arrest who are experiencing a mental health crisis, or under a transport
hold under Minnesota Statutes, section 253B.05, subdivision 2, in Beltrami County and
northwestern Minnesota. The program must be a sustainable, integrated care model for the
provision of mental health and substance use disorder treatment for the population served
in collaboration with existing services. The model may include mobile crisis services,
crisis residential services, outpatient services, and community-based services. The model
must be patient-centered, culturally competent, and based on evidence-based practices.
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new text begin (b) The program shall maintain data on the extent to which the center reduces
incarceration and hospitalization rates for individuals with mental illness or co-occurring
disorders, and the extent to which the center impacts service utilization for these
individuals. In order to have the capacity to be replicated in other areas of the state, the
center must report outcomes to the commissioner, at a time and in a manner determined
by the commissioner. The commissioner shall use the data to evaluate the effect the
program has on incarceration rates and services utilization, and report to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having
jurisdiction over health and human services and corrections issues every two years,
beginning February 1, 2017.
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new text begin (c) The commissioner shall encourage the commissioners of the Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency, corrections, and health to provide technical assistance and support to this
program. The commissioner, together with the commissioner of health, shall determine
the most appropriate model for licensure of the proposed services and which agency
will regulate the services of the center. The commissioners of the Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency and human services shall work with the center to provide short-term
and long-term housing for individuals served by the center within the limits of existing
appropriations available for low-income housing or homelessness.
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