1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; amending county maintenance of effort provisions for 
1.3 	mental health provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 245.4835.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 245.4835, is amended to read:
1.6 	245.4835 COUNTY MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Required expenditures. Counties must maintain a level of 
1.8 	expenditures for mental health services under sections 245.461 to 245.484 and 245.487
1.9 	to 245.4889 so that each year's county expenditures are at least equal to that county's 
1.10 	average expenditures for those services for calendar years 2004 ~~and 2005~~ through 2008. 
1.11 	The commissioner shall provide relevant fiscal information to counties within 60 days 
1.12 	following their incurring mental health expenditures in order to allow counties to track 
1.13 	their progress in maintaining expenditures. The commissioner will adjust each county's 
1.14 	base level for minimum expenditures in each year by the amount of any increase or 
1.15 	decrease in that county's state grants or other noncounty revenues for mental health 
1.16 	services under sections 245.461 to 245.484 and 245.487 to 245.4889. If federal or 
1.17 	state funds for county human services are reduced, the counties' maintenance of effort 
1.18 	requirement must be reduced proportionately.
1.19 		Subd. 1a.Optional method of achieving compliance. The commissioner shall 
1.20 	establish county performance measures for mental health services provided under sections 
1.21 	245.461 to 245.484 and 245.487 to 245.4889. In establishing the performance measures, 
1.22 	the commissioner shall consider indicators over which counties have direct control and 
1.23 	show evidence of maintaining or improving mental health outcomes. The commissioner 
1.24 	shall consult with counties, mental health providers, and advocacy organizations in 
2.1 	establishing the measures. By February 15, 2010, the commissioner shall propose to the 
2.2 	legislature county performance measures to be used as an alternative method of achieving 
2.3 	compliance with the county expenditure requirements of subdivision 1. Counties may 
2.4 	elect to achieve the performance measures as an alternative to the county expenditures 
2.5 	specified in subdivision 1.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Failure to ~~maintain expenditures~~ comply. If a county does not comply 
2.7 	with either subdivision 1 or 1a, the commissioner shall require the county to develop a 
2.8 	corrective action plan according to a format and timeline established by the commissioner
2.9 	indicating how the county must achieve compliance in future years. If the commissioner 
2.10 	determines that a county has not developed an acceptable corrective action plan within 
2.11 	the required timeline, or that the county is not in compliance with an approved corrective 
2.12 	action plan, the protections provided to that county under section 245.485 do not apply.