1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mental health; establishing grants for mental health treatment; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 
1.4 	245.4889, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and authority. (a) The commissioner is authorized 
1.9 	to make grants from available appropriations to assist:
1.10 	(1) counties;
1.11 	(2) Indian tribes;
1.12 	(3) children's collaboratives under section 124D.23 or 245.493; or
1.13 	(4) mental health service providers.
1.14 	(b) The following services are eligible for grants under this section:
1.15 	(1) services to children with emotional disturbances as defined in section 245.4871, 
1.16 	subdivision 15, and their families;
1.17 	(2) transition services under section 245.4875, subdivision 8, for young adults under 
1.18 	age 21 and their families;
1.19 	(3) respite care services for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at 
1.20 	risk of out-of-home placement;
1.21 	(4) children's mental health crisis services;
1.22 	(5) mental health services for people from cultural and ethnic minorities;
1.23 	(6) children's mental health screening and follow-up diagnostic assessment and 
1.24 	treatment;
2.1 	(7) services to promote and develop the capacity of providers to use evidence-based 
2.2 	practices in providing children's mental health services;
2.3 	(8) school-linked mental health services;
2.4 	(9) building evidence-based mental health intervention capacity for children birth to 
2.5 	age five;
2.6 	(10) suicide prevention and counseling services that use text messaging statewide;
2.7 	(11) mental health first aid training;
2.8 	(12) training for parents, collaborative partners, and mental health providers on the 
2.9 	impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma and development of an interactive 
2.10 	Web site to share information and strategies to promote resilience and prevent trauma;
2.11 	(13) transition age services to develop or expand mental health treatment and 
2.12 	supports for adolescents and young adults 26 years of age or younger;
2.13 	(14) early childhood mental health consultation;
2.14 	(15) evidence-based interventions for youth at risk of developing or experiencing a 
2.15 	first episode of psychosis, and a public awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of 
2.16 	psychosis; ~~and~~
2.17 	(16) psychiatric consultation for primary care practitioners~~.~~; and
2.18 	(17) promoting and developing the capacity of providers to implement 
2.19 	multigenerational mental health treatment and services.
2.20 	(c) Services under paragraph (b) must be designed to help each child to function and 
2.21 	remain with the child's family in the community and delivered consistent with the child's 
2.22 	treatment plan. Transition services to eligible young adults under paragraph (b) must be 
2.23 	designed to foster independent living in the community.

2.24 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.25 		Subdivision 1.Early childhood mental health consultation grants. (a) $1,000,000 
2.26 	in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human 
2.27 	services for early childhood mental health consultation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.28 	section 245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (14). Grants under this section shall 
2.29 	be awarded proportionately among current grantees under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.30 	245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (9), based on the number of regions served 
2.31 	by a grantee.
2.32 	(b) For purposes of the grants in paragraph (a), mental health consultation includes 
2.33 	staff training provided by a mental health professional with early childhood competency; 
2.34 	regular on-site consultation to staff serving high-risk and low-income families; and 
2.35 	referrals to clinical services for parents and children with mental health conditions.
3.1 	(c) This appropriation is added to the base.
3.2 		Subd. 2.Children's mental health grants. $500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is 
3.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for children's 
3.4 	mental health grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph 
3.5 	(b), clause (17), to promote and develop the capacity of mental health providers to 
3.6 	deliver evidence-based multigenerational treatments designed to increase supportive and 
3.7 	responsive caregiving by parents with serious mental illness, and to conduct an independent 
3.8 	evaluation of the effectiveness of these interventions. This is an ongoing appropriation.