1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing a planning grant for a youth treatment 
1.3 	center in northern Minnesota; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LEECH LAKE YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER PROPOSAL.
 1.6 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall provide a planning grant to address 
1.7 	the unmet need for local, effective, culturally relevant alcohol and drug treatment for 
1.8 	American Indian youth, and develop a plan for a family-based youth treatment center in 
1.9 	the Leech Lake area. The planning grant must be provided to a volunteer board consisting 
1.10 	of at least four members appointed by the commissioner, to include at least the following:
1.11 	(1) two members of the Leech Lake Tribal Council or their designees;
1.12 	(2) one member appointed by the Cass County Social Services administrator; and
1.13 	(3) one member appointed by the Cass Lake-Bena Public School superintendent.
1.14 	(b) The plan must include:
1.15 	(1) an interest, feasibility, and suitability of location study;
1.16 	(2) defining scope of programs and services to be offered;
1.17 	(3) defining site use limitations and restrictions, including physical and capacity;
1.18 	(4) defining facilities required for programs and services offered;
1.19 	(5) identifying partners, partnership roles, and partner resources;
1.20 	(6) developing proposed operating and maintenance budgets;
1.21 	(7) identifying funding sources;
1.22 	(8) developing a long-term funding plan; and
1.23 	(9) developing a formal steering committee, structure, and bylaws.
2.1 	(c) The plan is due to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over chemical 
2.2 	health issues no later than September 2008 in order to provide the 12 months necessary to 
2.3 	complete the plan.

2.4 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.5 	$150,000 is appropriated from the general fund for the biennium beginning July 
2.6 	1, 2007, to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Leech Lake Youth 
2.7 	Treatment Center project partners, in order to pay the salaries and other directly related 
2.8 	costs associated with the development of this project.