1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; establishing collaborative services for high-risk 
1.3 	children; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 256.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [256.9961] COLLABORATIVE SERVICES FOR HIGH-RISK 
1.7 	CHILDREN.
1.8 	To provide early intervention collaborative services to children who are at high risk 
1.9 	for child maltreatment, substance use, mental illness, and serious and violent offending, 
1.10 	but not subject to the delinquency provisions of chapter 260B, the commissioner of human 
1.11 	services shall fund one or more projects that identify and serve these children. The 
1.12 	projects shall include the following program components:
1.13 	(1) multidimensional screening instruments;
1.14 	(2) multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional collaborative services;
1.15 	(3) integrated information systems;
1.16 	(4) intensive in-home and community casework;
1.17 	(5) continuous tracking of outcomes; and
1.18 	(6) multidimensional evaluations and cost benefit analysis.
1.19 	Projects must use all available funding streams.

1.20 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.21 	$....... in fiscal year 2008 and $....... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from 
1.22 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services to fund the early intervention 
1.23 	collaborative programs in Minnesota Statutes, section 256.9961.