1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; making changes to chemical and mental health 
1.3 	services; making rate reforms;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 
1.4 	245.462, subdivision 8; 245.467, subdivision 2; 245.4874, subdivision 1; 
1.5 	245A.03, subdivision 7; 253B.02, subdivision 9; 254B.03, subdivisions 5, 9; 
1.6 	254B.05; 254B.12; 254B.13, subdivision 3; 256.9693; 256B.0622, subdivision 
1.7 	8; 256B.0623, subdivisions 3, 8; 256B.0624, subdivisions 2, 4, 6; 256B.0625, 
1.8 	subdivisions 23, 38; 256B.0926, subdivision 2; 256B.0947; 260C.157, 
1.9 	subdivision 3; 260D.01; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 254B.01, 
1.10 	subdivision 7; 256B.0622, subdivision 8a.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 245.462, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 8.Day treatment services. "Day treatment," "day treatment services," or 
1.14 	"day treatment program" means a structured program of treatment and care provided 
1.15 	to an adult in or by: (1) a hospital accredited by the joint commission on accreditation 
1.16 	of health organizations and licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.55; (2) a community 
1.17 	mental health center under section 245.62; or (3) an entity that is under contract with 
1.18 	the county board to operate a program that meets the requirements of section 245.4712, 
1.19 	subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.0170 to 9505.0475. Day treatment 
1.20 	consists of group psychotherapy and other intensive therapeutic services that are provided 
1.21 	at least one day a week by a multidisciplinary staff under the clinical supervision of 
1.22 	a mental health professional. Day treatment may include education and consultation 
1.23 	provided to families and other individuals as part of the treatment process. The services 
1.24 	are aimed at stabilizing the adult's mental health status, providing mental health services, 
1.25 	and developing and improving the adult's independent living and socialization skills. The 
1.26 	goal of day treatment is to reduce or relieve mental illness and to enable the adult to live in 
1.27 	the community. Day treatment services are not a part of inpatient or residential treatment 
2.1 	services. Day treatment services are distinguished from day care by their structured 
2.2 	therapeutic program of psychotherapy services. The commissioner may limit medical 
2.3 	assistance reimbursement for day treatment to 15 hours per week per person instead of the 
2.4 	three hours per day per person specified in Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0323, subpart 15. 

2.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 245.467, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.6 		Subd. 2.Diagnostic assessment. All providers of residential, acute care hospital 
2.7 	inpatient, and regional treatment centers must complete a diagnostic assessment for each 
2.8 	of their clients within five days of admission. Providers of outpatient and day treatment 
2.9 	services must complete a diagnostic assessment within five days after the adult's second 
2.10 	visit or within 30 days after intake, whichever occurs first. In cases where a diagnostic 
2.11 	assessment is available and has been completed within 180 days three years preceding 
2.12 	admission, only updating an adult diagnostic assessment update is necessary. "Updating"
2.13 	An "adult diagnostic assessment update" means a written summary by a mental health 
2.14 	professional of the adult's current mental health status and service needs and includes a 
2.15 	face-to-face interview with the adult. If the adult's mental health status has changed 
2.16 	markedly since the adult's most recent diagnostic assessment, a new diagnostic assessment 
2.17 	is required. Compliance with the provisions of this subdivision does not ensure eligibility 
2.18 	for medical assistance or general assistance medical care reimbursement under chapters 
2.19 	256B and 256D.

2.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 245.4874, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subdivision 1.Duties of county board. (a) The county board must:
2.22 	(1) develop a system of affordable and locally available children's mental health 
2.23 	services according to sections 245.487 to 245.4889;
2.24 	(2) establish a mechanism providing for interagency coordination as specified in 
2.25 	section 245.4875, subdivision 6;
2.26 	(3) consider the assessment of unmet needs in the county as reported by the local 
2.27 	children's mental health advisory council under section 245.4875, subdivision 5, paragraph 
2.28 	(b), clause (3). The county shall provide, upon request of the local children's mental health 
2.29 	advisory council, readily available data to assist in the determination of unmet needs;
2.30 	(4) assure that parents and providers in the county receive information about how to 
2.31 	gain access to services provided according to sections 245.487 to 245.4889;
2.32 	(5) coordinate the delivery of children's mental health services with services 
2.33 	provided by social services, education, corrections, health, and vocational agencies to 
3.1 	improve the availability of mental health services to children and the cost-effectiveness of 
3.2 	their delivery;
3.3 	(6) assure that mental health services delivered according to sections 245.487
3.4 	to 245.4889 are delivered expeditiously and are appropriate to the child's diagnostic 
3.5 	assessment and individual treatment plan;
3.6 	(7) provide the community with information about predictors and symptoms of 
3.7 	emotional disturbances and how to access children's mental health services according to 
3.8 	sections 245.4877 and 245.4878;
3.9 	(8) provide for case management services to each child with severe emotional 
3.10 	disturbance according to sections 245.486; 245.4871, subdivisions 3 and 4; and 245.4881, 
3.11 	subdivisions 1, 3, and 5;
3.12 	(9) provide for screening of each child under section 245.4885 upon admission 
3.13 	to a residential treatment facility, acute care hospital inpatient treatment, or informal 
3.14 	admission to a regional treatment center;
3.15 	(10) prudently administer grants and purchase-of-service contracts that the county 
3.16 	board determines are necessary to fulfill its responsibilities under sections 245.487 to 
3.17 	245.4889;
3.18 	(11) assure that mental health professionals, mental health practitioners, and case 
3.19 	managers employed by or under contract to the county to provide mental health services 
3.20 	are qualified under section 245.4871;
3.21 	(12) assure that children's mental health services are coordinated with adult mental 
3.22 	health services specified in sections 245.461 to 245.486 so that a continuum of mental 
3.23 	health services is available to serve persons with mental illness, regardless of the person's 
3.24 	age;
3.25 	(13) assure that culturally competent mental health consultants are used as necessary 
3.26 	to assist the county board in assessing and providing appropriate treatment for children of 
3.27 	cultural or racial minority heritage; and
3.28 	(14) consistent with section 245.486, arrange for or provide a children's mental 
3.29 	health screening to a child receiving child protective services or a child in out-of-home 
3.30 	placement, a child for whom parental rights have been terminated, a child found to be 
3.31 	delinquent, and a child found to have committed a juvenile petty offense for the third 
3.32 	or subsequent time, unless a screening or diagnostic assessment has been performed 
3.33 	within the previous 180 days, or the child is currently under the care of a mental health 
3.34 	professional. The court or county agency must notify a parent or guardian whose parental 
3.35 	rights have not been terminated of the potential mental health screening and the option to 
3.36 	prevent the screening by notifying the court or county agency in writing obtain written, 
4.1 	informed consent from the parent or legal guardian before the screening is conducted or 
4.2 	upon receiving court approval upon a finding a screening would be in the best interest of 
4.3 	a child. The screening shall be conducted with a screening instrument approved by the 
4.4 	commissioner of human services according to criteria that are updated and issued annually 
4.5 	to ensure that approved screening instruments are valid and useful for child welfare and 
4.6 	juvenile justice populations, and shall be conducted by a mental health practitioner as 
4.7 	defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 26, or a probation officer or local social services 
4.8 	agency staff person who is trained in the use of the screening instrument. Training in 
4.9 	the use of the instrument shall include training in the administration of the instrument, 
4.10 	the interpretation of its validity given the child's current circumstances, the state and 
4.11 	federal data practices laws and confidentiality standards, the parental consent requirement, 
4.12 	and providing respect for families and cultural values. If the screen indicates a need for 
4.13 	assessment, the child's family, or if the family lacks mental health insurance, the local 
4.14 	social services agency, in consultation with the child's family, shall have conducted a 
4.15 	diagnostic assessment, including a functional assessment, as defined in section 245.4871. 
4.16 	The administration of the screening shall safeguard the privacy of children receiving 
4.17 	the screening and their families and shall comply with the Minnesota Government Data 
4.18 	Practices Act, chapter 13, and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
4.19 	Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191. Screening results shall be considered private data and 
4.20 	the commissioner shall not collect individual screening results.
4.21 	(b) When the county board refers clients to providers of children's therapeutic 
4.22 	services and supports under section 256B.0943, the county board must clearly identify 
4.23 	the desired services components not covered under section 256B.0943 and identify the 
4.24 	reimbursement source for those requested services, the method of payment, and the 
4.25 	payment rate to the provider.

4.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 245A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.27 		Subd. 7.Licensing moratorium. (a) The commissioner shall not issue an 
4.28 	initial license for child foster care licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.3000 to 
4.29 	2960.3340, or adult foster care licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9555.5105 to 
4.30 	9555.6265, under this chapter for a physical location that will not be the primary residence 
4.31 	of the license holder for the entire period of licensure. If a license is issued during this 
4.32 	moratorium, and the license holder changes the license holder's primary residence away 
4.33 	from the physical location of the foster care license, the commissioner shall revoke the 
4.34 	license according to section 245A.07. Exceptions to the moratorium include:
4.35 	(1) foster care settings that are required to be registered under chapter 144D;
5.1 	(2) foster care licenses replacing foster care licenses in existence on May 15, 2009, 
5.2 	and determined to be needed by the commissioner under paragraph (b);
5.3 	(3) new foster care licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner under 
5.4 	paragraph (b) for the closure of a nursing facility, ICF/MR, or regional treatment center, or 
5.5 	restructuring of state-operated services that limits the capacity of state-operated facilities;
5.6 	(4) new foster care licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner under 
5.7 	paragraph (b) for persons requiring hospital level care; or
5.8 	(5) new foster care licenses determined to be needed by the commissioner for the 
5.9 	transition of people from personal care assistance to the home and community-based 
5.10 	services.
5.11 	(b) The commissioner shall determine the need for newly licensed foster care homes 
5.12 	as defined under this subdivision. As part of the determination, the commissioner shall 
5.13 	consider the availability of foster care capacity in the area in which the licensee seeks to 
5.14 	operate, and the recommendation of the local county board. The determination by the 
5.15 	commissioner must be final. A determination of need is not required for a change in 
5.16 	ownership at the same address.
5.17 	(c) Residential settings that would otherwise be subject to the moratorium established 
5.18 	in paragraph (a), that are in the process of receiving an adult or child foster care license as 
5.19 	of July 1, 2009, shall be allowed to continue to complete the process of receiving an adult 
5.20 	or child foster care license. For this paragraph, all of the following conditions must be met 
5.21 	to be considered in the process of receiving an adult or child foster care license:
5.22 	(1) participants have made decisions to move into the residential setting, including 
5.23 	documentation in each participant's care plan;
5.24 	(2) the provider has purchased housing or has made a financial investment in the 
5.25 	property;
5.26 	(3) the lead agency has approved the plans, including costs for the residential setting 
5.27 	for each individual;
5.28 	(4) the completion of the licensing process, including all necessary inspections, is 
5.29 	the only remaining component prior to being able to provide services; and
5.30 	(5) the needs of the individuals cannot be met within the existing capacity in that 
5.31 	county.
5.32 	To qualify for the process under this paragraph, the lead agency must submit 
5.33 	documentation to the commissioner by August 1, 2009, that all of the above criteria are 
5.34 	met.
6.1 	(d) The commissioner shall study the effects of the license moratorium under this 
6.2 	subdivision and shall report back to the legislature by January 15, 2011. This study shall 
6.3 	include, but is not limited to the following:
6.4 	(1) the overall capacity and utilization of foster care beds where the physical location 
6.5 	is not the primary residence of the license holder prior to and after implementation 
6.6 	of the moratorium;
6.7 	(2) the overall capacity and utilization of foster care beds where the physical 
6.8 	location is the primary residence of the license holder prior to and after implementation 
6.9 	of the moratorium; and
6.10 	(3) the number of licensed and occupied ICF/MR beds prior to and after 
6.11 	implementation of the moratorium.

6.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 253B.02, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
6.13 		Subd. 9.Health officer. "Health officer" means:
6.14 	(1) a licensed physician,;
6.15 	(2) a licensed psychologist,;
6.16 	(3) a licensed social worker,;
6.17 	(4) a registered nurse working in an emergency room of a hospital, or;
6.18 	(5) a psychiatric or public health nurse as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 
6.19 	18, or;
6.20 	(6) an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) as defined in section 148.171, 
6.21 	subdivision 3, and;
6.22 	(7) a mental health professional providing mental health mobile crisis intervention 
6.23 	services as described under section 256B.0624; or
6.24 	(8) a formally designated members member of a prepetition screening unit 
6.25 	established by section 253B.07.

6.26 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254B.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
6.27 		Subd. 5.Rules; appeal. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to 
6.28 	implement Laws 1986, chapter 394, sections 8 to 20. The commissioner shall ensure that 
6.29 	the rules are effective on July 1, 1987 this chapter. The commissioner shall establish an 
6.30 	appeals process for use by recipients when services certified by the county are disputed. 
6.31 	The commissioner shall adopt rules and standards for the appeal process to assure 
6.32 	adequate redress for persons referred to inappropriate services.

6.33 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254B.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
7.1 		Subd. 9.Commissioner to select vendors and set rates. (a) Effective July 1, 2011, 
7.2 	the commissioner shall:
7.3 	(1) enter into agreements with eligible vendors that:
7.4 	(i) meet the standards in section 254B.05, subdivision 1;
7.5 	(ii) have good standing in all applicable licensure; and
7.6 	(iii) have a current approved provider agreement as a Minnesota health care program 
7.7 	provider that contains program standards for each rate and rate enhancement defined 
7.8 	by the commissioner; and
7.9 	(2) set rates for services reimbursed under this chapter.
7.10 	(b) When setting rates, the commissioner shall consider the complexity and the 
7.11 	acuity of the problems presented by the client.
7.12 	(c) When rates set under this section and rates set under section 254B.09, subdivision 
7.13 	8, apply to the same treatment placement, section 254B.09, subdivision 8, supersedes.

7.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254B.05, is amended to read:
7.15 	254B.05 VENDOR ELIGIBILITY.
7.16 		Subdivision 1.Licensure required. Programs licensed by the commissioner are 
7.17 	eligible vendors. Hospitals may apply for and receive licenses to be eligible vendors, 
7.18 	notwithstanding the provisions of section 245A.03. American Indian programs that 
7.19 	provide chemical dependency primary treatment, extended care, transitional residence, or 
7.20 	outpatient treatment services, and are licensed by tribal government are eligible vendors. 
7.21 	Detoxification programs are not eligible vendors. Programs that are not licensed as a 
7.22 	chemical dependency residential or nonresidential treatment program by the commissioner 
7.23 	or by tribal government or do not meet the requirements of subdivisions 1a and 1b are not 
7.24 	eligible vendors. To be eligible for payment under the Consolidated Chemical Dependency 
7.25 	Treatment Fund, a vendor of a chemical dependency service must participate in the Drug 
7.26 	and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System and the treatment accountability plan.
7.27 		Subd. 1a.Room and board provider requirements. (a) Effective January 1, 
7.28 	2000, vendors of room and board are eligible for chemical dependency fund payment 
7.29 	if the vendor:
7.30 	(1) has rules prohibiting residents bringing chemicals into the facility or using 
7.31 	chemicals while residing in the facility and provide consequences for infractions of those 
7.32 	rules;
7.33 	(2) has a current contract with a county or tribal governing body;
7.34 	(3) (2) is determined to meet applicable health and safety requirements;
7.35 	(4) (3) is not a jail or prison; and
8.1 	(5) (4) is not concurrently receiving funds under chapter 256I for the recipient.;
8.2 	(5) admits individuals who are 18 years of age or older;
8.3 	(6) is registered as a board and lodging or lodging establishment according to 
8.4 	section 157.17;
8.5 	(7) has awake staff on site 24 hours per day;
8.6 	(8) has staff who are at least 18 years of age and meet the requirements of Minnesota 
8.7 	Rules, part 9530.6450, subpart 1, item A;
8.8 	(9) reports information about the vendor's current capacity in a manner prescribed 
8.9 	by the commissioner;
8.10 	(10) maintains insurance in the types and amounts needed in connection with 
8.11 	providing chemical dependency treatment services, and in at least the following types 
8.12 	and amounts:
8.13 	(i) employee dishonesty in the amount of $10,000 if the vendor ever has custody 
8.14 	or control of money or property belonging to clients; and
8.15 	(ii) bodily injury and property damage in the amount of $2,000,000 for each 
8.16 	occurrence.
8.17 	(11) has emergency behavioral procedures that meet the requirements of Minnesota 
8.18 	Rules, part 9530.6475;
8.19 	(12) meets the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6435, subparts 3 and 
8.20 	4, items A and B, if administering medications to clients;
8.21 	(13) meets the abuse prevention requirements of section 245A.65, including a policy 
8.22 	on fraternization and the mandatory reporting requirements of section 626.557;
8.23 	(14) document coordination with the treatment provider to assure compliance with 
8.24 	section 254B.03, subdivision 2;
8.25 	(15) protect client funds and ensure freedom from exploitation by meeting the 
8.26 	provisions of section 245A.04, subdivision 13;
8.27 	(16) has a grievance procedure that meets the requirements of Minnesota Rules, 
8.28 	part 9530.6470, subpart 2; and
8.29 	(17) has sleeping and bathroom facilities for men and women separated by a door 
8.30 	that is locked, has an alarm, or is supervised by awake staff.
8.31 	(b) Programs licensed according to Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, are exempt from 
8.32 	paragraph (a), clauses (5) to (15).
8.33 		Subd. 1b.Additional vendor requirements. Vendors must comply with the 
8.34 	following duties:
8.35 	(1) maintain a provider agreement with the department;
8.36 	(2) continually comply with the standards in the agreement;
9.1 	(3) participate in the Drug and Alcohol Normative Evaluation System; and
9.2 	(4) submit an annual financial statement which reports functional expenses of 
9.3 	chemical dependency treatment costs in a form approved by the commissioner.
9.4 		Subd. 2.Regulatory methods. (a) Where appropriate and feasible, the 
9.5 	commissioner shall identify and implement alternative methods of regulation and 
9.6 	enforcement to the extent authorized in this subdivision. These methods shall include:
9.7 	(1) expansion of the types and categories of licenses that may be granted;
9.8 	(2) when the standards of an independent accreditation body have been shown to 
9.9 	predict compliance with the rules, the commissioner shall consider compliance with the 
9.10 	accreditation standards to be equivalent to partial compliance with the rules; and
9.11 	(3) use of an abbreviated inspection that employs key standards that have been 
9.12 	shown to predict full compliance with the rules.
9.13 	If the commissioner determines that the methods in clause (2) or (3) can be used in 
9.14 	licensing a program, the commissioner may reduce any fee set under section 254B.03, 
9.15 	subdivision 3, by up to 50 percent. 
9.16 	(b) The commissioner shall work with the commissioners of health, public 
9.17 	safety, administration, and education in consolidating duplicative licensing and 
9.18 	certification rules and standards if the commissioner determines that consolidation is 
9.19 	administratively feasible, would significantly reduce the cost of licensing, and would 
9.20 	not reduce the protection given to persons receiving services in licensed programs. 
9.21 	Where administratively feasible and appropriate, the commissioner shall work with the 
9.22 	commissioners of health, public safety, administration, and education in conducting joint 
9.23 	agency inspections of programs.
9.24 	(c) The commissioner shall work with the commissioners of health, public safety, 
9.25 	administration, and education in establishing a single point of application for applicants 
9.26 	who are required to obtain concurrent licensure from more than one of the commissioners 
9.27 	listed in this clause.
9.28 		Subd. 3.Fee reductions. If the commissioner determines that the methods in 
9.29 	subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3), can be used in licensing a program, the commissioner 
9.30 	shall reduce licensure fees by up to 50 percent. The commissioner may adopt rules to 
9.31 	provide for the reduction of fees when a license holder substantially exceeds the basic 
9.32 	standards for licensure.
9.33 		Subd. 4.Regional treatment centers. Regional treatment center chemical 
9.34 	dependency treatment units are eligible vendors. The commissioner may expand the 
9.35 	capacity of chemical dependency treatment units beyond the capacity funded by direct 
9.36 	legislative appropriation to serve individuals who are referred for treatment by counties 
10.1 	and whose treatment will be paid for by funding under this chapter or other funding 
10.2 	sources. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 254B.03 to 254B.041, payment for 
10.3 	any person committed at county request to a regional treatment center under chapter 253B 
10.4 	for chemical dependency treatment and determined to be ineligible under the chemical 
10.5 	dependency consolidated treatment fund, shall become the responsibility of the county.
10.6 		Subd. 5.Rate requirements. (a) The commissioner shall establish rates for 
10.7 	chemical dependency services and service enhancements funded under this chapter.
10.8 	(b) Eligible chemical dependency treatment services include:
10.9 	(1) outpatient treatment services that are licensed according to Minnesota Rules, 
10.10 	parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6480, or applicable tribal license;
10.11 	(2) medication assisted therapy services that are licensed according to Minnesota 
10.12 	Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6480 and 9530.6500, or applicable tribal license;
10.13 	(3) medication assisted therapy plus enhanced treatment services that meet the 
10.14 	requirements of clause (2) and provide nine hours of clinical services each week;
10.15 	(4) high, medium, and low intensity residential treatment services that are licensed 
10.16 	according to Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6480 and 9530.6505, or applicable 
10.17 	tribal license which provide, respectively, 30, 15, and five hours of clinical services each 
10.18 	week;
10.19 	(5) hospital-based treatment services that are licensed according to Minnesota Rules, 
10.20 	parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6480, or applicable tribal license and licensed as a hospital under 
10.21 	sections 144.50 to 144.56;
10.22 	(6) adolescent treatment programs that are licensed as outpatient treatment programs 
10.23 	according to Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6485, or as residential treatment 
10.24 	programs according to Minnesota Rules, chapter 2960, or applicable tribal license; and
10.25 	(7) room and board facilities that meet the requirements of section 254B.05, 
10.26 	subdivision 1a.
10.27 	(c) The commissioner shall establish higher rates for programs that meet the 
10.28 	requirements of paragraph (b) and the following additional requirements:
10.29 	(1) programs that serve parents with their children if the program meets the 
10.30 	additional licensing requirement in Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6490, and provides child 
10.31 	care that meets the requirements of section 245A.03, subdivision 2, during hours of 
10.32 	treatment activity;
10.33 	(2) programs serving special populations if the program meets the requirements in 
10.34 	Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6605, subpart 13;
10.35 	(3) programs that offer medical services delivered by appropriately credentialed 
10.36 	health care staff in an amount equal to two hours per client per week; and
11.1 	(4) programs that offer services to individuals co-occurring mental health and 
11.2 	chemical dependency problems if:
11.3 	(i) the program meets the co-occurring requirements in Minnesota Rules, part 
11.4 	9530.6495;
11.5 	(ii) 25 percent of the counseling staff are mental health professionals, as defined in 
11.6 	section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (6), or are students or licensing candidates 
11.7 	preparing to become mental health professionals and are under the supervision of a 
11.8 	licensed alcohol and drug counselor supervisor and licensed mental health professional, 
11.9 	except that no more than 50 percent of the mental health staff may be students or licensing 
11.10 	candidates;
11.11 	(iii) clients scoring positive on a standardized mental health screen receive a mental 
11.12 	health diagnostic assessment within ten days of admission;
11.13 	(iv) the program has standards for multidisciplinary case review that include a 
11.14 	monthly review for each client; 
11.15 	(v) family education is offered that addresses mental health and substance abuse 
11.16 	disorders and the interaction between the two; and
11.17 	(vi) co-occurring counseling staff will receive eight hours of co-occurring disorder 
11.18 	training annually.
11.19 	(d) Adolescent residential programs that meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, 
11.20 	parts 2960.0580 to 2960.0700, are exempt from the requirements in paragraph (c), clause 
11.21 	(4), items (i) to (iv).

11.22 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254B.12, is amended to read:
11.23 	254B.12 RATE METHODOLOGY.
11.24 	The commissioner shall, with broad-based stakeholder input, develop a 
11.25 	recommendation and present a report to the 2011 legislature, including proposed 
11.26 	legislation for a new establish a new rate methodology for the consolidated chemical 
11.27 	dependency treatment fund. The new methodology must replace county-negotiated rates 
11.28 	with a uniform statewide methodology that must include a graduated reimbursement 
11.29 	scale based on the patients' level of acuity and complexity. At least biennially, the 
11.30 	commissioner shall review the financial information provided by vendors to determine the 
11.31 	need for rate adjustments.

11.32 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 254B.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
11.33 		Subd. 3.Program evaluation. The commissioner shall evaluate pilot projects under 
11.34 	this section and report the results of the evaluation to the chairs and ranking minority 
12.1 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over chemical health issues by 
12.2 	January 15, 2013 2014. Evaluation of the pilot projects must be based on outcome 
12.3 	evaluation criteria negotiated with the pilot projects prior to implementation.

12.4 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256.9693, is amended to read:
12.5 	256.9693 INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS.
12.6 		Subdivision 1.Continuing care benefit program. The commissioner shall 
12.7 	establish a continuing care benefit program for persons adults and children with mental 
12.8 	illness in which persons adults and children with mental illness may obtain acute care 
12.9 	hospital inpatient treatment for mental illness for up to 45 days beyond that allowed 
12.10 	by section 256.969. The commissioner may authorize additional days beyond 45 
12.11 	based on an individual review of medical necessity. Persons Adults and children with 
12.12 	mental illness who are eligible for medical assistance may obtain inpatient treatment 
12.13 	under this program in hospital beds for which the commissioner contracts under this 
12.14 	section. The commissioner may selectively contract with hospitals to provide this benefit 
12.15 	through competitive bidding when reasonable geographic access by recipients can be 
12.16 	assured. Payments under this section shall not affect payments under section 256.969. 
12.17 	The commissioner may contract externally with a utilization review organization to 
12.18 	authorize persons with mental illness to access the continuing care benefit program. The 
12.19 	commissioner, as part of the contracts with hospitals, shall establish admission criteria to 
12.20 	allow persons with mental illness to access the continuing care benefit program. If a court 
12.21 	orders acute care hospital inpatient treatment for mental illness for a person, the person 
12.22 	may obtain the treatment under the continuing care benefit program. The commissioner 
12.23 	shall not require, as part of the admission criteria, any commitment or petition under 
12.24 	chapter 253B as a condition of accessing the program. This benefit is not available for 
12.25 	people who are also eligible for Medicare and who have not exhausted their annual or 
12.26 	lifetime inpatient psychiatric benefit under Medicare. If a recipient is enrolled in a prepaid 
12.27 	plan, this program is included in must be covered by the plan's coverage capitation 
12.28 	payments.
12.29 		Subd. 2.Transfer of funds. The commissioner is authorized to transfer funds 
12.30 	from the child and adolescent behavioral health services appropriation for the purpose 
12.31 	of children and adolescent treatment under this section.

12.32 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0622, subdivision 8, is amended to 
12.33 	read:
13.1 		Subd. 8.Medical assistance payment for intensive rehabilitative mental health 
13.2 	services. (a) Payment for residential and nonresidential services in this section shall be 
13.3 	based on one daily rate per provider inclusive of the following services received by an 
13.4 	eligible recipient in a given calendar day: all rehabilitative services under this section, 
13.5 	staff travel time to provide rehabilitative services under this section, and nonresidential 
13.6 	crisis stabilization services under section 256B.0624.
13.7 	(b) Except as indicated in paragraph (c), payment will not be made to more than one 
13.8 	entity for each recipient for services provided under this section on a given day. If services 
13.9 	under this section are provided by a team that includes staff from more than one entity, the 
13.10 	team must determine how to distribute the payment among the members.
13.11 	(c) The host county shall recommend to the commissioner shall determine one rate 
13.12 	for each entity provider that will bill medical assistance for residential services under this 
13.13 	section and one rate for each nonresidential provider. If a single entity provides both 
13.14 	services, one rate is established for the entity's residential services and another rate for 
13.15 	the entity's nonresidential services under this section. In developing these rates, the host 
13.16 	county shall consider and document A provider is not eligible for payment under this 
13.17 	section without authorization from the commissioner. The commissioner shall develop 
13.18 	rates using the following criteria:
13.19 	(1) the cost for similar services in the local trade area;
13.20 	(2) the provider's cost for services shall include direct services costs, other program 
13.21 	costs, and other costs determined as follows:
13.22 	(i) the direct services costs must be determined using actual costs of salaries, benefits, 
13.23 	payroll taxes, and training of direct service staff and service-related transportation;
13.24 	(ii) other program costs not included in item (i) shall be determined as a specified 
13.25 	percentage of the direct services costs as determined by item (i). The percentage used shall 
13.26 	be determined by the commissioner based upon the average of percentages that represent 
13.27 	the relationship of other program costs to direct services costs among the entities that 
13.28 	provide similar services;
13.29 	(iii) in situations where a provider of intensive residential services can demonstrate 
13.30 	actual program-related physical plant costs in excess of the group residential housing 
13.31 	reimbursement, the commissioner may include these costs in the program rate, so long 
13.32 	as the additional reimbursement does not subsidize the room and board expenses of the 
13.33 	program;
13.34 	(iv) intensive nonresidential services physical plant costs must be reimbursed as 
13.35 	part of the costs described in item (ii); and
14.1 	(v) up to an additional five percent of the total rate shall be added to the program 
14.2 	rate as a quality incentive based upon the entity meeting performance criteria specified by 
14.3 	the commissioner;
14.4 	(2) that the proposed costs incurred by entities providing the services are (3) actual 
14.5 	cost is defined as costs which are allowable, allocable, and reasonable, and are consistent 
14.6 	with federal reimbursement requirements including under Code of Federal Regulations, 
14.7 	title 48, chapter 1, part 31, as relating to for-profit entities, and Office of Management and 
14.8 	Budget Circular Number A-122, as relating to nonprofit entities;
14.9 	(3) (4) the intensity and frequency of services to be provided to each recipient, 
14.10 	including the proposed overall number of service units of service to be delivered;
14.11 	(4) (5) the degree to which recipients will receive services other than services 
14.12 	under this section;
14.13 	(5) (6) the costs of other services that will be separately reimbursed; and
14.14 	(6) (7) input from the local planning process authorized by the adult mental health 
14.15 	initiative under section 245.4661, regarding recipients' service needs.
14.16 	(d) The rate for intensive rehabilitative mental health services must exclude room 
14.17 	and board, as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 6, and services not covered under 
14.18 	this section, such as partial hospitalization, home care, and inpatient services. Physician 
14.19 	services that are not separately billed may be included in the rate to the extent that a 
14.20 	psychiatrist is a member of the treatment team. The county's recommendation shall 
14.21 	specify the period for which the rate will be applicable, not to exceed two years.
14.22 	(e) When services under this section are provided by an intensive nonresidential 
14.23 	service providerassertive community team, case management functions must be an 
14.24 	integral part of the team.
14.25 	(f) The rate for a provider must not exceed the rate charged by that provider for 
14.26 	the same service to other payors.
14.27 	(g) The commissioner shall approve or reject the county's rate recommendation, 
14.28 	based on the commissioner's own analysis of the criteria in paragraph (c) The rates for 
14.29 	existing programs must be established prospectively based upon the expenditures and 
14.30 	utilization over a prior 12-month period using the criteria established in paragraph (c).
14.31 	(h) Paragraph (c), clause (2), is effective for services provided on or after January 
14.32 	1, 2010, to December 31, 2011, and does not change contracts or agreements relating to 
14.33 	services provided before January 1, 2010 Entities who discontinue providing services must 
14.34 	be subject to a settle-up process whereby actual costs and reimbursement for the previous 
14.35 	12 months are compared. In the event that the entity was paid more than the entity's 
14.36 	actual costs plus any applicable performance-related funding due the provider, the excess 
15.1 	payment must be reimbursed to the department. If a provider's revenue is less than actual 
15.2 	allowed costs due to lower utilization than projected, the commissioner may reimburse 
15.3 	the provider to recover their actual allowable costs. The resulting adjustments by the 
15.4 	commissioner must be proportional to the percent of total units of service reimbursed by 
15.5 	the commissioner.
15.6 	(i) A provider may request of the commissioner a review of any rate-setting decision 
15.7 	made under this subdivision.

15.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0623, subdivision 3, is amended to 
15.9 	read:
15.10 		Subd. 3.Eligibility. An eligible recipient is an individual who:
15.11 	(1) is age 18 or older;
15.12 	(2) is diagnosed with a medical condition, such as mental illness or traumatic brain 
15.13 	injury, for which adult rehabilitative mental health services are needed;
15.14 	(3) has substantial disability and functional impairment in three or more of the areas 
15.15 	listed in section 245.462, subdivision 11a, so that self-sufficiency is markedly reduced; and
15.16 	(4) has had a recent diagnostic assessment or an adult diagnostic assessment update
15.17 	by a qualified professional that documents adult rehabilitative mental health services 
15.18 	are medically necessary to address identified disability and functional impairments and 
15.19 	individual recipient goals.

15.20 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0623, subdivision 8, is amended to 
15.21 	read:
15.22 		Subd. 8.Diagnostic assessment. Providers of adult rehabilitative mental health 
15.23 	services must complete a diagnostic assessment as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 
15.24 	9, within five days after the recipient's second visit or within 30 days after intake, 
15.25 	whichever occurs first. In cases where a diagnostic assessment is available that reflects the 
15.26 	recipient's current status, and has been completed within 180 days three years preceding 
15.27 	admission, an adult diagnostic assessment update must be completed. An update shall 
15.28 	include a face-to-face interview with the recipient and a written summary by a mental 
15.29 	health professional of the recipient's current mental health status and service needs. If the 
15.30 	recipient's mental health status has changed significantly since the adult's most recent 
15.31 	diagnostic assessment, a new diagnostic assessment is required. For initial implementation 
15.32 	of adult rehabilitative mental health services, until June 30, 2005, a diagnostic assessment 
15.33 	that reflects the recipient's current status and has been completed within the past three 
15.34 	years preceding admission is acceptable.

16.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0624, subdivision 2, is amended to 
16.2 	read:
16.3 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
16.4 	meanings given them.
16.5 	(a) "Mental health crisis" is an adult behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric situation 
16.6 	which, but for the provision of crisis response services, would likely result in significantly 
16.7 	reduced levels of functioning in primary activities of daily living, or in an emergency 
16.8 	situation, or in the placement of the recipient in a more restrictive setting, including, but 
16.9 	not limited to, inpatient hospitalization.
16.10 	(b) "Mental health emergency" is an adult behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric 
16.11 	situation which causes an immediate need for mental health services and is consistent 
16.12 	with section 62Q.55.
16.13 	A mental health crisis or emergency is determined for medical assistance service 
16.14 	reimbursement by a physician, a mental health professional, or crisis mental health 
16.15 	practitioner with input from the recipient whenever possible.
16.16 	(c) "Mental health crisis assessment" means an immediate face-to-face assessment 
16.17 	by a physician, a mental health professional, or mental health practitioner under the clinical 
16.18 	supervision of a mental health professional, following a screening that suggests that the 
16.19 	adult may be experiencing a mental health crisis or mental health emergency situation.
16.20 	(d) "Mental health mobile crisis intervention services" means face-to-face, 
16.21 	short-term intensive mental health services initiated during a mental health crisis or 
16.22 	mental health emergency to help the recipient cope with immediate stressors, identify and 
16.23 	utilize available resources and strengths, and begin to return to the recipient's baseline 
16.24 	level of functioning.
16.25 	(1) This service is provided on site by a mobile crisis intervention team outside of 
16.26 	an inpatient hospital setting. Mental health mobile crisis intervention services must be 
16.27 	available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
16.28 	(2) The initial screening must consider other available services to determine which 
16.29 	service intervention would best address the recipient's needs and circumstances.
16.30 	(3) The mobile crisis intervention team must be available to meet promptly 
16.31 	face-to-face with a person in mental health crisis or emergency in a community setting or 
16.32 	hospital emergency room.
16.33 	(4) The intervention must consist of a mental health crisis assessment and a crisis 
16.34 	treatment plan.
16.35 	(5) The treatment plan must include recommendations for any needed crisis 
16.36 	stabilization services for the recipient.
17.1 	(e) "Mental health crisis stabilization services" means individualized mental 
17.2 	health services provided to a recipient following crisis intervention services which are 
17.3 	designed to restore the recipient to the recipient's prior functional level. Mental health 
17.4 	crisis stabilization services may be provided in the recipient's home, the home of a family 
17.5 	member or friend of the recipient, another community setting, or a short-term supervised, 
17.6 	licensed residential program. Mental health crisis stabilization does not include partial 
17.7 	hospitalization or day treatment.

17.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0624, subdivision 4, is amended to 
17.9 	read:
17.10 		Subd. 4.Provider entity standards. (a) A provider entity is an entity that meets 
17.11 	the standards listed in paragraph (b) and:
17.12 	(1) is a county board operated entity; or
17.13 	(2) is a provider entity that is under contract with the county board in the county 
17.14 	where the potential crisis or emergency is occurring. To provide services under this 
17.15 	section, the provider entity must directly provide the services; or if services are 
17.16 	subcontracted, the provider entity must maintain responsibility for services and billing.
17.17 	(b) The adult mental health crisis response services provider entity must  have the 
17.18 	capacity to meet and carry out the following standards:
17.19 	(1) has the capacity to recruit, hire, and manage and train mental health professionals, 
17.20 	practitioners, and rehabilitation workers;
17.21 	(2) has adequate administrative ability to ensure availability of services;
17.22 	(3) is able to ensure adequate preservice and in-service training;
17.23 	(4) is able to ensure that staff providing these services are skilled in the delivery of 
17.24 	mental health crisis response services to recipients;
17.25 	(5) is able to ensure that staff are capable of implementing culturally specific 
17.26 	treatment identified in the individual treatment plan that is meaningful and appropriate as 
17.27 	determined by the recipient's culture, beliefs, values, and language;
17.28 	(6) is able to ensure enough flexibility to respond to the changing intervention and 
17.29 	care needs of a recipient as identified by the recipient during the service partnership 
17.30 	between the recipient and providers;
17.31 	(7) is able to ensure that mental health professionals and mental health practitioners 
17.32 	have the communication tools and procedures to communicate and consult promptly about 
17.33 	crisis assessment and interventions as services occur;
18.1 	(8) is able to coordinate these services with county emergency services, community 
18.2 	hospitals, ambulance, transportation services, social services, law enforcement, and mental 
18.3 	health crisis services through regularly scheduled interagency meetings;
18.4 	(9) is able to ensure that mental health crisis assessment and mobile crisis 
18.5 	intervention services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
18.6 	(10) is able to ensure that services are coordinated with other mental health service 
18.7 	providers, county mental health authorities, or federally recognized American Indian 
18.8 	authorities and others as necessary, with the consent of the adult. Services must also be 
18.9 	coordinated with the recipient's case manager if the adult is receiving case management 
18.10 	services;
18.11 	(11) is able to ensure that crisis intervention services are provided in a manner 
18.12 	consistent with sections 245.461 to 245.486;
18.13 	(12) is able to submit information as required by the state;
18.14 	(13) maintains staff training and personnel files;
18.15 	(14) is able to establish and maintain a quality assurance and evaluation plan to 
18.16 	evaluate the outcomes of services and recipient satisfaction;
18.17 	(15) is able to keep records as required by applicable laws;
18.18 	(16) is able to comply with all applicable laws and statutes;
18.19 	(17) is an enrolled medical assistance provider; and
18.20 	(18) develops and maintains written policies and procedures regarding service 
18.21 	provision and administration of the provider entity, including safety of staff and recipients 
18.22 	in high-risk situations.

18.23 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0624, subdivision 6, is amended to 
18.24 	read:
18.25 		Subd. 6.Crisis assessment and mobile intervention treatment planning. (a) 
18.26 	Prior to initiating mobile crisis intervention services, a screening of the potential crisis 
18.27 	situation must be conducted. The screening may use the resources of crisis assistance 
18.28 	and emergency services as defined in sections 245.462, subdivision 6, and 245.469, 
18.29 	subdivisions 1 and 2. The screening must gather information, determine whether a crisis 
18.30 	situation exists, identify parties involved, and determine an appropriate response.
18.31 	(b) If a crisis exists, a crisis assessment must be completed. A crisis assessment 
18.32 	evaluates any immediate needs for which emergency services are needed and, as time 
18.33 	permits, the recipient's current life situation, sources of stress, mental health problems 
18.34 	and symptoms, strengths, cultural considerations, support network, vulnerabilities, and
18.35 	current functioning, and the recipient's preferences as communicated verbally by the 
19.1 	recipient, or as communicated in: a health care directive as described in chapters 145C 
19.2 	and 253B, the treatment plan described under paragraph (d), a crisis prevention plan, 
19.3 	or wellness recovery action plan.
19.4 	(c) If the crisis assessment determines mobile crisis intervention services are needed, 
19.5 	the intervention services must be provided promptly. As opportunity presents during the 
19.6 	intervention, at least two members of the mobile crisis intervention team must confer 
19.7 	directly or by telephone about the assessment, treatment plan, and actions taken and 
19.8 	needed. At least one of the team members must be on site providing crisis intervention 
19.9 	services. If providing on-site crisis intervention services, a mental health practitioner must 
19.10 	seek clinical supervision as required in subdivision 9.
19.11 	(d) The mobile crisis intervention team must develop an initial, brief crisis treatment 
19.12 	plan as soon as appropriate but no later than 24 hours after the initial face-to-face 
19.13 	intervention. The plan must address the needs and problems noted in the crisis assessment 
19.14 	and include measurable short-term goals, cultural considerations, and frequency and type 
19.15 	of services to be provided to achieve the goals and reduce or eliminate the crisis. The 
19.16 	treatment plan must be updated as needed to reflect current goals and services.
19.17 	(e) The team must document which short-term goals have been met and when no 
19.18 	further crisis intervention services are required.
19.19 	(f) If the recipient's crisis is stabilized, but the recipient needs a referral to other 
19.20 	services, the team must provide referrals to these services. If the recipient has a case 
19.21 	manager, planning for other services must be coordinated with the case manager.

19.22 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0625, subdivision 23, is amended to 
19.23 	read:
19.24 		Subd. 23.Day treatment services. Medical assistance covers day treatment 
19.25 	services as specified in sections 245.462, subdivision 8, and 245.4871, subdivision 10, that 
19.26 	are provided under contract with the county board. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, 
19.27 	part 9505.0323, subpart 15, The commissioner may set authorization thresholds for day 
19.28 	treatment for adults according to subdivision 25. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 
19.29 	9505.0323, subpart 15, effective July 1, 2004, Medical assistance covers day treatment 
19.30 	services for children as specified under section 256B.0943.

19.31 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0625, subdivision 38, is amended to 
19.32 	read:
19.33 		Subd. 38.Payments for mental health services. Payments for mental 
19.34 	health services covered under the medical assistance program that are provided by 
20.1 	masters-prepared mental health professionals shall be 80 percent of the rate paid to 
20.2 	doctoral-prepared professionals. Payments for mental health services covered under 
20.3 	the medical assistance program that are provided by masters-prepared mental health 
20.4 	professionals employed by community mental health centers shall be 100 percent of the 
20.5 	rate paid to doctoral-prepared professionals. For purposes of reimbursement of mental 
20.6 	health professionals under the medical assistance program, all social workers who:
20.7 	(1) have received a master's degree in social work from a program accredited by the 
20.8 	Council on Social Work Education;
20.9 	(2) are licensed at the level of graduate social worker or independent social worker; 
20.10 	and
20.11 	(3) are practicing clinical social work under appropriate supervision, as defined by 
20.12 	chapter 148D; meet all requirements under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0323, subpart 
20.13 	24, and shall be paid accordingly.

20.14 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0926, subdivision 2, is amended to 
20.15 	read:
20.16 		Subd. 2.Admission review team; responsibilities; composition. (a) Before a 
20.17 	person is admitted to a facility, an admission review team must assure that the provider 
20.18 	can meet the needs of the person as identified in the person's individual service plan 
20.19 	required under section 256B.092, subdivision 1, unless authorized by the commissioner 
20.20 	for admittance to a state-operated services facility.
20.21 	(b) The admission review team must be assembled pursuant to Code of Federal 
20.22 	Regulations, title 42, section 483.440(b)(2). The composition of the admission review 
20.23 	team must meet the definition of an interdisciplinary team in Code of Federal Regulations, 
20.24 	title 42, section 483.440. In addition, the admission review team must meet any conditions 
20.25 	agreed to by the provider and the county where services are to be provided.
20.26 	(c) The county in which the facility is located may establish an admission review 
20.27 	team which includes at least the following:
20.28 	(1) a qualified developmental disability professional, as defined in Code of Federal 
20.29 	Regulations, title 42, section 483.440;
20.30 	(2) a representative of the county in which the provider is located;
20.31 	(3) at least one professional representing one of the following professions: nursing, 
20.32 	psychology, physical therapy, or occupational therapy; and
20.33 	(4) a representative of the provider.
20.34 	If the county in which the facility is located does not establish an admission review 
20.35 	team, the provider shall establish a team whose composition meets the definition of an 
21.1 	interdisciplinary team in Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 483.440. The 
21.2 	provider shall invite a representative of the county agency where the facility is located to 
21.3 	be a member of the admission review team.

21.4 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.0947, is amended to read:
21.5 	256B.0947 INTENSIVE REHABILITATIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
21.6 		Subdivision 1.Scope. Effective November 1, 2011, and subject to federal approval, 
21.7 	medical assistance covers medically necessary, intensive nonresidential rehabilitative 
21.8 	mental health services as defined in subdivision 2, for recipients as defined in subdivision 
21.9 	3, when the services are provided by an entity meeting the standards in this section.
21.10 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
21.11 	meanings given them.
21.12 	(a) "Intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services" means child 
21.13 	rehabilitative mental health services as defined in section 256B.0943, except that these 
21.14 	services are provided by a multidisciplinary staff using a total team approach consistent 
21.15 	with assertive community treatment, or other evidence-based practices as adapted for 
21.16 	youth, and are directed to recipients ages 16 to 21 with a serious mental illness or 
21.17 	co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse addiction who require intensive services
21.18 	to prevent admission to an inpatient psychiatric hospital or placement in a residential 
21.19 	treatment facility or who require intensive services to step down from inpatient or 
21.20 	residential care to community-based care.
21.21 	(b) "Evidence-based practices" are nationally recognized mental health services that 
21.22 	are proven by substantial research to be effective in helping individuals with serious 
21.23 	mental illness obtain specific treatment goals "Co-occurring mental illness and substance 
21.24 	abuse addiction" means a dual diagnosis of at least one form of mental illness and at least 
21.25 	one substance use disorder. Substance use disorders include alcohol or drug abuse or 
21.26 	dependence, excluding nicotine use.
21.27 	(c) "Diagnostic assessment" has the meaning given to it in Minnesota Rules, part 
21.28 	9505.0370, subpart 11. A diagnostic assessment must be provided according to Minnesota 
21.29 	Rules, part 9505.0372, subpart 1, and for this section must incorporate a determination of 
21.30 	the youth's necessary level of care using a standardized functional assessment instrument 
21.31 	approved and periodically updated by the commissioner.
21.32 	(d) "Education specialist" means an individual with knowledge and experience 
21.33 	working with youth regarding special education requirements and goals, special education 
21.34 	plans, and coordination of educational activities with health care activities.
22.1 	(e) "Housing access support" means an ancillary activity to help an individual find, 
22.2 	obtain, retain, and move to safe and adequate housing. Housing access support does not 
22.3 	provide monetary assistance for rent, damage deposits, or application fees.
22.4 	(f) "Integrated dual disorders treatment" means the integrated treatment of 
22.5 	co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders by a team of cross-trained 
22.6 	clinicians within the same program, and is characterized by assertive outreach, stage-wise 
22.7 	comprehensive treatment, treatment goal setting, and flexibility to work within each 
22.8 	stage of treatment.
22.9 	(g) "Medication education services" means services provided individually or in 
22.10 	groups, which focus on:
22.11 	(1) educating the client and client's family or significant nonfamilial supporters 
22.12 	about mental illness and symptoms;
22.13 	(2) the role and effects of medications in treating symptoms of mental illness; and
22.14 	(3) the side effects of medications.
22.15 	Medication education is coordinated with medication management services and does not 
22.16 	duplicate it. Medication education services are provided by physicians, pharmacists, or 
22.17 	registered nurses with certification in psychiatric and mental health care.
22.18 	(h) "Peer specialist" means an employed team member who is a certified peer 
22.19 	specialist and also a former children's mental health consumer who:
22.20 	(1) provides direct services to clients including social, emotional, and instrumental 
22.21 	support and outreach;
22.22 	(2) assists younger peers to identify and achieve specific life goals;
22.23 	(3) works directly with clients to promote the client's self-determination, personal 
22.24 	responsibility, and empowerment;
22.25 	(4) assists youth with mental illness to regain control over their lives and their 
22.26 	developmental process in order to move effectively into adulthood;
22.27 	(5) provides training and education to other team members, consumer advocacy 
22.28 	organizations, and clients on resiliency and peer support; and
22.29 	(6) meets the following criteria:
22.30 	(i) is at least 22 years of age;
22.31 	(ii) has had a diagnosis of mental illness, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 
22.32 	9505.0370, subpart 20, or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse addiction;
22.33 	(iii) is a former consumer of child and adolescent mental health services, or a former 
22.34 	or current consumer of adult mental health services for a period of at least two years;
22.35 	(iv) has at least a high school diploma or equivalent;
23.1 	(v) has successfully completed training requirements determined and periodically 
23.2 	updated by the commissioner; 
23.3 	(vi) is willing to disclose the individual's own mental health history to team members 
23.4 	and clients; and
23.5 	(vii) must be free of substance use problems for at least one year.
23.6 	(i) "Provider agency" means a for-profit or nonprofit organization established to 
23.7 	administer an assertive community treatment for youth team.
23.8 	(j) "Substance use disorders" means one or more of the disorders defined in the 
23.9 	diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, current edition, that include:
23.10 	(1) alcohol or drug abuse, which is indicated by harmful effects on a person's life 
23.11 	including work, relationship, and legal problems; and
23.12 	(2) dependence on drugs or alcohol which is indicated by tolerance, withdrawal, or 
23.13 	inability to reduce using more than intended.
23.14 	(k) "Transition services" means:
23.15 	(1) activities, materials, consultation, and coordination that ensures continuity of 
23.16 	the client's care in advance of and in preparation for the client's move from one stage of 
23.17 	care or life to another by maintaining contact with the client and assisting the client to 
23.18 	establish provider relationships;
23.19 	(2) providing the client with knowledge and skills needed posttransition;
23.20 	(3) establishing communication between sending and receiving entities;
23.21 	(4) supporting a client's request for service authorization and enrollment; and
23.22 	(5) establishing and enforcing procedures and schedules.
23.23 	A youth's transition from the children's mental health system and services to 
23.24 	the adult mental health system and services and return to the client's home and entry 
23.25 	or re-entry into community-based mental health services following discharge from an 
23.26 	out-of-home placement or inpatient hospital stay.
23.27 	(c) (l) "Treatment team" means all staff who provide services to recipients under this 
23.28 	section. At a minimum, this includes the clinical supervisor, mental health professionals, 
23.29 	mental health practitioners, mental health behavioral aides, and a school representative 
23.30 	familiar with the recipient's individual education plan (IEP) if applicable.
23.31 		Subd. 3.Client eligibility. An eligible recipient under the age of 18 is an individual 
23.32 	who:
23.33 	(1) is age 16 or, 17, 18, 19, or 20; and
23.34 	(2) is diagnosed with a medical condition, such as an emotional disturbance or 
23.35 	traumatic brain injury serious mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance 
24.1 	abuse addiction, for which intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services 
24.2 	are needed;
24.3 	(3) has received a level-of-care determination, using an instrument approved by the 
24.4 	commissioner, that indicates a need for intensive integrated intervention without 24-hour 
24.5 	medical monitoring and a need for extensive collaboration among multiple providers;
24.6 	(3) (4) has substantial disability and a functional impairment in three or more of the 
24.7 	areas listed in section 245.462, subdivision 11a, so that self-sufficiency upon adulthood or 
24.8 	emancipation is unlikely and a history of difficulty in functioning safely and successfully 
24.9 	in the community, school, home, or job; or who is likely to need services from the adult 
24.10 	mental health system within the next two years; and
24.11 	(4) (5) has had a recent diagnostic assessment, as provided in Minnesota Rules, 
24.12 	part 9505.0372, subpart 1, by a qualified mental health professional who is qualified 
24.13 	under Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0371, subpart 5, item A, that documents that intensive 
24.14 	nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services are medically necessary to address
24.15 	ameliorate identified disability and symptoms and functional impairments and to achieve
24.16 	individual recipient transition goals.
24.17 		Subd. 3a.Required service components. (a) Subject to federal approval, medical 
24.18 	assistance covers all medically necessary intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental 
24.19 	health services and supports, as defined in this section, under a single daily rate per client. 
24.20 	Services and supports must be delivered by an eligible provider under subdivision 5 
24.21 	to an eligible client under subdivision 3.
24.22 	(b) Intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services, supports, and 
24.23 	ancillary activities covered by the single daily rate per client must include the following, 
24.24 	as needed by the individual client:
24.25 	(1) individual, family, and group psychotherapy;
24.26 	(2) individual, family, and group skills training, as defined in section 256B.0943, 
24.27 	subdivision 1, paragraph (p);
24.28 	(3) crisis assistance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 9a, which includes 
24.29 	recognition of factors precipitating a mental health crisis, identification of behaviors 
24.30 	related to the crisis, and the development of a plan to address prevention, intervention, and 
24.31 	follow-up strategies to be used in the lead-up to or onset of, and conclusion of, a mental 
24.32 	health crisis; crisis assistance does not mean crisis response services or crisis intervention 
24.33 	services provided in section 256B.0944;
24.34 	(4) medication management provided by a physician or an advanced practice 
24.35 	registered nurse with certification in psychiatric and mental health care;
25.1 	(5) mental health case management as provided in section 256B.0625, subdivision 
25.2 	20;
25.3 	(6) medication education services as defined in this section;
25.4 	(7) care coordination by a client-specific lead worker assigned by and responsible to 
25.5 	the treatment team;
25.6 	(8) psychoeducation of and consultation and coordination with the client's biological, 
25.7 	adoptive, or foster family and, in the case of a youth living independently, the client's 
25.8 	immediate nonfamilial support network;
25.9 	(9) clinical consultation to a client's employer or school or to other service agencies 
25.10 	or to the courts to assist in managing the mental illness or co-occurring disorder and to 
25.11 	develop client support systems;
25.12 	(10) coordination with, or performance of, crisis intervention and stabilization 
25.13 	services as defined in section 256B.0944;
25.14 	(11) assessment of a client's treatment progress and effectiveness of services using 
25.15 	standardized outcome measures published by the commissioner;
25.16 	(12) transition services as defined in this section;
25.17 	(13) integrated dual disorders treatment as defined in this section; and
25.18 	(14) housing access support.
25.19 	(c) The provider shall ensure and document the following by means of performing 
25.20 	the required function or by contracting with a qualified person or entity:
25.21 	(1) client access to crisis intervention services, as defined in section 256B.0944, and 
25.22 	available 24 hours per day and seven days per week;
25.23 	(2) completion of an extended diagnostic assessment, as defined in Minnesota Rules, 
25.24 	part 9505.0372, subpart 1, item C; and
25.25 	(3) determination of the client's needed level of care using an instrument approved 
25.26 	and periodically updated by the commissioner.
25.27 		Subd. 4.Provider certification and contract requirements. (a) The intensive 
25.28 	nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services provider must: agency shall
25.29 	(1) have a contract with the host county commissioner to provide intensive transition 
25.30 	youth rehabilitative mental health services; and.
25.31 	(2) be certified by the commissioner as being in compliance with this section and 
25.32 	section 256B.0943.
25.33 	(b) The commissioner shall develop procedures administrative and clinical contract 
25.34 	standards and performance evaluation criteria for counties and providers, including county 
25.35 	providers, and may require applicants to submit contracts and other documentation as 
26.1 	needed to allow the commissioner to determine whether the standards in this section are 
26.2 	met.
26.3 		Subd. 5.Standards for intensive nonresidential rehabilitative providers. (a) 
26.4 	Services must be provided by a certified provider entity as defined in section 256B.0943, 
26.5 	subdivision 4 that meets the requirements in section 245B.0943, subdivisions 5 and 6
26.6 	provided in subdivision 4.
26.7 	(b) The treatment team for intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health 
26.8 	services comprises both permanently employed core team members and client-specific 
26.9 	team members as follows:
26.10 	(1) The core treatment team is an entity that operates under the direction of an 
26.11 	independently licensed mental health professional, who is qualified under Minnesota 
26.12 	Rules, part 9505.0371, subpart 5, item A, and that assumes comprehensive clinical 
26.13 	responsibility for clients. Based on professional qualifications and client needs, clinically 
26.14 	qualified core team members are assigned on a rotating basis as the client's lead worker to 
26.15 	coordinate a client's care. The core team must comprise at least four full-time equivalent 
26.16 	direct care staff and must include, but is not limited to:
26.17 	(i) an independently licensed mental health professional, qualified under Minnesota 
26.18 	Rules, part 9505.0371, subpart 5, item A, who serves as team leader to provide 
26.19 	administrative direction and clinical supervision to the team;
26.20 	(ii) an advanced-practice registered nurse with certification in psychiatric or mental 
26.21 	health care or a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, either of which must 
26.22 	be credentialed to prescribe medications;
26.23 	(iii) a licensed alcohol and drug counselor who is also trained in mental health 
26.24 	interventions; and
26.25 	(iv) a peer specialist as defined in subdivision 2, paragraph (h).
26.26 	(2) The core team may also include any of the following:
26.27 	(i) additional mental health professionals;
26.28 	(ii) a vocational specialist;
26.29 	(iii) an educational specialist;
26.30 	(iv) a child and adolescent psychiatrist who may be retained on a consultant basis;
26.31 	(v) a mental health practitioner, as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 26;
26.32 	(vi) a mental health manager, as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 4; and
26.33 	(vii) a housing access specialist.
26.34 	(3) A treatment team may include, in addition to those in clause (1) or (2), ad hoc 
26.35 	members not employed by the team who consult on a specific client and who must accept 
26.36 	overall clinical direction from the treatment team for the duration of the client's placement 
27.1 	with the treatment team and must be paid by the provider agency at the rate for a typical 
27.2 	session by that provider with that client or at a rate negotiated with the client-specific 
27.3 	member. Client-specific treatment team members may include:
27.4 	(i) the mental health professional treating the client prior to placement with the 
27.5 	treatment team;
27.6 	(ii) the client's current substance abuse counselor, if applicable;
27.7 	(iii) a lead member of the client's individual education planning team or school-based 
27.8 	mental health provider, if applicable;
27.9 	(iv) a representative from the client's health care home or primary care clinic, as 
27.10 	needed to ensure integration of medical and behavioral health care;
27.11 	(v) the client's probation officer or other juvenile justice representative, if applicable; 
27.12 	and
27.13 	(vi) the client's current vocational or employment counselor, if applicable.
27.14 	(b) (c) The clinical supervisor must shall be an active member of the treatment team
27.15 	and shall function as a practicing clinician at least on a part-time basis. The treatment team 
27.16 	must shall meet with the clinical supervisor at least weekly to discuss recipients' progress 
27.17 	and make rapid adjustments to meet recipients' needs. The team meeting shall must
27.18 	include recipient-specific client-specific case reviews and general treatment discussions 
27.19 	among team members. Recipient-specific Client-specific case reviews and planning must 
27.20 	be documented in the individual recipient's client's treatment record.
27.21 	(d) The staffing ratio must not exceed ten clients to one full-time equivalent 
27.22 	treatment team position.
27.23 	(e) The treatment team shall serve no more than 80 clients at any one time. Should 
27.24 	local demand exceed the team's capacity, an additional team must be established rather 
27.25 	than exceed this limit.
27.26 	(c) treatment (f) Nonclinical staff must shall have prompt access in person or by 
27.27 	telephone to a mental health practitioner or mental health professional. The provider must
27.28 	shall have the capacity to promptly and appropriately respond to emergent needs and make 
27.29 	any necessary staffing adjustments to assure the health and safety of recipients clients.
27.30 	(d) The initial functional assessment must be completed within ten days of intake 
27.31 	and updated at least every three months or prior to discharge from the service, whichever 
27.32 	comes first.
27.33 	(e) The initial individual treatment plan must be completed within ten days of intake 
27.34 	and reviewed and updated at least monthly with the recipient.
27.35 	(g) The intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services provider shall 
27.36 	participate in evaluation of the assertive community treatment for youth (Youth ACT) 
28.1 	model as conducted by the commissioner, including the collection and reporting of data 
28.2 	and the reporting of performance measures as specified by contract with the commissioner.
28.3 	(h) A regional treatment team may serve multiple counties.
28.4 		Subd. 6.Additional Service standards. The standards in this subdivision apply to 
28.5 	intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services.
28.6 	(1) (a) The treatment team must shall use team treatment, not an individual treatment 
28.7 	model.
28.8 	(2) The clinical supervisor must function as a practicing clinician at least on a 
28.9 	part-time basis.
28.10 	(3) The staffing ratio must not exceed ten recipients to one full-time equivalent 
28.11 	treatment team position.
28.12 	(4) (b) Services must be available at times that meet client needs.
28.13 	(c) The initial functional assessment must be completed within ten days of intake 
28.14 	and updated at least every three months or prior to discharge from the service, whichever 
28.15 	comes first.
28.16 	(d) An individual treatment plan must be completed for each client, according to 
28.17 	criteria specified in section 256B.0943, subdivision 6, paragraph (b), clause (2), and, 
28.18 	additionally, must:
28.19 	(1) be completed in consultation with the client's current therapist and key providers 
28.20 	and provide for ongoing consultation with the client's current therapist to ensure 
28.21 	therapeutic continuity and to facilitate the client's return to the community;
28.22 	(2) if a need for substance use disorder treatment is indicated by validated 
28.23 	assessment:
28.24 	(i) identify goals, objectives, and strategies of substance use disorder treatment; 
28.25 	develop a schedule for accomplishing treatment goals and objectives; and identify the 
28.26 	individuals responsible for providing treatment services and supports;
28.27 	(ii) be reviewed at least once every 90 days and revised, if necessary;
28.28 	(3) be signed by the clinical supervisor and by the client and, if the client is a minor, 
28.29 	by the client's parent or other person authorized by statute to consent to mental health 
28.30 	treatment and substance use disorder treatment for the client; and
28.31 	(4) provide for the client's transition out of intensive nonresidential rehabilitative 
28.32 	mental health services by defining the team's actions to assist the client and subsequent 
28.33 	providers in the transition to less intensive or "stepped down" services.
28.34 	(5) (e) The treatment team must shall actively and assertively engage and reach 
28.35 	out to the recipient's client's family members and significant others, after obtaining the 
28.36 	recipient's permission by establishing communication and collaboration with the family 
29.1 	and significant others and educating the family and significant others about the client's 
29.2 	mental illness, symptom management, and the family's role in treatment, unless the team 
29.3 	knows or has reason to suspect that the client has suffered or faces a threat of suffering any 
29.4 	physical or mental injury, abuse, or neglect from a family member or significant other.
29.5 	(f) For a client age 18 or older, the treatment team may disclose to a family member, 
29.6 	other relative, or a close personal friend of the client, or other person identified by the 
29.7 	client, the protected health information directly relevant to such person's involvement with 
29.8 	the client's care, as provided in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 164.502(b). If 
29.9 	the client is present, the treatment team shall obtain the client's agreement, provide the 
29.10 	client with an opportunity to object, or reasonably infer from the circumstances, based 
29.11 	on the exercise of professional judgment, that the client does not object. If the client is 
29.12 	not present or is unable, by incapacity or emergency circumstances, to agree or object, 
29.13 	the treatment team may, in the exercise of professional judgment, determine whether 
29.14 	the disclosure is in the best interests of the client and, if so, disclose only the protected 
29.15 	health information that is directly relevant to the family member's, relative's, friend's, 
29.16 	or client-identified person's involvement with the client's health care. The client may 
29.17 	orally agree or object to the disclosure and may prohibit or restrict disclosure to specific 
29.18 	individuals.
29.19 	(6) The treatment team must establish ongoing communication and collaboration 
29.20 	between the team, family, and significant others and educate the family and significant 
29.21 	others about mental illness, symptom management, and the family's role in treatment.
29.22 	(7) (g) The treatment team must shall provide interventions to promote positive 
29.23 	interpersonal relationships.
29.24 		Subd. 7.Medical assistance payment and rate setting. (a) Payment for 
29.25 	nonresidential services in this section shall must be based on one daily encounter rate per 
29.26 	provider inclusive of the following services received by an eligible recipient client in a 
29.27 	given calendar day: all rehabilitative services, supports, and ancillary activities under 
29.28 	this section, staff travel time to provide rehabilitative services under this section, and 
29.29 	nonresidential crisis stabilization response services under section 256B.0944.
29.30 	(b) Except as indicated in paragraph (c), Payment will must not be made to more than 
29.31 	one entity for each recipient client for services provided under this section on a given day. 
29.32 	If services under this section are provided by a team that includes staff from more than one 
29.33 	entity, the team must shall determine how to distribute the payment among the members.
29.34 	(c) The host county shall recommend to the commissioner one rate for each entity
29.35 	shall establish regional cost-based rates for entities that will bill medical assistance for 
30.1 	nonresidential intensive rehabilitative mental health services. In developing these rates, 
30.2 	the host county commissioner shall consider and document:
30.3 	(1) the cost for similar services in the local health care trade area;
30.4 	(2) actual costs incurred by entities providing the services;
30.5 	(3) the intensity and frequency of services to be provided to each recipient client;
30.6 	(4) the degree to which recipients clients will receive services other than services 
30.7 	under this section; and
30.8 	(5) the costs of other services that will be separately reimbursed.
30.9 	(d) The rate for a provider must not exceed the rate charged by that provider for 
30.10 	the same service to other payors.
30.11 		Subd. 7a.Noncovered services. (a) The rate for intensive rehabilitative mental 
30.12 	health services must exclude medical assistance room and board rate, as defined in section 
30.13 	256I.03, subdivision 6, and payment for services not covered under this section, such as 
30.14 	partial hospitalization and inpatient services. Physician Services are not a component of 
30.15 	the treatment team and covered under this section may be billed separately. The county's 
30.16 	recommendation shall specify the period for which the rate will be applicable, not to 
30.17 	exceed two years.
30.18 	(e) When services under this section are provided by an assertive community team, 
30.19 	case management functions must be an integral part of the team.
30.20 	(f) The rate for a provider must not exceed the rate charged by that provider for 
30.21 	the same service to other payors.
30.22 	(g) The commissioner shall approve or reject the county's rate recommendation, 
30.23 	based on the commissioner's own analysis of the criteria in paragraph (c).
30.24 	(b) The following services are not covered under this section and are not eligible for 
30.25 	medical assistance payment under the per-client, per-day payment:
30.26 	(1) inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment;
30.27 	(2) mental health residential treatment;
30.28 	(3) partial hospitalization;
30.29 	(4) physician services outside of care provided by a psychiatrist serving as a member 
30.30 	of the treatment team;
30.31 	(5) room and board costs, as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 6;
30.32 	(6) children's mental health day treatment services; and
30.33 	(7) mental health behavioral aide services, as defined in section 256B.0943, 
30.34 	subdivision 1, paragraph (m).
30.35 		Subd. 8.Provider enrollment and rate setting. Counties that employ their 
30.36 	own staff to provide services under this section The commissioner shall establish and 
31.1 	administer treatment teams with consideration given to regional distribution. Providers
31.2 	shall apply directly to the commissioner for enrollment and rate setting must be reimbursed 
31.3 	at rates established by contract. In this case, a county contract is not required and The 
31.4 	commissioner shall perform the program review and rate setting duties which would 
31.5 	otherwise be required of counties under this section.
31.6 		Subd. 9.Service authorization. The commissioner shall publish prior authorization 
31.7 	criteria and standards to be used for intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health 
31.8 	services, as provided in section 256B.0625, subdivision 25.

31.9 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.157, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
31.10 		Subd. 3.Juvenile treatment screening team. (a) The responsible social services 
31.11 	agency shall establish a juvenile treatment screening team to conduct screenings and 
31.12 	prepare case plans under this subdivision this chapter, chapter 260D, and section 245.487, 
31.13 	subdivision 3. Screenings shall be conducted within 15 days of a request for a screening. 
31.14 	The team, which may be the team constituted under section 245.4885 or 256B.092 or 
31.15 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6600 to 9530.6655, shall consist of social workers, juvenile 
31.16 	justice professionals, and persons with expertise in the treatment of juveniles who are 
31.17 	emotionally disabled, chemically dependent, or have a developmental disability, and the 
31.18 	child's parent, guardian, or permanent legal custodian under section 260C.201, subdivision 
31.19 	11. The team shall involve parents or guardians in the screening process as appropriate.
31.20 	The team may be the same team as defined in section 260B.157, subdivision 3.
31.21 	(b) The social services agency shall determine whether a child brought to its 
31.22 	attention for the purposes described in this section is an Indian child, as defined in section 
31.23 	260C.007, subdivision 21, and shall determine the identity of the Indian child's tribe, as 
31.24 	defined in section 260.755, subdivision 9. When a child to be evaluated is an Indian child, 
31.25 	the team provided in paragraph (a) shall include a designated representative of the Indian 
31.26 	child's tribe, unless the child's tribal authority declines to appoint a representative. The 
31.27 	Indian child's tribe may delegate its authority to represent the child to any other federally 
31.28 	recognized Indian tribe, as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12.
31.29 	(c) If the court, prior to, or as part of, a final disposition, proposes to place a child:
31.30 	(1) for the primary purpose of treatment for an emotional disturbance, a 
31.31 	developmental disability, or chemical dependency in a residential treatment facility out 
31.32 	of state or in one which is within the state and licensed by the commissioner of human 
31.33 	services under chapter 245A; or
31.34 	(2) in any out-of-home setting potentially exceeding 30 days in duration, including a 
31.35 	postdispositional placement in a facility licensed by the commissioner of corrections or 
32.1 	human services, the court shall ascertain whether the child is an Indian child and shall 
32.2 	notify the county welfare agency and, if the child is an Indian child, shall notify the Indian 
32.3 	child's tribe. The county's juvenile treatment screening team must either: (i) screen and 
32.4 	evaluate the child and file its recommendations with the court within 14 days of receipt 
32.5 	of the notice; or (ii) elect not to screen a given case and notify the court of that decision 
32.6 	within three working days.
32.7 	(d) If the screening team has elected to screen and evaluate the child, The child 
32.8 	may not be placed for the primary purpose of treatment for an emotional disturbance, a 
32.9 	developmental disability, or chemical dependency, in a residential treatment facility out of 
32.10 	state nor in a residential treatment facility within the state that is licensed under chapter 
32.11 	245A, unless one of the following conditions applies:
32.12 	(1) a treatment professional certifies that an emergency requires the placement 
32.13 	of the child in a facility within the state;
32.14 	(2) the screening team has evaluated the child and recommended that a residential 
32.15 	placement is necessary to meet the child's treatment needs and the safety needs of the 
32.16 	community, that it is a cost-effective means of meeting the treatment needs, and that it 
32.17 	will be of therapeutic value to the child; or
32.18 	(3) the court, having reviewed a screening team recommendation against placement, 
32.19 	determines to the contrary that a residential placement is necessary. The court shall state 
32.20 	the reasons for its determination in writing, on the record, and shall respond specifically 
32.21 	to the findings and recommendation of the screening team in explaining why the 
32.22 	recommendation was rejected. The attorney representing the child and the prosecuting 
32.23 	attorney shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matter.
32.24 	(e) When the county's juvenile treatment screening team has elected to screen and 
32.25 	evaluate a child determined to be an Indian child, the team shall provide notice to the 
32.26 	tribe or tribes that accept jurisdiction for the Indian child or that recognize the child as a 
32.27 	member of the tribe or as a person eligible for membership in the tribe, and permit the 
32.28 	tribe's representative to participate in the screening team.
32.29 	(f) When the Indian child's tribe or tribal health care services provider or Indian 
32.30 	Health Services provider proposes to place a child for the primary purpose of treatment 
32.31 	for an emotional disturbance, a developmental disability, or co-occurring emotional 
32.32 	disturbance and chemical dependency, the Indian child's tribe or the tribe delegated by 
32.33 	the child's tribe shall submit necessary documentation to the county juvenile treatment 
32.34 	screening team, which must invite the Indian child's tribe to designate a representative to 
32.35 	the screening team.

33.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260D.01, is amended to read:
33.2 	260D.01 CHILD IN VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE FOR TREATMENT.
33.3 	(a) Sections 260D.01 to 260D.10, may be cited as the "child in voluntary foster care 
33.4 	for treatment" provisions of the Juvenile Court Act.
33.5 	(b) The juvenile court has original and exclusive jurisdiction over a child in 
33.6 	voluntary foster care for treatment upon the filing of a report or petition required under 
33.7 	this chapter. All obligations of the agency to a child and family in foster care contained in 
33.8 	chapter 260C not inconsistent with this chapter are also obligations of the agency with 
33.9 	regard to a child in foster care for treatment under this chapter.
33.10 	(c) This chapter shall be construed consistently with the mission of the children's 
33.11 	mental health service system as set out in section 245.487, subdivision 3, and the duties 
33.12 	of an agency under section sections256B.092, 260C.157, and Minnesota Rules, parts 
33.13 	9525.0004 to 9525.0016, to meet the needs of a child with a developmental disability or 
33.14 	related condition. This chapter:
33.15 	(1) establishes voluntary foster care through a voluntary foster care agreement as the 
33.16 	means for an agency and a parent to provide needed treatment when the child must be in 
33.17 	foster care to receive necessary treatment for an emotional disturbance or developmental 
33.18 	disability or related condition;
33.19 	(2) establishes court review requirements for a child in voluntary foster care for 
33.20 	treatment due to emotional disturbance or developmental disability or a related condition;
33.21 	(3) establishes the ongoing responsibility of the parent as legal custodian to visit the 
33.22 	child, to plan together with the agency for the child's treatment needs, to be available and 
33.23 	accessible to the agency to make treatment decisions, and to obtain necessary medical, 
33.24 	dental, and other care for the child; and
33.25 	(4) applies to voluntary foster care when the child's parent and the agency agree that 
33.26 	the child's treatment needs require foster care either:
33.27 	(i) due to a level of care determination by the agency's screening team informed by 
33.28 	the diagnostic and functional assessment under section 245.4885; or
33.29 	(ii) due to a determination regarding the level of services needed by the responsible 
33.30 	social services' screening team under section 256B.092, and Minnesota Rules, parts 
33.31 	9525.0004 to 9525.0016.
33.32 	(d) This chapter does not apply when there is a current determination under section 
33.33 	626.556 that the child requires child protective services or when the child is in foster care 
33.34 	for any reason other than treatment for the child's emotional disturbance or developmental 
33.35 	disability or related condition. When there is a determination under section 626.556 that 
33.36 	the child requires child protective services based on an assessment that there are safety 
34.1 	and risk issues for the child that have not been mitigated through the parent's engagement 
34.2 	in services or otherwise, or when the child is in foster care for any reason other than 
34.3 	the child's emotional disturbance or developmental disability or related condition, the 
34.4 	provisions of chapter 260C apply.
34.5 	(e) The paramount consideration in all proceedings concerning a child in voluntary 
34.6 	foster care for treatment is the safety, health, and the best interests of the child. The 
34.7 	purpose of this chapter is:
34.8 	(1) to ensure a child with a disability is provided the services necessary to treat or 
34.9 	ameliorate the symptoms of the child's disability;
34.10 	(2) to preserve and strengthen the child's family ties whenever possible and in the 
34.11 	child's best interests, approving the child's placement away from the child's parents only 
34.12 	when the child's need for care or treatment requires it and the child cannot be maintained 
34.13 	in the home of the parent; and
34.14 	(3) to ensure the child's parent retains legal custody of the child and associated 
34.15 	decision-making authority unless the child's parent willfully fails or is unable to make 
34.16 	decisions that meet the child's safety, health, and best interests. The court may not find 
34.17 	that the parent willfully fails or is unable to make decisions that meet the child's needs 
34.18 	solely because the parent disagrees with the agency's choice of foster care facility, unless 
34.19 	the agency files a petition under chapter 260C, and establishes by clear and convincing 
34.20 	evidence that the child is in need of protection or services.
34.21 	(f) The legal parent-child relationship shall be supported under this chapter by 
34.22 	maintaining the parent's legal authority and responsibility for ongoing planning for the 
34.23 	child and by the agency's assisting the parent, where necessary, to exercise the parent's 
34.24 	ongoing right and obligation to visit or to have reasonable contact with the child. Ongoing 
34.25 	planning means:
34.26 	(1) actively participating in the planning and provision of educational services, 
34.27 	medical, and dental care for the child;
34.28 	(2) actively planning and participating with the agency and the foster care facility 
34.29 	for the child's treatment needs; and
34.30 	(3) planning to meet the child's need for safety, stability, and permanency, and the 
34.31 	child's need to stay connected to the child's family and community.
34.32 	(g) The provisions of section 260.012 to ensure placement prevention, family 
34.33 	reunification, and all active and reasonable effort requirements of that section apply. This 
34.34 	chapter shall be construed consistently with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare 
34.35 	Act of 1978, United States Code, title 25, section 1901, et al., and the provisions of the 
34.36 	Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, sections 260.751 to 260.835.

35.1 	Sec. 24.  REPEALER.
 35.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 254B.01, subdivision 7; and 256B.0622, 
35.3 	subdivision 8a, are repealed.