1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money to children's mental health 
1.3 	collaboratives.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH 
1.6 	COLLABORATIVES.
 1.7 	(a) $600,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of human services for a children's mental health grant under section 
1.9 	245.4889 for a rural demonstration project to assist transition-aged youth and young 
1.10 	adults with emotional behavioral disturbance or mental illnesses in making a successful 
1.11 	transition into adulthood. The base appropriation for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
1.12 	$600,000. The ongoing base appropriation is zero.
1.13 	(b) Children's mental health collaboratives under section 245.493 are eligible to 
1.14 	apply for grant funding under this section. The commissioner shall solicit proposals 
1.15 	and select the proposal that best meets the requirements under paragraph (c). Only one 
1.16 	demonstration project may be funded under this section.
1.17 	(c) The demonstration project must:
1.18 	(1) support youth served to achieve, within their potential, their personal goals 
1.19 	in employment, education, living situation, personal effectiveness, and community life 
1.20 	functioning;
1.21 	(2) build on and streamline transition services by identifying rural youth ages 15 to 
1.22 	25 currently in the mental health system or with emerging mental health conditions;
1.23 	(3) provide individualized motivational coaching;
1.24 	(4) build needed social supports;
2.1 	(5) demonstrate how services can be enhanced for youth to successfully navigate the 
2.2 	complexities associated with their unique needs;
2.3 	(6) utilize all available funding streams;
2.4 	(7) evaluate the effectiveness of the project; and
2.5 	(8) compare differences in outcomes and costs to youth without previous access 
2.6 	to this project.
2.7 	(d) The commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
2.8 	the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over mental health 
2.9 	issues on the status and outcomes of the demonstration project by January 15, 2019. The 
2.10 	children's mental health collaboratives administering the demonstration project shall 
2.11 	collect and report outcome data, per guidelines approved by the commissioner, to support 
2.12 	the development of this report.