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SF 1561
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
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A bill for an act
relating to human services; establishing grant programs for various purposes related
to children's mental health; modifying provisions governing long-term care
consultation services; modifying rates for certain children's mental health services;
establishing the psychiatric residential treatment facility working group; requiring
reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
245.4907, subdivision 3; 245I.04, subdivision 12; 256.01, by adding a subdivision;
256B.0616, subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0911, subdivisions 1, 10, 13, 14, 17, by adding
subdivisions; 256B.4911, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 245.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.4907, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Allowable grant activities.
Grantees must use grant funding to provide training
for mental health deleted text begin certifieddeleted text end family peer deleted text begin specialistsdeleted text end new text begin specialist candidates and continuing
education to certified family peer specialistsnew text end as specified in section 256B.0616, subdivision
5.
Sec. 2.
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[245.4908] YOUTH CARE PROFESSIONAL GRANT PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Establishment. new text end
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The commissioner of human services must establish a
competitive youth care professional grant to provide funding for required nonfacility specific
and nonprogram specific orientation and training of direct care staff in the following settings
and programs:
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(1) children's residential facilities licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0010 to
2960.0750;
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(2) children's residential programs certified under Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0010 to
2960.0750; and
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(3) day treatment programs described in section 256B.0943.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Eligible applicants. new text end
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An eligible applicant is a Minnesota-based third-party
training provider that:
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(1) is affiliated with a research institution conducting regular inquiry into child and youth
development;
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(2) has experience developing, facilitating, and evaluating child and youth training
content provided to a Minnesota workforce;
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(3) has expertise in curriculum development for both synchronous and asynchronous
virtual training; and
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(4) has expertise in utilizing learner management systems for transferable electronic
training records.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Program development. new text end
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(a) The commissioner must contract with the grantee
to establish nonfacility specific and nonprogram specific orientation and training curricula
and accompanying assessment mechanisms. The contract must contain a complete list of
orientation and training topics the grantee must include in the curricula and standards for
demonstrating competency in the topics included in the curricula. The curricula must include
how to provide services to a person according to a trauma-informed model of care.
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(b) When developing the nonfacility specific and nonprogram specific orientation and
training curricula, the grantee must consult with children's residential program staff and day
treatment program staff.
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(c) The grantee must include all nonfacility specific and nonprogram specific orientation
and training topics required of the targeted direct care staff under Minnesota Rules, parts
2960.0010 to 2960.0750, and as applicable, chapter 245I.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Training activities. new text end
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The grantee must maintain a learning management system
that keeps a record of each training participant's progress toward completing the curricula,
including the results of competency assessments.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Youth care professional registry. new text end
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(a) The grantee must create and maintain
a youth care professional registry. Training participants who have successfully completed
the training program and demonstrated the relevant competencies may elect to be included
on the registry. When a training participant elects to be included on the registry, the grantee
must enter the training participant's name and training completion date on the youth care
professional registry.
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(b) If the registrant gives written permission, the grantee must share the registrant's
record with an any child-serving organization that specifically requests the registrant's
record.
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Sec. 3.
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[245.4909] HIGH-FIDELITY WRAPAROUND GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Establishment. new text end
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The commissioner of human services shall establish a
high-fidelity wraparound grant program to provide additional funding for a comprehensive
child and family-driven response to children experiencing serious mental health or behavioral
challenges through the implementation of a high-fidelity wraparound service model.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Eligible applicants. new text end
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An eligible applicant is a community-based service provider
or a county with a commitment to providing high-fidelity wraparound services. Applicants
other than counties must partner with a county. Applicants must describe county efforts to
leverage an enhanced children's mental health targeted case management rate to support
base funding for high-fidelity wraparound services provided to recipients of medical
assistance.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Grant activities. new text end
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Grantees must comply with relevant mental health targeted
case management services standards described in section 256B.0625, subdivision 20, and
deliver high-fidelity wraparound services through an evidence-based model approved by
the commissioner. Permissible uses of awarded grant money include paying for start-up
costs and ancillary care. A grantee may use awarded grant funds to pay for the provision
of high-fidelity wraparound services, but only after determining and documenting that no
other payor, including the county and medical assistance, is liable for the cost of services.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Technical assistance to counties. new text end
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The commissioner shall clearly communicate
to county human services directors that the delivery of high-fidelity wraparound services
provides an opportunity for a county to apply for an enhanced rate for children's mental
health targeted case management. The commissioner shall provide timely clear direction
and enhanced rate application support to counties that express interest in supporting the
provision of high-fidelity wraparound services.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Data collection and outcome measurement. new text end
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Grantees shall provide the
commissioner with service utilization and outcome data no more frequently than twice per
year. The commissioner shall design the data requirements in consultation with the grantee.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245I.04, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
Subd. 12.
Mental health certified family peer specialist qualifications.
A mental
health certified family peer specialist must:
(1) have raised or be currently raising a child with a mental illnessnew text begin or have lived
experience as a youth with a mental illnessnew text end ;
(2) have experience navigating the children's mental health system; and
(3) have a valid certification as a mental health certified family peer specialist under
section 256B.0616.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 44. new text end
new text begin Youth care transition teams. new text end
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(a) The commissioner shall establish and
maintain youth care transition teams to facilitate the transition of youth from inpatient
psychiatric settings, emergency departments, inpatient hospitalization, juvenile detention
facilities, residential treatment facilities, and child and adolescent behavioral health hospitals
to the community or to a less restrictive care setting. Each multidisciplinary team must
consist of at least one mental health professional as defined in section 245I.04, subdivision
2, and a family peer specialist. Teams must coordinate with family caregivers, the setting
from which the child is discharging, community providers, lead agencies, health carriers as
defined in section 62A.011, the Department of Human Services, and other involved parties.
Teams must support the youth's transition to necessary care and treatment in a community
setting or a setting that is less restrictive than the setting from which the youth is discharging.
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(b) The commissioner must ensure that the teams make available at least 90 days of
direct support to the youth and caregivers to support and stabilize the youth's transition to
community.
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Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0616, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
new text begin Family new text end peer support deleted text begin specialistdeleted text end program providers.
The commissioner shall
develop a process to certify family peer support deleted text begin specialistdeleted text end programs, in accordance with the
federal guidelines, in order for the program to bill for reimbursable services. Family peer
support programs must operate within an existing mental health community provider or
center.
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0616, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Certified family peer specialist training and certification.
new text begin (a) new text end The
commissioner shall develop deleted text begin adeleted text end new text begin or approve the use of an existingnew text end training and certification
process for deleted text begin certifieddeleted text end new text begin certifyingnew text end family peer specialists. deleted text begin Thedeleted text end new text begin Family peer specialistnew text end candidates
must have raised or be currently raising a child with a mental illnessdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin or have lived experience
as a youth with a mental illness;new text end have deleted text begin haddeleted text end experience navigating the children's mental health
systemdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end and deleted text begin mustdeleted text end demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills and a strong dedication to
family-driven and family-focused services. The training curriculum must teach participating
family peer deleted text begin specialistsdeleted text end new text begin specialist candidatesnew text end specific skills relevant to providing peer support
to other parentsnew text begin and youthnew text end .
new text begin (b) new text end In addition to initial training and certification, the commissioner shall develop ongoing
continuing educational workshops on pertinent issues related to family peer support
counseling.
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(c) Initial training leading to certification as a family peer specialist and continuing
education for certified family peer specialists must be delivered by the commissioner or a
third-party organization approved by the commissioner. An approved third-party organization
may also provide continuing education of certified family peer specialists.
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Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Purpose and goal.
(a) The purpose of long-term care consultation services
is to assist persons with long-term or chronic care needs in making care decisions and
selecting support and service options that meet their needs and reflect their preferences.
The availability of, and access to, information and other types of assistance, including
long-term care consultation assessment and support planning, is also intended to prevent
or delay institutional placements and to provide access to transition assistance after
placement. Further, the goal of long-term care consultation services is to contain costs
associated with unnecessary institutional admissions. Long-term care consultation services
must be available to any person regardless of public program eligibility.
(b) The commissioner of human services shall seek to maximize use of available federal
and state funds and establish the broadest program possible within the funding available.
(c) Long-term care consultation services must be coordinated with long-term care options
counseling, long-term care options counseling deleted text begin for assisted livingdeleted text end new text begin at critical care transitionsnew text end ,
the Disability Hub, and preadmission screening.
(d) A lead agency providing long-term care consultation services shall encourage the
use of volunteers from families, religious organizations, social clubs, and similar civic and
service organizations to provide community-based services.
Sec. 9.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10.
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply.
(b) "Available service and setting options" or "available options," with respect to the
home and community-based waivers under chapter 256S and sections 256B.092 and 256B.49,
means all services and settings defined under the waiver plan for which a waiver applicant
or waiver participant is eligible.
(c) "Competitive employment" means work in the competitive labor market that is
performed on a full-time or part-time basis in an integrated setting, and for which an
individual is compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary
wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by
individuals without disabilities.
(d) "Cost-effective" means community services and living arrangements that cost the
same as or less than institutional care. For an individual found to meet eligibility criteria
for home and community-based service programs under chapter 256S or section 256B.49,
"cost-effectiveness" has the meaning found in the federally approved waiver plan for each
program.
(e) "Independent living" means living in a setting that is not controlled by a provider.
(f) "Informed choice" has the meaning given in section 256B.4905, subdivision 1a.
(g) "Lead agency" means a county administering or a Tribe or health plan under contract
with the commissioner to administer long-term care consultation services.
(h) "Long-term care consultation services" means the activities described in subdivision
11.
(i) "Long-term care options counseling" means the services provided by sections 256.01,
subdivision 24, and 256.975, subdivision 7, and also includes telephone assistance and
follow-up after a long-term care consultation assessment has been completed.
(j) "Long-term care options counseling deleted text begin for assisted livingdeleted text end new text begin at critical care transitionsnew text end "
means the services provided under section 256.975, deleted text begin subdivisionsdeleted text end new text begin subdivisionnew text end 7e deleted text begin to 7gdeleted text end .
(k) "Minnesota health care programs" means the medical assistance program under this
chapter and the alternative care program under section 256B.0913.
(l) "Person-centered planning" is a process that includes the active participation of a
person in the planning of the person's services, including in making meaningful and informed
choices about the person's own goals, talents, and objectives, as well as making meaningful
and informed choices about the services the person receives, the settings in which the person
receives the services, and the setting in which the person lives.
(m) "Preadmission screening" means the services provided under section 256.975,
subdivisions 7a to 7c.
Sec. 10.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
Subd. 13.
MnCHOICES assessor qualifications, training, and certification.
(a) The
commissioner shall develop and implement a curriculum and an assessor certification
process.
(b) MnCHOICES certified assessors must:
(1) either have deleted text begin a bachelor'sdeleted text end new text begin at least an associate'snew text end degree in deleted text begin social workdeleted text end new text begin human servicesnew text end ,
nursing with a public health nursing certificate, or other closely related field or be a registered
nurse; and
(2) have received training and certification specific to assessment and consultation for
long-term care services in the state.
(c) Certified assessors shall demonstrate best practices in assessment and support
planning, including person-centered planning principles, and have a common set of skills
that ensures consistency and equitable access to services statewide.
(d) Certified assessors must be recertified every three years.
Sec. 11.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
Subd. 14.
Use of MnCHOICES certified assessors required.
(a) Each lead agency
shall use MnCHOICES certified assessors who have completed MnCHOICES training and
the certification process determined by the commissioner in subdivision 13.
(b) Each lead agency must ensure that the lead agency has sufficient numbers of certified
assessors to provide long-term consultation assessment and support planning within the
timelines and parameters of the service.
(c) A lead agency may choose, according to departmental policies, to contract with a
qualified, certified assessor to conduct assessments and reassessments on behalf of the lead
agency.
(d) Tribes and health plans under contract with the commissioner must provide long-term
care consultation services as specified in the contract.
(e) A lead agency must provide the commissioner with an administrative contact for
communication purposes.
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(f) A lead agency may contract with hospitals to conduct assessments of patients in the
hospital on behalf of the lead agency when the lead agency has failed to meet its obligations
under subdivision 17 to complete within 20 working days an assessment of a person in a
hospital (1) who has requested long-term care consultation services, or (2) for whom
long-term care consultation services have been recommended and the commissioner has
also failed to meet the commissioner's obligation under subdivision 34 to complete an
assessment within ten working days of the recommendation. The contracted assessment
must be conducted by a hospital employee who is a qualified, certified assessor. The hospital
employees who perform assessments under the contract between the hospital and the lead
agency may perform assessments in addition to other duties assigned to the employee by
the hospital, except the hospital employees who perform the assessments under contract
with the lead agency must not perform any waiver-related tasks other than assessments.
The reimbursement by the county to the hospital for each assessment conducted must not
exceed the sum of the average reimbursement from the commissioner to the county per
assessment, plus the county share as determined under subdivision 33.
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Sec. 12.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
Subd. 17.
MnCHOICES assessments.
(a) A deleted text begin person requesting long-term care
consultation services must be visited by adeleted text end long-term care consultation team new text begin must complete
an assessment of a person requesting long-term care consultation services or for whom
long-term care consultation services were recommended new text end within 20 working days after the
date on which an assessment was requested or recommended. new text begin For each day that a lead
agency is out of compliance with the required timeline for completing an assessment under
this paragraph, the lead agency shall forfeit to the commissioner of human services a fine
of $250. The commissioner must deposit all forfeitures under this paragraph into the general
fund. The commissioner may waive the daily fines in part or in whole upon a determination
by the commissioner that the lead agency lacks sufficient staff to meet the required timelines.
If the lead agency is aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner to not waive the fines,
the lead agency may appeal to the district court having jurisdiction over the lead agency
responsible for providing the long-term care consultation services at issue under section
256.045, subdivision 7.
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new text begin (b) new text end Assessments must be conducted according to this subdivision and subdivisions 19
to 21, 23, 24, and 29 to 31.
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end Lead agencies shall use certified assessors to conduct the assessment.
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end For a person with complex health care needs, a public health or registered nurse
from the team must be consulted.
deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end The lead agency must use the MnCHOICES assessment provided by the
commissioner to complete a comprehensive, conversation-based, person-centered assessment.
The assessment must include the health, psychological, functional, environmental, and
social needs of the individual necessary to develop a person-centered assessment summary
that meets the individual's needs and preferences.
deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end Except as provided in subdivision 24, an assessment must be conducted by a
certified assessor in an in-person conversational interview with the person being assessed.
Sec. 13.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 34. new text end
new text begin State assessors. new text end
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(a) The commissioner must create a pool of state employees
who are qualified, certified assessors. A member of the state-employed certified assessor
pool may perform other duties as assigned. A member of the state-employed certified
assessor pool must not be assigned or perform any duties related to appeals under section
256.045 of certified assessors' decisions regarding eligibility for services and programs as
defined in subdivision 11, clauses (5), (7) to (10), and (15); certified assessors' decisions
regarding the need for institutional level of care; or lead agencies' final decisions regarding
eligibility for public programs.
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(b) The commissioner must deploy a state-employed certified assessor who must complete
an assessment within ten business days of a request from a facility if the conditions of
paragraph (c) or (d) are met. For the purposes of this subdivision, "facility" means a hospital,
a licensed health care facility, a licensed residential setting, a licensed assisted living facility,
or any correctional facility enumerated in section 241.91.
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(c) If a lead agency fails to meet its obligation under subdivision 17 to complete within
20 working days an assessment of a person in a facility who has requested long-term care
consultation services or for whom long-term care consultation services have been
recommended, the facility may request that the commissioner deploy a state-employed
certified assessor to conduct an assessment of that person on behalf of the lead agency.
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(d) If at any time a lead agency informs a facility that the lead agency will not meet its
obligation under subdivision 17 to complete an assessment of the person in the facility who
has requested long-term care consultation services or for whom long-term care services
were requested, the facility may request that the commissioner deploy a state-employed
certified assessor to conduct the assessment of that person on behalf of the lead agency.
new text end
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(e) For each assessment conducted under this subdivision, the commissioner shall recoup
from the lead agency the sum of the average reimbursement from the commissioner to the
lead agency per assessment, plus the county share as determined under subdivision 33.
new text end
Sec. 14.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.0911, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 35. new text end
new text begin Report on assessment completions. new text end
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(a) The commissioner shall issue a public
report twice per year containing summary data on the completion of assessments under this
section. Lead agencies must submit to the commissioner in the form and manner determined
by the commissioner all summary data the commissioner requests for the purposes of the
report.
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(b) The report must include:
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(1) the total number of assessments performed since the previous reporting period;
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(2) the total number of initial assessments performed since the previous reporting period;
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(3) the total number of reassessments performed since the previous reporting period;
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(4) the number and percentage of assessments completed within the required timeline,
by a lead agency;
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(5) the average length of time to complete an assessment, by a lead agency;
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(6) the number and percentage of all assessments performed on behalf of a lead agency
by a state-employed assessor under subdivision 34, by a lead agency;
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(7) the number and percentage of all assessments performed on behalf of a lead agency
by a hospital under subdivision 14, paragraph (f), by a lead agency;
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(8) summary data of the location in which the assessments were performed; and
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(9) other information the commissioner determines is valuable to assess the capacity of
lead agencies to complete assessments within the timelines prescribed by law.
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Sec. 15.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256B.4911, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Services provided by parents and spouses.
(a) This subdivision limits medical
assistance payments under the consumer-directed community supports option for personal
assistance services provided by a parent to the parent's minor child or by a participant's
spouse. This subdivision applies to the consumer-directed community supports option
available under all of the following:
(1) alternative care program;
(2) brain injury waiver;
(3) community alternative care waiver;
(4) community access for disability inclusion waiver;
(5) developmental disabilities waiver; and
(6) elderly waiver.
(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "parent" means a parent, stepparent, or legal
guardian of a minor.
(c) If multiple parents are providing personal assistance services to their minor child or
children, each parent may provide up to 40 hours of personal assistance services in any
seven-day period regardless of the number of children served. The total number of hours
of medical assistance home and community-based services provided by all of the parents
must not exceed 80 hours in a seven-day period regardless of the number of children served.
(d) If only one parent is providing personal assistance services to a minor child or
children, the parent may provide up to 60 hours of medical assistance home and
community-based services in a seven-day period regardless of the number of children served.
(e) new text begin A parent may provide personal assistance services to a minor child who has an
assessed activity of daily living dependency requiring supervision, direction, cueing, or
hands-on assistance, including when provided while traveling temporarily out-of-state.
new text end
new text begin (f) new text end If a participant's spouse is providing personal assistance services, the spouse may
provide up to 60 hours of medical assistance home and community-based services in a
seven-day period.
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consumer-directed community supports budget for an individual.
Sec. 16. new text begin PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY WORKING
GROUP.
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(a) By July 15, 2025, the commissioner of human services must convene a working
group with participation from organizations operating psychiatric residential treatment
facilities, advocates, health care experts, juvenile detention experts, county representatives,
and at least one employee of Direct Care and Treatment appointed by the chief executive
officer of Direct Care and Treatment, and at least two employees of the Department of
Human Services, one of whom must have expertise in behavioral health and one of whom
must have expertise in licensing of residential facilities.
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(b) By January 15, 2026, the psychiatric residential treatment facility working group
must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over children's mental health and juvenile detention. The submitted report
must include recommendations:
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(1) to amend the state medical assistance plan to expand access to care provided in
psychiatric residential treatment facilities with consideration being given to enhancing
flexibilities to serve a continuum of mental health needs;
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(2) to develop licensing standards for psychiatric residential treatment facilities to reflect
needed flexibilities and broad inclusion of settings where care can be delivered, including
in settings operated by Direct Care and Treatment; and
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(3) to update the rate methodology for services provided in psychiatric residential
treatment facilities to assure high quality of care with required individualization.
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(c) When developing the recommendations required under paragraph (b), the working
group must:
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(1) consider how best to meet the needs of children with high levels of complexity,
aggression, and related barriers to being served by community providers; and
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(2) determine what would be required, including needed infrastructure, staffing, and
sustainable funding sources, to allow qualified residential treatment programs to transition
to a psychiatric residential treatment facility standard of care.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 17. new text begin MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION HUB INNOVATION PILOT.
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(a) The commissioner of human services shall provide funding and technical assistance
to and establish a data sharing agreement with the Mental Health Collaboration Hub to
support the Hub's pilot project to develop and implement innovative care pathways and care
facility decompression strategies. This pilot project must fund, track, and evaluate activities
that expedite transitions of children from inappropriate care settings to appropriate care
settings. A steering committee of expert Mental Health Collaboration Hub participants
representing the continuum of children's behavioral health care will guide funding
determinations to support the transition of up to 200 children per year.
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(b) On January 1, 2027, and each January 1 for the subsequent four years, the Mental
Health Collaboration Hub must submit a report to the commissioner and chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over children's mental
health and juvenile detention. The report must describe how the awarded grant money was
spent and summarize the impact the pilot project had on participating children, families,
and providers.
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Sec. 18. new text begin ROOM AND BOARD COSTS IN CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL
FACILITIES.
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Notwithstanding Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 9, section 41, the room and board rate
for children's residential treatment services provided under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4882, to individuals who do not have a placement under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
260C or 260D, must be equal to the proportion of the service provider's per day IV-E program
contract rate that relates to room and board. The commissioner of human services must
update the behavioral health fund room and board rate schedule to include these room and
board rates by provider.
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This section is effective July 1, 2025, and the new rates apply to
room and board provided on or after that date.
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Sec. 19. new text begin RATE INCREASE FOR IN-HOME CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
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The commissioner must increase by 50 percent:
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(1) the rates that apply to any claim for any children's mental health service submitted
with an in-home modifier; and
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(2) reimbursement rates for mental health provider travel time directly related to a claim
described in clause (1).
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Sec. 20. new text begin APPROPRIATION; BRIDGE TO CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
human services for onetime grants to direct service providers and partnering county human
services agencies to support the provision of children's residential mental health crisis
stabilization services until federal approval is obtained for a children's residential mental
health crisis stabilization benefit under medical assistance. This is a onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 21. new text begin APPROPRIATION; HIGH-FIDELITY WRAPAROUND GRANTS.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of human services for high-fidelity wraparound grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4909.
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Sec. 22. new text begin APPROPRIATION; MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION HUB
INNOVATION PILOT.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of human services for a sole-source grant to the Mental Health
Collaboration Hub for the Mental Health Collaboration Hub innovation pilot. Up to ten
percent of this appropriation may be used to support administrative operations of the Mental
Health Collaboration Hub. The general fund base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal
year 2028, $....... in fiscal year 2029, and $0 in fiscal year 2030.
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Sec. 23. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
FACILITY WORKING GROUP.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
human services for the psychiatric residential treatment facility working group. This is a
onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 24. new text begin APPROPRIATION; TARGETED RECRUITMENT FOR RESPITE CARE
ACCESS.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
human services for competitive grants to private agencies as defined under Minnesota
Statutes, section 142B.01, for targeted recruitment of licensed respite care providers to
support children with complex behavioral needs. The commissioner must prioritize: (1)
culturally specific engagement with families of children requiring respite services and their
communities; (2) targeted recruitment within expert professional groups; and (3) direct
support to license newly recruited respite care providers, train newly licensed respite care
providers, and provide individualized care planning for children requiring respite care
services. The commissioner may also conduct individualized recruitment activities, support
training for licensed respite providers, and provide crisis response care to assure stability
and support for children. This is a onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 25. new text begin APPROPRIATION; YOUTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM.
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$1,900,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,700,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of human services for youth care professional grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4908.
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Sec. 26. new text begin APPROPRIATION; YOUTH CARE TRANSITION TEAM GRANTS.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of human services for youth care transition teams under Minnesota
Statutes, section 256.01, subdivision 44.
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Sec. 27. new text begin REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
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The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 245.491, as Minnesota
statutes, section 245.4919. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference changes
in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.
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