SF 4672
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/24/2026 10:35 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to mental health; making technical changes; requiring a report; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245.096; 245.73, subdivision 4; Minnesota
Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 245.4661, subdivision 9; 245.4889, subdivision
1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.096, is amended to read:
245.096 CHANGES TO GRANT PROGRAMS.
Prior to implementing any deleted text begin substantialdeleted text end changes to a grant funding formula disbursed
through allocations administered by the commissioner, the commissioner must provide a
report on the nature of the changes, the effect the changes will have, whether any funding
will change, and other relevant information, to the chairs and ranking minority members of
the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human services. The report must be provided
prior to the start of a regular session, and the proposed changes cannot be implemented until
after the adjournment of that regular session.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 245.4661, subdivision 9, is amended
to read:
Subd. 9.
Services and programs.
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(a) The following three distinct grant programs are
funded under this section:
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(1) mental health crisis services;
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(2) housing with supports for adults with serious mental illness; and
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(3) projects for assistance in transitioning from homelessness (PATH program).
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deleted text begin (b) In addition,deleted text end The following are eligible for grant fundsnew text begin under this sectionnew text end :
(1) community education and prevention;
(2) client outreach;
(3) early identification and intervention;
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(4) adult outpatient diagnostic assessment and psychological testing;
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(5) peer support services;
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(6) community support program services (CSP);
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(7) adult residential crisis stabilization;
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deleted text begin (8)deleted text end new text begin (4) new text end supported employment;
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(9) assertive community treatment (ACT);
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deleted text begin (10)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end housing subsidies;
deleted text begin (11)deleted text end new text begin (6)new text end basic living, social skills, and community intervention;
deleted text begin (12)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end emergency response services;
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(13) adult outpatient psychotherapy;
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(14) adult outpatient medication management;
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deleted text begin (15)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end adult mobile crisis services, including the purchase and renovation of vehicles
by mobile crisis teams in order to provide protected transport under section 256B.0625,
subdivision 17, paragraph (l), clause (6);
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(18) adult residential treatment;
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(19) adult mental health targeted case management; and
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:
Subdivision 1.
Establishment and authority.
(a) The commissioner is authorized to
make grants from available appropriations to assist:
(1) counties;
(2) deleted text begin Indian tribesdeleted text end new text begin Minnesota's Tribal Nationsnew text end ;
(3) children's collaboratives under section 142D.15 or 245.493; or
(4) mental health service providers.
(b) The following services are eligible for grants under this section:
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(1) services to children with mental illness as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision
15, and their families;
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deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (1) new text end transition services under section 245.4875, subdivision 8, for young adults under
age 21 and their families;
deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end respite care services for children with mental illness or serious mental illness
who are at risk of residential treatment or hospitalization; who are already in residential
treatment or therapeutic foster care or in family foster settings as defined in chapter 142B
and at risk of change in foster care or placement in a residential facility or other higher level
of care; who have utilized crisis services or emergency room services; or who have
experienced a loss of in-home staffing support. Allowable activities and expenses for respite
care services are defined under subdivision 4. A child is not required to have case
management services to receive respite care services. Counties must work to provide access
to regularly scheduled respite care;
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(4) children's mental health crisis services;
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(5) child-, youth-, and family-specific mobile response and stabilization services models;
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(6) mental health services for people from cultural and ethnic minorities, including
supervision of clinical trainees who are Black, indigenous, or people of color;
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(7) children's mental health screening and follow-up diagnostic assessment and treatment;
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deleted text begin (8)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end services to promote and develop the capacity of providers to use evidence-based
practices in providing children's mental health services;
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(9) school-linked mental health services under section 245.4901;
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deleted text begin (10)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end building evidence-based mental health intervention capacity for children birth
to age five;
deleted text begin (11)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end suicide prevention and counseling services that use text messaging statewide;
deleted text begin (12)deleted text end new text begin (6)new text end mental health first aid training;
deleted text begin (13)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end training for parents, collaborative partners, and mental health providers on the
impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma and development of an interactive
website to share information and strategies to promote resilience and prevent trauma;
deleted text begin (14)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end transition age services to develop or expand mental health treatment and supports
for adolescents and young adults 26 years of age or younger;
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(16) evidence-based interventions for youth at risk of developing or experiencing a first
episode of psychosis, and a public awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of
psychosis;
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deleted text begin (17)deleted text end new text begin (10)new text end psychiatric consultation for primary care practitioners;
deleted text begin (18)deleted text end new text begin (11)new text end providers to begin operations and meet program requirements when establishing
a new children's mental health program. These may be start-up grants; and
deleted text begin (19)deleted text end new text begin (12)new text end evidence-based interventions for youth and young adults at risk of developing
or experiencing an early episode of bipolar disorder.
(c) Services under paragraph (b) must be designed to help each child to function and
remain with the child's family in the community and delivered consistent with the child's
treatment plan. Transition services to eligible young adults under this paragraph must be
designed to foster independent living in the community.
(d) As a condition of receiving grant funds, a grantee shall obtain all available third-party
reimbursement sources, if applicable.
(e) The commissioner may establish and design a pilot program to expand the mobile
response and stabilization services model for children, youth, and families. The commissioner
may use grant funding to consult with a qualified expert entity to assist in the formulation
of measurable outcomes and explore and position the state to submit a Medicaid state plan
amendment to scale the model statewide.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Rules; reports.
The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end promulgate an emergency and
permanent rule to govern grant applications, approval of applications, allocation of grants,
and maintenance of service and financial records by grant recipients. The commissioner
deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end specify requirements for reports, including quarterly fiscal reports, according to
section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (o). The commissioner deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end require collection
of data for compliance, monitoring and evaluation purposes and shall require periodic reports
to demonstrate the effectiveness of the services in helping deleted text begin adult mentally ill personsdeleted text end new text begin adults
with mental illnessnew text end remain and function in their own communities. deleted text begin As a part of the report
required by section 245.461, the commissioner shall report to the legislature as to the
effectiveness of this program and recommendations regarding continued funding.deleted text end new text begin The
commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over mental health on the program. The report must include
information on the effectiveness of the program based on data collected from grant recipients
and recommendations on continued funding.
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