HF 586

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/13/2023 06:53pm

A bill for an act
relating to behavioral health; appropriating money for a grant to establish a
community behavioral health center and training clinic.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER.
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new text begin $750,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Center for Rural
Behavioral Health at Minnesota State University, Mankato to establish a community
behavioral health center and training clinic. The community behavioral health center must
provide comprehensive, culturally specific, trauma-informed, practice- and evidence-based,
person- and family-centered mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in
Blue Earth County and the surrounding region. The center must provide the services to
individuals of all ages, regardless of ability to pay or place of residence. The community
behavioral health center and training clinic must also provide training and workforce
development opportunities to students enrolled in the university's training programs in the
fields of social work, counseling and student personnel, alcohol and drug studies, psychology,
and nursing. Upon request, the commissioner shall make information regarding the use of
this grant funding available to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over health and human services. Any unspent money from the
fiscal year 2024 appropriation is available in fiscal year 2025. These are onetime
appropriations and are not added to the base budget.
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