HF 2320

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/13/2014 03:36pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; establishing a training program to clarify and
interpret the Civil Commitment Act as it pertains to persons with mental illness;
appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $35,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2015 to the commissioner
of human services to develop an online training program for interested individuals and
personnel, specifically county and hospital staff and mental health providers, to understand,
clarify, and interpret the Civil Commitment Act under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 253B, as
it pertains to persons with mental illnesses. The training must be developed in collaboration
with the ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities, Minnesota County
Attorneys Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota, Mental Health
Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota, Mental Health Association, Minnesota
Psychiatric Society, Hennepin Commitment Defense Panel, Minnesota Disability Law
Center, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Minnesota
Hospital Association, and Minnesota Board of Public Defense. The purpose of the training
is to promote better clarity and interpretation of the civil commitment laws.
new text end