Minnesota Legislature
HF 3134
1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/29/2018 04:17pm
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A bill for an act
relating to human services; amending the effective date for children's residential
treatment payment provisions; extending children's mental health report and
recommendations deadline; amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter
6, article 8, sections 71; 72; 74.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 8, section 71, the effective
date, is amended to read:
EFFECTIVE DATE.
This section is effective for services provided on July 1, 2017,
through deleted text begin April 30, 2019, and expires May 1, 2019deleted text end new text begin June 30, 2021, and expires July 1, 2021new text end .
Sec. 2.
Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 8, section 72, the effective date,
is amended to read:
EFFECTIVE DATE.
This section is effective for services provided on July 1, 2017,
through deleted text begin April 30, 2019, and expires May 1, 2019deleted text end new text begin June 30, 2021, and expires July 1, 2021new text end .
Sec. 3.
Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 8, section 74, is amended to
read:
Sec. 74. CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The commissioner of human services shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of
Minnesota's continuum of intensive mental health services and shall develop
recommendations for a sustainable and community-driven continuum of care for children
with serious mental health needs, including children currently being served in residential
treatment. The commissioner's analysis shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) data related to access, utilization, efficacy, and outcomes for Minnesota's current
system of residential mental health treatment for a child with a severe emotional disturbance;
(2) potential expansion of the state's psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF)
capacity, including increasing the number of PRTF beds and conversion of existing children's
mental health residential treatment programs into PRTFs;
(3) the capacity need for PRTF and other group settings within the state if adequate
community-based alternatives are accessible, equitable, and effective statewide;
(4) recommendations for expanding alternative community-based service models to
meet the needs of a child with a serious mental health disorder who would otherwise require
residential treatment and potential service models that could be utilized, including data
related to access, utilization, efficacy, and outcomes;
(5) models of care used in other states; and
(6) analysis and specific recommendations for the design and implementation of new
service models, including analysis to inform rate setting as necessary.
The analysis shall be supported and informed by extensive stakeholder engagement.
Stakeholders include individuals who receive services, family members of individuals who
receive services, providers, counties, health plans, advocates, and others. Stakeholder
engagement shall include interviews with key stakeholders, intentional outreach to individuals
who receive services and the individual's family members, and regional listening sessions.
The commissioner shall provide a report with specific recommendations and timelines
for implementation to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over children's mental
health policy and finance by deleted text begin November 15, 2018deleted text end new text begin June 30, 2019new text end .