SF 1731

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/20/2014 09:11am

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.
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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, and Minnesota Board of Public Defense. The purpose of the training is to
promote better clarity and interpretation of the civil commitment laws.
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