SF 2291

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/13/2023 12:50pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a behavioral health crisis
facility in Dakota County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin DAKOTA COUNTY; REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS
FACILITY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $10,042,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Dakota County to design, construct,
furnish, and equip a facility in Dakota County to provide regional intensive residential and
treatment services (IRTS) and residential crisis stabilization, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695. This appropriation shall be used for construction of a 16-bed facility in
conjunction with Guild Incorporated, a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, to maximize
the space available for 16 IRTS and crisis stabilization beds. The new facility shall provide
acute stabilization and treatment for persons with a primary or secondary mental health
diagnosis in lieu of inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. This appropriation will augment
and not replace earlier Department of Human Services grants awarded to Dakota County
to provide a total of $13,500,000 in state money for the facility.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $10,042,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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