SF 3218

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/04/2023 07:49am

A bill for an act
relating to youth; establishing the Task Force on Youth Interventions; requiring a
report; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin TASK FORCE ON YOUTH INTERVENTIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin The Task Force on Youth Interventions is established
to develop recommendations on the design of a regional system of care providing youth
interventions, sustainable financing models, and alternatives to juvenile delinquency
consequences and criminal penalties for youth. The task force must evaluate coordinated
approaches to youth with high behavioral health needs with the goal of reducing and
eliminating youth involvement in the juvenile justice system and identifying
community-based services to address youth needs, including identifying gaps in services.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Membership. new text end

new text begin (a) The task force consists of the following members:
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new text begin (1) two members of the senate, one appointed by the senate majority leader and one
appointed by the senate minority leader;
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new text begin (2) two members of the house of representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the
house and one appointed by the house minority leader;
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new text begin (3) a county attorney appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association;
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new text begin (4) a public defender with responsibility for overseeing the public defender system or
systems in one or more counties included in clause (6) appointed by the State Public
Defender's Office;
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new text begin (5) a peace officer, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c), from one of the counties in clause (6) who is appointed by the Minnesota
Sheriffs' Association;
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new text begin (6) a county administrator or a county administrator's designee from each of the following
counties:
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new text begin (i) Anoka County;
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new text begin (ii) Carver County;
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new text begin (iii) Dakota County;
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new text begin (iv) Hennepin County;
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new text begin (v) Olmsted County;
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new text begin (vi) Ramsey County;
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new text begin (vii) Scott County;
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new text begin (viii) St. Louis County;
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new text begin (ix) Stearns County; and
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new text begin (x) Washington County;
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new text begin (7) two representatives of county social services agencies who are appointed by the
Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators;
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new text begin (8) two representatives who provide community supervision who are appointed by the
Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties;
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new text begin (9) two representatives who provide community supervision who are appointed by the
Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers;
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new text begin (10) two representatives appointed by the commissioner of human services, one with
experience in youth welfare and one with experience in youth's mental health;
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new text begin (11) the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee;
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new text begin (12) two members representing culturally competent advocacy organizations, one of
which must be the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Minnesota; and
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new text begin (13) two members, one of whom must be a resident of Hennepin County, of the
community with a juvenile family member who was or is currently involved in the justice
system, to be designated by Hennepin County.
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new text begin (b) Appointments to the task force must be made by September 1, 2023.
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new text begin (c) Member compensation and reimbursement for expenses are governed by Minnesota
Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Chairs; meetings. new text end

new text begin (a) The task force must be cochaired by the representative
member under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (6), item (iv), and the commissioner of
corrections or a designee.
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new text begin (b) The cochairs must convene the first meeting of the task force no later than September
1, 2023.
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new text begin (c) Task force meetings are subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 13D.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Administrative support. new text end

new text begin The Legislative Coordinating Commission must
provide administrative support and meeting space for the task force. The commission may
also choose to delegate these responsibilities to Hennepin County.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Duties. new text end

new text begin (a) The task force must assess the current approach to addressing the
therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of youth who are adjudicated as youth in need of
protection services or adjudicated delinquent. The task force must evaluate racial disparities
as part of the task force duties under this subdivision.
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new text begin (b) The task force must also determine:
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new text begin (1) the number of youth currently in the youth protection system and the juvenile justice
system;
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new text begin (2) the demographics of all youth in the youth protection system and the juvenile justice
system, including each youth's age, gender, sexual orientation, and race or ethnicity;
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new text begin (3) the number of youth currently in out-of-home placement due to their behavioral
health needs, including:
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new text begin (i) the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of each youth; and
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new text begin (ii) the proximity of each youth's facility or setting to the youth's home or community;
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new text begin (4) the number of youth currently in an out-of-state residential facility, including:
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new text begin (i) the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of each youth in an out-of-state residential
facility;
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new text begin (ii) the type of out-of-state residential facility or setting where each youth is placed;
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new text begin (iii) the location of the out-of-state residential facility; and
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new text begin (iv) each youth's county of residence;
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new text begin (5) the number of youth awaiting or in need of a placement due to no available
placements, including:
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new text begin (i) the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of each youth;
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new text begin (ii) the type of facility or setting needed by each youth; and
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new text begin (iii) the waiting time for facilities or settings that meet each youth's needs and where
each youth is placed while waiting for an appropriate placement;
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new text begin (6) the total bed capacity of all treatment facilities, including information on:
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new text begin (i) which facilities are residential treatment centers;
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new text begin (ii) which facilities are state operated;
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new text begin (iii) which facilities are county operated; and
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new text begin (iv) which facilities are community provider owned or operated;
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new text begin (7) for youth placed in residential treatment, the following:
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new text begin (i) each youth's average length of stay;
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new text begin (ii) each youth's average daily cost per type of placement, identifying the source of
payment for the youth's placement;
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new text begin (iii) the rate of each youth's return to a facility after discharge and each youth's recidivism
rate, if applicable;
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new text begin (iv) the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of each youth;
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new text begin (v) each youth's discharge setting, including information on whether each youth is
discharged to the youth's home, discharged to a step down program, or is a runaway; and
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new text begin (vi) any barriers to discharging each youth from a facility or setting, if applicable;
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new text begin (8) available community-based programming for youth, various youth treatment models,
how programs for youth operate, and the types of community-based services currently being
provided to youth in the state, including licensure models and data specific to each program's
current total capacity and availability, the level of care of each program, outcomes, and
costs;
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new text begin (9) research models and best practices in youth treatment and care across North America,
including the continuum of care, program specifics, best practice metrics, continuous
improvement, entities involved in funding and overseeing programming, outcomes, and
costs; and
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new text begin (10) the state's role in ensuring that the best treatment resources are available to all youth
across the state.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin No later than February 1, 2024, the task force must submit a written
report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over human services, public safety, and judiciary on the task force's activities
and recommendations based on the evaluation and information collected under subdivision
5.
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new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin The task force shall expire upon submission of the report required
under subdivision 6, or February 15, 2024, whichever is later.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2023.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; TASK FORCE ON YOUTH INTERVENTIONS.
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new text begin $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the Legislative
Coordinating Commission for the Task Force on Youth Interventions. This is a onetime
appropriation.
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