SF 3274

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/01/2016 09:30am

A bill for an act
relating to mental health; establishing grants for mental health treatment;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section
245.4889, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Establishment and authority.

(a) The commissioner is authorized
to make grants from available appropriations to assist:

(1) counties;

(2) Indian tribes;

(3) children's collaboratives under section 124D.23 or 245.493; or

(4) mental health service providers.

(b) The following services are eligible for grants under this section:

(1) services to children with emotional disturbances as defined in section 245.4871,
subdivision 15, and their families;

(2) transition services under section 245.4875, subdivision 8, for young adults under
age 21 and their families;

(3) respite care services for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at
risk of out-of-home placement;

(4) children's mental health crisis services;

(5) mental health services for people from cultural and ethnic minorities;

(6) children's mental health screening and follow-up diagnostic assessment and
treatment;

(7) services to promote and develop the capacity of providers to use evidence-based
practices in providing children's mental health services;

(8) school-linked mental health services;

(9) building evidence-based mental health intervention capacity for children birth to
age five;

(10) suicide prevention and counseling services that use text messaging statewide;

(11) mental health first aid training;

(12) training for parents, collaborative partners, and mental health providers on the
impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma and development of an interactive
Web site to share information and strategies to promote resilience and prevent trauma;

(13) transition age services to develop or expand mental health treatment and
supports for adolescents and young adults 26 years of age or younger;

(14) early childhood mental health consultation;

(15) evidence-based interventions for youth at risk of developing or experiencing a
first episode of psychosis, and a public awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of
psychosis; deleted text begin and
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(16) psychiatric consultation for primary care practitioners deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (17) promoting and developing the capacity of providers to implement
multigenerational mental health treatment and services.
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(c) Services under paragraph (b) must be designed to help each child to function and
remain with the child's family in the community and delivered consistent with the child's
treatment plan. Transition services to eligible young adults under paragraph (b) must be
designed to foster independent living in the community.

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Early childhood mental health consultation grants. new text end

new text begin (a) $1,000,000
in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human
services for early childhood mental health consultation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (14). Grants under this section shall
be awarded proportionately among current grantees under Minnesota Statutes, section
245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (9), based on the number of regions served
by a grantee.
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new text begin (b) For purposes of the grants in paragraph (a), mental health consultation includes
staff training provided by a mental health professional with early childhood competency;
regular on-site consultation to staff serving high-risk and low-income families; and
referrals to clinical services for parents and children with mental health conditions.
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new text begin (c) This appropriation is added to the base.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Children's mental health grants. new text end

new text begin $500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for children's
mental health grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b), clause (17), to promote and develop the capacity of mental health providers to
deliver evidence-based multigenerational treatments designed to increase supportive and
responsive caregiving by parents with serious mental illness, and to conduct an independent
evaluation of the effectiveness of these interventions. This is an ongoing appropriation.
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