SF 4355

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/30/2022 09:45am

A bill for an act
relating to health care workforce training; appropriating money for a child mental
health training program for pediatric providers in outpatient primary care clinics;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
144.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [144.1507] GRANTS PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING
FOR PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of health shall award grants for
the development of child mental health training programs that are located in outpatient
primary care clinics. To be eligible for a grant, a training program must:
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new text begin (1) focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with
multidisciplinary mental health teams;
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new text begin (2) provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments
and potential pharmacological therapy;
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new text begin (3) provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their
outpatient pediatric primary care experiences;
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new text begin (4) emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs; and
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new text begin (5) develop partnerships with community resources.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Child mental health training grant program. new text end

new text begin (a) Child mental health training
grants may be awarded to eligible primary care training programs to plan and implement
new programs or expand existing programs in child mental health training.
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new text begin (b) Funds may be spent to cover the costs of:
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new text begin (1) planning related to implementing or expanding child mental health training in an
outpatient primary care clinic setting;
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new text begin (2) training site improvements, fees, equipment, and supplies required for implementation
of the training programs; and
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new text begin (3) supporting clinical training in the outpatient primary clinic sites.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Applications for child mental health training grants. new text end

new text begin Eligible primary care
training programs seeking a grant shall apply to the commissioner. Applications must include
the location of the training; a description of the training program, including all costs
associated with the training program; all sources of funds for the training program; detailed
uses of all funds for the training program; the results expected; and a plan to maintain the
training program after the grant period. The applicant must describe achievable objectives,
and a timetable for the training program.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Consideration of child mental health training grant applications. new text end

new text begin The
commissioner shall review each application to determine whether or not the application
meets the stated goals of the grant and shall award grants to support up to four training
program proposals.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Program oversight. new text end

new text begin During the grant period, the commissioner may require
and collect from grantees any information necessary to evaluate the training program.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin $1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2023 from the general fund to the commissioner
of health for the mental health training programs for pediatric primary care providers under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1507.
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