Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 464-H.F.No. 2372 
           An act relating to human services; setting forth goals 
          for regional treatment centers in the continuum of 
          mental health services; proposing coding for new law 
          in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [245.490] [REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS:  MISSION 
STATEMENT.] 
    The legislature recognizes that regional treatment centers 
are an integral part of the continuum of care for people with 
mental illness.  The commissioner of human services shall ensure 
that regional treatment centers: 
    (1) develop a policy that identifies persons who have a 
mental illness and are medically appropriate for admission to 
inpatient care; 
    (2) provide active treatment; 
    (3) provide mental health services in accordance with 
sections 245.461 to 245.486 for people with mental illness.  The 
services must: 
    (a) enable and assist people to return to community care 
settings that promote and maintain community integration at the 
highest possible level of independent functioning; and 
    (b) meet contemporary professional standards for staffing 
levels and for quality of program, staffing, and physical 
environment; 
    (4) maximize contact with the surrounding community to 
minimize isolation of patients and further the goal of community 
reintegration; 
    (5) protect patients' rights and their access to advocacy 
services; 
    (6) encourage appropriate voluntary admission of 
individuals seeking regional treatment center services; and 
    (7) are appropriately funded to implement the goals of this 
section. 
    The commissioner shall implement the goals and objectives 
of this section by June 30, 1993.  By February 15, 1989, and 
annually after that until February 15, 1993, the commissioner 
shall report to the legislature all steps taken toward 
implementation.  The reports shall include recommendations for 
full implementation of this section and a thorough analysis of 
any additional resources needed for implementation. 
    Approved April 6, 1988