1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to behavioral health; appropriating money for a grant to establish a 
1.3 	community behavioral health center and training clinic.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO 
1.6 	COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER.
 1.7 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the 
1.8 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the Center for Rural 
1.9 	Behavioral Health at Minnesota State University, Mankato to establish a community 
1.10 	behavioral health center and training clinic. The community behavioral health center must 
1.11 	provide comprehensive, culturally specific, trauma-informed, practice- and evidence-based, 
1.12 	person- and family-centered mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in 
1.13 	Blue Earth County and the surrounding region. The center must provide the services to 
1.14 	individuals of all ages, regardless of ability to pay or place of residence. The community 
1.15 	behavioral health center and training clinic must also provide training and workforce 
1.16 	development opportunities to students enrolled in the university's training programs in the 
1.17 	fields of social work, counseling and student personnel, alcohol and drug studies, psychology, 
1.18 	and nursing. Upon request, the commissioner shall make information regarding the use of 
1.19 	this grant funding available to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.20 	committees with jurisdiction over health and human services. Any unspent money from the 
1.21 	fiscal year 2024 appropriation is available in fiscal year 2025. These are onetime 
1.22 	appropriations and are not added to the base budget.