1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mental health; appropriating money for school-linked mental health 
1.3 	grants and mental health services provided to homeless youth.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL 
1.6 	HEALTH GRANTS.
 1.7 	$....... in fiscal year 2016 and $....... in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from the 
1.8 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for children's school-linked mental 
1.9 	health grants. At least 25 percent of the new funding must be targeted to providers that can 
1.10 	serve schools that have the highest percentage of special education students categorized 
1.11 	as having emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD), high poverty, or a high use of 
1.12 	seclusion or restraints. The commissioner shall ensure that new grantees are providers 
1.13 	serving districts without any or with insufficient school-linked mental health services. The 
1.14 	commissioner shall require grantees to use all available third-party reimbursement sources 
1.15 	as a condition of receipt of grant funds. For purposes of these appropriations, a third-party 
1.16 	reimbursement source does not include a public school under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.17 	120A.20, subdivision 1.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; YOUTH SHELTER GRANTS.
 1.19 	$....... in fiscal year 2016 and $....... in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from the 
1.20 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for children's mental health services 
1.21 	provided to homeless youth under Minnesota Statutes, section 256K.45. Grants must be 
1.22 	awarded to mental health providers who will collaborate with homeless youth services. 
2.1 	The commissioner shall require grantees to use all available third-party reimbursement 
2.2 	sources as a condition of receipt of grant funds.