1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; creating a group residential pilot project.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. MENTAL HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM FOR UNSHELTERED 
1.5 	INDIVIDUALS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Pilot project program components. The commissioner of human 
1.7 	services shall establish two pilot projects, one in Ramsey County and one in Hennepin 
1.8 	County, which shall:
1.9 	(1) operate two ten-bed facilities in separate locations;
1.10 	(2) provide community support to individuals who have been living homeless for at 
1.11 	least one year;
1.12 	(3) provide 24-hour supervision; and
1.13 	(4) provide on-site mental health services which focus on the mental health needs of 
1.14 	individuals who have lived unsheltered.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Group residential housing. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.16 	256I.05, subdivisions 1a and 1c, a county agency shall negotiate a supplementary rate in 
1.17 	addition to the rate specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 256I.05, subdivision 1, not to 
1.18 	exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized inflationary adjustments for 
1.19 	a group residential program that meets the components under subdivision 1, and for the 
1.20 	independent living component of the program under subdivision 3.
1.21 		Subd. 3.Independent living. An individual who has lived in one of the facilities 
1.22 	under subdivision 1, and who is being transitioned to independent living as part of the 
1.23 	program plan, continues to be eligible for group residential housing and the supplementary 
1.24 	service rate negotiated with the county under subdivision 2.
2.1 		Subd. 4.Effective date. This section is effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 
2.2 	2008.