1998 Minnesota Statutes

     245.4874 Duties of county board. 

    The county board in each county shall use its share of 
 mental health and Community Social Services Act funds allocated 
 by the commissioner according to a biennial children's mental 
 health component of the community social services plan required 
 under section 245.4888, and approved by the commissioner.  The 
 county board must: 

    (1) develop a system of affordable and locally available 
 children's mental health services according to sections 245.487 
 to 245.4888; 

    (2) establish a mechanism providing for interagency 
 coordination as specified in section 245.4875, subdivision 6; 

    (3) develop a biennial children's mental health component 
 of the community social services plan required under section 
 256E.09 which considers the assessment of unmet needs in the 
 county as reported by the local children's mental health 
 advisory council under section 245.4875, subdivision 5, 
 paragraph (b), clause (3).  The county shall provide, upon 
 request of the local children's mental health advisory council, 
 readily available data to assist in the determination of unmet 
 needs; 

    (4) assure that parents and providers in the county receive 
 information about how to gain access to services provided 
 according to sections 245.487 to 245.4888; 

    (5) coordinate the delivery of children's mental health 
 services with services provided by social services, education, 
 corrections, health, and vocational agencies to improve the 
 availability of mental health services to children and the 
 cost-effectiveness of their delivery; 

    (6) assure that mental health services delivered according 
 to sections 245.487 to 245.4888 are delivered expeditiously and 
 are appropriate to the child's diagnostic assessment and 
 individual treatment plan; 

    (7) provide the community with information about predictors 
 and symptoms of emotional disturbances and how to access 
 children's mental health services according to sections 245.4877 
 and 245.4878; 

    (8) provide for case management services to each child with 
 severe emotional disturbance according to sections 245.486; 
 245.4871, subdivisions 3 and 4; and 245.4881, subdivisions 1, 3, 
 and 5; 

    (9) provide for screening of each child under section 
 245.4885 upon admission to a residential treatment facility, 
 acute care hospital inpatient treatment, or informal admission 
 to a regional treatment center; 

    (10) prudently administer grants and purchase-of-service 
 contracts that the county board determines are necessary to 
 fulfill its responsibilities under sections 245.487 to 245.4888; 

    (11) assure that mental health professionals, mental health 
 practitioners, and case managers employed by or under contract 
 to the county to provide mental health services are qualified 
 under section 245.4871; 

    (12) assure that children's mental health services are 
 coordinated with adult mental health services specified in 
 sections 245.461 to 245.486 so that a continuum of mental health 
 services is available to serve persons with mental illness, 
 regardless of the person's age; and 

    (13) assure that culturally informed mental health 
 consultants are used as necessary to assist the county board in 
 assessing and providing appropriate treatment for children of 
 cultural or racial minority heritage. 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 4 s 41; 1990 c 568 art 5 s 13; 1991 c 94 
 s 6; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 17,58 subd 1; 1995 c 207 art 8 s 6