1999 Minnesota Statutes

     245.465 Duties of county board. 

    Subdivision 1.    Spend according to plan; other listed 
 duties.  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 the biennial mental 
 health component of the county's community social services plan 
 as approved by the commissioner.  The county board must: 

    (1) develop and coordinate a system of affordable and 
 locally available adult mental health services in accordance 
 with sections 245.461 to 245.486; 

    (2) with the involvement of the local adult mental health 
 advisory council or the adult mental health subcommittee of an 
 existing advisory council, develop a biennial adult mental 
 health component of the community social services plan required 
 in section 256E.09 which considers the assessment of unmet needs 
 in the county as reported by the local adult mental health 
 advisory council under section 245.466, subdivision 5, clause 
 (3).  The county shall provide, upon request of the local adult 
 mental health advisory council, readily available data to assist 
 in the determination of unmet needs; 

    (3) provide for case management services to adults with 
 serious and persistent mental illness in accordance with 
 sections 245.462, subdivisions 3 and 4; 245.4711; and 245.486; 

    (4) provide for screening of adults specified in section 
 245.476 upon admission to a residential treatment facility or 
 acute care hospital inpatient, or informal admission to a 
 regional treatment center; 

    (5) prudently administer grants and purchase-of-service 
 contracts that the county board determines are necessary to 
 fulfill its responsibilities under sections 245.461 to 245.486; 
 and 

    (6) assure that mental health professionals, mental health 
 practitioners, and case managers employed by or under contract 
 with the county to provide mental health services have 
 experience and training in working with adults with mental 
 illness. 

    Subd. 2.    Residential and community support programs:  
 1992 salary increase.  In establishing, operating, or 
 contracting for the provision of programs licensed under 
 Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0690 and programs 
 funded under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.0100 to 9535.1600, for 
 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, a county board's 
 contract must reflect increased salaries by multiplying the 
 total salaries, payroll taxes, and fringe benefits related to 
 personnel below top management by three percent.  This increase 
 shall remain in the base for purposes of wage determination in 
 future contract years.  County boards shall verify in writing to 
 the commissioner that each program has complied with this 
 requirement.  If a county board determines that a program has 
 not complied with this requirement for a specific contract 
 period, the county board shall reduce the program's payment 
 rates for the next contract period to reflect the amount of 
 money not spent appropriately.  The commissioner shall modify 
 reporting requirements for programs and counties as necessary to 
 monitor compliance with this provision. 

    HIST: 1987 c 403 art 2 s 20; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 74; 1989 c 282 
 art 4 s 6; 1991 c 94 s 1; 1991 c 292 art 4 s 4