1999 Minnesota Statutes

  245.4886 Children's community-based mental health fund. 

    Subdivision 1.    Statewide program; establishment.  The 
 commissioner shall establish a statewide program to assist 
 counties in providing services to children with severe emotional 
 disturbance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 15, and 
 their families.  Services must be designed to help each child to 
 function and remain with the child's family in the community.  
 The commissioner shall make grants to counties to establish, 
 operate, or contract with private providers to provide the 
 following services in the following order of priority when these 
 cannot be reimbursed under section 256B.0625: 

    (1) family community support services including crisis 
 placement and crisis respite care as specified in section 
 245.4871, subdivision 17; 

    (2) case management services as specified in section 
 245.4871, subdivision 3; 

    (3) day treatment services as specified in section 
 245.4871, subdivision 10; 

    (4) professional home-based family treatment as specified 
 in section 245.4871, subdivision 31; and 

    (5) therapeutic support of foster care as specified in 
 section 245.4871, subdivision 34. 

    Funding appropriated beginning July 1, 1991, must be used 
 by county boards to provide family community support services 
 and case management services.  Additional services shall be 
 provided in the order of priority as identified in this 
 subdivision. 

    Subd. 2.    Grant application and reporting requirements. 
  To apply for a grant a county board shall submit an 
 application and budget for the use of the money in the form 
 specified by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall make 
 grants only to counties whose applications and budgets are 
 approved by the commissioner.  In awarding grants, the 
 commissioner shall give priority to those counties whose 
 applications indicate plans to collaborate in the development, 
 funding, and delivery of services with other agencies in the 
 local system of care.  The commissioner may adopt rules to 
 govern grant applications, approval of applications, allocation 
 of grants, and maintenance of financial statements by grant 
 recipients and may establish grant requirements for the fiscal 
 year ending June 30, 1992, without adopting rules.  The 
 commissioner shall specify requirements for reports, including 
 quarterly fiscal reports, according to section 256.01, 
 subdivision 2, paragraph (17).  The commissioner shall require 
 collection of data and periodic reports which the commissioner 
 deems necessary to demonstrate the effectiveness of each service 
 in realizing the stated purpose as specified for family 
 community support in section 245.4884, subdivision 1; 
 therapeutic support of foster care in section 245.4884, 
 subdivision 4; professional home-based family treatment in 
 section 245.4884, subdivision 3; day treatment in section 
 245.4884, subdivision 2; and case management in section 245.4881.

    Subd. 3.    Grants for adolescent services.  The 
 commissioner may make grants for community-based services for 
 adolescents who have serious emotional disturbance and exhibit 
 violent behavior.  The commissioner may administer these grants 
 as a supplement to the grants for children's community-based 
 mental health services under subdivision 1.  The same 
 administrative requirements shall apply to these grants as the 
 grants under subdivision 1, except that these grants: 

    (1) shall be primarily for areas with the greatest need for 
 services; 

    (2) may be used for assessment, family community support 
 services, specialized treatment approaches, specialized 
 adolescent community-based residential treatment, and community 
 transition services for adolescents and preadolescents who have 
 serious emotional disturbance and exhibit violent behavior; 

    (3) shall emphasize intensive services as an alternative to 
 placement; 

    (4) shall not be used to supplant existing funds; 

    (5) shall require grantees to continue base level funding 
 as defined in section 245.492, subdivision 2; 

    (6) must, wherever possible, be administered under the 
 auspices of a children's mental health collaborative established 
 under section 245.491 if the collaborative chooses to serve the 
 target population; 

    (7) must be used for mental health services that are 
 integrated with other services whenever possible; and 

    (8) must be based on a proposal submitted to the 
 commissioner by a children's mental health collaborative or a 
 county board that is based on guidelines published by the 
 commissioner.  The guidelines must require that proposed 
 services be based on treatment methods that have proven 
 effective, or that show promise, in meeting the needs of this 
 population.  The guidelines may incorporate preferences for 
 proposals that would convert existing residential treatment beds 
 for children in the county or collaborative's service area to 
 community-based mental health services, encourage the active 
 participation of the children's families in the treatment plans 
 of these children, or promote the integration of these children 
 into school, home, and community.  The commissioner shall 
 consult with parents, educators, mental health professionals, 
 county mental health staff, and representatives of the 
 children's subcommittee of the state advisory board on mental 
 health in developing the guidelines and evaluating proposals. 

    HIST: 1991 c 292 art 6 s 26; 1995 c 207 art 8 s 12; 1997 c 7 
 art 5 s 22