2000 Minnesota Statutes

     245.496 Implementation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applications for start-up funds for 
 local children's mental health collaboratives.  By July 1, 
 1993, the commissioner of human services shall publish the 
 procedures for awarding start-up funds.  Applications for local 
 children's mental health collaboratives shall be obtained 
 through the commissioner of human services and submitted to the 
 children's cabinet.  The application must state the amount of 
 start-up funds requested by the local children's mental health 
 collaborative and how the local children's mental health 
 collaborative intends on using these funds. 

    Subd. 2.    Distribution of start-up funds.  By October 
 1, 1993, the children's cabinet must ensure distribution of 
 start-up funds to local children's mental health collaboratives 
 that meet the requirements established in section 245.493 and 
 whose applications have been approved by the cabinet.  The 
 remaining appropriation for start-up funds shall be distributed 
 by February 1, 1994.  If the number of applications received 
 exceed the number of local children's mental health 
 collaboratives that can be funded, the funds must be 
 geographically distributed across the state and balanced between 
 the seven county metro area and the rest of the state.  
 Preference must be given to collaboratives that include the 
 juvenile court and correctional systems, multiple school 
 districts, or other multiple government entities from the local 
 system of care.  In rural areas, preference must also be given 
 to local children's mental health collaboratives that include 
 multiple counties. 

    Subd. 3.    Submission of local collaborative proposals 
 for integrated systems.  By December 31, 1994, a local 
 children's mental health collaborative that received start-up 
 funds must submit to the children's cabinet its proposal for 
 creating and funding an integrated service system for children 
 in the target population.  A local children's mental health 
 collaborative which forms without receiving start-up funds must 
 submit its proposal for creating and funding an integrated 
 service system within one year of notifying the commissioner of 
 human services of its existence.  Within 60 days of receiving 
 the local collaborative proposal the children's cabinet must 
 review the proposal and notify the local children's mental 
 health collaborative as to whether or not the proposal has been 
 approved.  If the proposal is not approved, the children's 
 cabinet must indicate changes needed to receive approval. 

    Subd. 4.    Approval of a collaborative's integrated 
 service system.  A collaborative may not become a medical 
 assistance provider unless the children's cabinet approves a 
 collaborative's proposed integrated service system design.  The 
 children's cabinet shall approve the integrated service system 
 proposal only when the following elements are present: 

    (1) interagency agreements signed by the head of each 
 member agency who has the authority to obligate the agency and 
 which set forth the specific financial commitments of each 
 member agency; 

    (2) an adequate management structure for fiscal and 
 clinical responsibility including appropriate allocation of risk 
 and liability; 

    (3) a process of utilization review; and 

    (4) compliance with sections 245.491 to 245.496. 

    HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 18; 1995 c 207 art 8 s 26,27; art 11 
 s 11