2001 Minnesota Statutes

     245.4888 Children's component of community social 
  services plan. 

    Subdivision 1.    Submittal.  Beginning in 1993, and 
 every two years thereafter, the county board shall submit to the 
 commissioner a children's mental health component of the 
 community social services plan required under section 256E.09. 

    Subd. 2.    Content.  Content of the children's mental 
 health component of the community social services plan is 
 governed by section 256E.09. 

    Subd. 3.    Format.  The children's section of the 
 children's mental health component of the community social 
 services plan must be made in a format prescribed by the 
 commissioner.  

    Subd. 4.    Provider approval.  The commissioner's 
 review of the children's section of the local mental health 
 proposal must include a review of the qualifications of each 
 service provider required to be identified in the children's 
 mental health component of the community social services plan 
 under subdivision 2.  The commissioner may reject a county 
 board's children's mental health component of the community 
 social services plan for a particular provider if:  

    (1) the provider does not meet the professional 
 qualifications contained in sections 245.487 to 245.4888; 

    (2) the provider does not have adequate fiscal stability or 
 controls to provide the proposed services as determined by the 
 commissioner; or 

    (3) the provider is not in compliance with other applicable 
 state laws or rules. 

    Subd. 5.    Service approval.  The commissioner's review 
 of the children's mental health component of the community 
 social services plan must include a review of the 
 appropriateness of the amounts and types of children's mental 
 health services in the children's mental health component of the 
 community social services plan.  The commissioner may reject the 
 county board's children's mental health component of the 
 community social services plan if the commissioner determines 
 that the amount and types of services proposed are not 
 cost-effective, do not meet the child's needs, or do not comply 
 with sections 245.487 to 245.4888. 

    Subd. 6.    Approval.  The commissioner shall review 
 each county's children's mental health component of the 
 community social services plan within 60 days and work with the 
 county board to make any necessary modifications to comply with 
 sections 245.487 to 245.4888.  After the commissioner has 
 approved the children's mental health component of the community 
 social services plan, the county board is eligible to receive an 
 allocation of mental health and Community Social Services Act 
 funds.  

    Subd. 7.    Partial or conditional approval.  If the 
 children's mental health component of the community social 
 services plan is in substantial compliance, but not in full 
 compliance with sections 245.487 to 245.4888, and necessary 
 modifications cannot be made before the children's mental health 
 component of the community social services plan period begins, 
 the commissioner may grant partial or conditional approval and 
 withhold a proportional share of the county board's mental 
 health and Community Social Services Act funds until full 
 compliance is achieved. 

    Subd. 8.    Award notice.  Upon approval of the county 
 board's children's mental health component of the community 
 social services plan, the commissioner shall send a notice of 
 approval for funding.  The notice must specify any conditions of 
 funding and is binding on the county board.  Failure of the 
 county board to comply with the approved children's mental 
 health component of the community social services plan and 
 funding conditions may result in withholding or repayment of 
 funds according to section 245.483.  

    Subd. 9.    Plan amendment.  If the county board finds 
 it necessary to make significant changes in the approved 
 children's mental health component of the community social 
 services plan, it must present the proposed changes to the 
 commissioner for approval at least 30 days before the changes 
 take effect.  "Significant changes" means:  

    (1) the county board proposes to provide a children's 
 mental health service through a provider other than the provider 
 listed for that service in the approved children's mental health 
 component of the community social services plan; 

    (2) the county board expects the total annual expenditures 
 for any single children's mental health service to vary more 
 than ten percent or $5,000, whichever is greater, from the 
 amount in the approved local proposal; 

    (3) the county board expects a combination of changes in 
 expenditures per children's mental health service to exceed more 
 than ten percent of the total children's mental health services 
 expenditures; or 

    (4) the county board proposes a major change in the 
 specific objectives and outcome goals listed in the approved 
 children's mental health component of the community social 
 services plan.  

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 4 s 53; 1991 c 94 s 8-10,24; 1991 c 292 
 art 6 s 58 subd 1