Bill Text: MN HF359 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Children's mental health; case management services modified; awareness, training, and services funding provided; and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF359 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF359-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to human services; modifying case management services; appropriating
1.3money for children's mental health awareness, training, and services;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245.4881, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245.4881, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Availability of case management services. (a) The county board
1.8shall provide case management services for each child with severe emotional disturbance
1.9who is a resident of the county and the child's family who request or consent to the
1.10services. Case management servicesmay be continued must continue to be provided
1.11for a child with a serious emotional disturbance who is over the age of 18 consistent
1.12with section245.4875, subdivision 8 , if requested by the child or child's family. Before
1.13discontinuing case management services under this subdivision, a transition plan must
1.14be developed prior to the child's 18th or the young adult's 26th birthday. The transition
1.15plan must be developed by the child or young adult, and with the child or young adult's
1.16consent, the parent, guardian, or legal representative of the child or young adult. Staffing
1.17ratios must be sufficient to serve the needs of the clients. The case manager must meet the
1.18requirements in section245.4871, subdivision 4 .
1.19(b) Except as permitted by law and the commissioner under demonstration projects,
1.20case management services provided to children with severe emotional disturbance eligible
1.21for medical assistance must be billed to the medical assistance program under sections
1.22256B.02, subdivision 8
, and
256B.0625 .
1.23(c) Case management services are eligible for reimbursement under the medical
1.24assistance program. Costs of mentoring, supervision, and continuing education may be
2.1included in the reimbursement rate methodology used for case management services under
2.2the medical assistance program.
2.3 Sec. 2. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
2.4The commissioner of human services shall, in consultation with children's mental
2.5health community providers, hospitals providing care to children, children's mental health
2.6advocates, and other interested parties, develop recommendations and legislation, if
2.7necessary, for the state-operated child and adolescent behavioral health services facility
2.8to ensure that:
2.9(1) the facility and the services provided meet the needs of children with serious
2.10emotional disturbances, autism spectrum disorders, reactive attachment disorder, PTSD,
2.11serious emotional disturbance co-occurring with a developmental disability, borderline
2.12personality disorder, schizophrenia, fetal alcohol, brain injuries, violent tendencies, and
2.13complex medical issues;
2.14(2) qualified personnel and staff can be recruited who have specific expertise and
2.15training to treat the children in the facility; and
2.16(3) the treatment provided at the facility is high-quality, effective treatment.
2.17 Sec. 3. PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY LICENSURE.
2.18The commissioner of human services shall establish a work group made up of
2.19children's mental health providers and advocates to develop standards for psychiatric
2.20residential treatment facility licensure.
2.21 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.22 Subdivision 1. Children's mental health crisis services. $....... for the fiscal
2.23year ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.24of human services for children's mental health crisis services under Minnesota Statutes,
2.25section 256B.0944. Funds must be used to expand services to additional counties and
2.26tribes, and to provide training on mental illnesses in children, the family perspective,
2.27and resources for children with mental illnesses to teams that utilize one team to serve
2.28both children and adults.
2.29 Subd. 2. Mental health first aid training. $45,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2.302015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to train
2.31teachers, social service personnel, law enforcement, and others who come into contact with
2.32children with mental illnesses, in children and adolescents mental health first aid training.
3.1 Subd. 3. Respite care. $....... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, is
3.2appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to provide
3.3respite care to families who have children with serious emotional disturbances.
3.4 Subd. 4. Community health worker training. $15,000 for the fiscal year ending
3.5June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human
3.6services for training of community health workers under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.7256B.0625, subdivision 49, on mental illnesses in children and adults.
3.8 Subd. 5. School-linked mental health services. $5,000,000 for the fiscal year
3.9ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
3.10human services.
3.11(a) $....... for children's school-linked mental health services, two FTEs in the
3.12children's Mental Health Division, and consultation services to certain school districts. At
3.13least 25 percent of the new funding must be targeted to providers that can serve schools with
3.14the highest percentage of special education students in the EBD category, high poverty, or
3.15high use of prone restraints. The commissioner must distribute grants to rural and urban
3.16counties. The commissioner shall require grantees to utilize all available third-party
3.17reimbursement sources before using state grant funds. A third-party reimbursement source
3.18does not include a public school within the meaning under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.19120A.20, subdivision 1. The commissioner may not require a public school to incur any
3.20additional financial obligations as a result of a grant under this paragraph.
3.21(b) $....... for two FTEs hired in the children's Mental Health Division to manage
3.22the grants.
3.23(c) $....... for the commissioner to provide consultation to school districts that do
3.24not have school-linked mental health services grants and that want to collaborate with a
3.25community mental health provider.
1.3money for children's mental health awareness, training, and services;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245.4881, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245.4881, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Availability of case management services. (a) The county board
1.8shall provide case management services for each child with severe emotional disturbance
1.9who is a resident of the county and the child's family who request or consent to the
1.10services. Case management services
1.11for a child with a serious emotional disturbance who is over the age of 18 consistent
1.12with section
1.13discontinuing case management services under this subdivision, a transition plan must
1.14be developed prior to the child's 18th or the young adult's 26th birthday. The transition
1.15plan must be developed by the child or young adult, and with the child or young adult's
1.16consent, the parent, guardian, or legal representative of the child or young adult. Staffing
1.17ratios must be sufficient to serve the needs of the clients. The case manager must meet the
1.18requirements in section
1.19(b) Except as permitted by law and the commissioner under demonstration projects,
1.20case management services provided to children with severe emotional disturbance eligible
1.21for medical assistance must be billed to the medical assistance program under sections
1.23(c) Case management services are eligible for reimbursement under the medical
1.24assistance program. Costs of mentoring, supervision, and continuing education may be
2.1included in the reimbursement rate methodology used for case management services under
2.2the medical assistance program.
2.3 Sec. 2. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
2.4The commissioner of human services shall, in consultation with children's mental
2.5health community providers, hospitals providing care to children, children's mental health
2.6advocates, and other interested parties, develop recommendations and legislation, if
2.7necessary, for the state-operated child and adolescent behavioral health services facility
2.8to ensure that:
2.9(1) the facility and the services provided meet the needs of children with serious
2.10emotional disturbances, autism spectrum disorders, reactive attachment disorder, PTSD,
2.11serious emotional disturbance co-occurring with a developmental disability, borderline
2.12personality disorder, schizophrenia, fetal alcohol, brain injuries, violent tendencies, and
2.13complex medical issues;
2.14(2) qualified personnel and staff can be recruited who have specific expertise and
2.15training to treat the children in the facility; and
2.16(3) the treatment provided at the facility is high-quality, effective treatment.
2.17 Sec. 3. PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY LICENSURE.
2.18The commissioner of human services shall establish a work group made up of
2.19children's mental health providers and advocates to develop standards for psychiatric
2.20residential treatment facility licensure.
2.21 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.22 Subdivision 1. Children's mental health crisis services. $....... for the fiscal
2.23year ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.24of human services for children's mental health crisis services under Minnesota Statutes,
2.25section 256B.0944. Funds must be used to expand services to additional counties and
2.26tribes, and to provide training on mental illnesses in children, the family perspective,
2.27and resources for children with mental illnesses to teams that utilize one team to serve
2.28both children and adults.
2.29 Subd. 2. Mental health first aid training. $45,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2.302015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to train
2.31teachers, social service personnel, law enforcement, and others who come into contact with
2.32children with mental illnesses, in children and adolescents mental health first aid training.
3.1 Subd. 3. Respite care. $....... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, is
3.2appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to provide
3.3respite care to families who have children with serious emotional disturbances.
3.4 Subd. 4. Community health worker training. $15,000 for the fiscal year ending
3.5June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human
3.6services for training of community health workers under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.7256B.0625, subdivision 49, on mental illnesses in children and adults.
3.8 Subd. 5. School-linked mental health services. $5,000,000 for the fiscal year
3.9ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
3.10human services.
3.11(a) $....... for children's school-linked mental health services, two FTEs in the
3.12children's Mental Health Division, and consultation services to certain school districts. At
3.13least 25 percent of the new funding must be targeted to providers that can serve schools with
3.14the highest percentage of special education students in the EBD category, high poverty, or
3.15high use of prone restraints. The commissioner must distribute grants to rural and urban
3.16counties. The commissioner shall require grantees to utilize all available third-party
3.17reimbursement sources before using state grant funds. A third-party reimbursement source
3.18does not include a public school within the meaning under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.19120A.20, subdivision 1. The commissioner may not require a public school to incur any
3.20additional financial obligations as a result of a grant under this paragraph.
3.21(b) $....... for two FTEs hired in the children's Mental Health Division to manage
3.22the grants.
3.23(c) $....... for the commissioner to provide consultation to school districts that do
3.24not have school-linked mental health services grants and that want to collaborate with a
3.25community mental health provider.
