Bill Text: MN SF1475 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Chemical and mental health and state operated services policy and technical provisions modifications

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF1475 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1475-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human services; modifying provisions related to chemical and mental
1.3health and state-operated services; allowing for data sharing; repealing a task
1.4force; updating terminology and repealing obsolete provisions; making technical
1.5changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.461, by adding a
1.6subdivision; 245.036; 246.014; 246.0141; 246.0251; 246.12; 246.128; 246.33,
1.7subdivision 4; 246.51, subdivision 3; 246.54, subdivision 2; 246.64, subdivision
1.81; 252.41, subdivision 7; 253.015, subdivision 1; 253B.045, subdivision
1.92; 253B.18, subdivision 4c; 254.05; 256.976, subdivision 3; 256B.0943,
1.10subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 9; 256B.0944, subdivision 5; 272.02, subdivision 94; 281.04;
1.11295.50, subdivision 10b; 322.24; 357.28, subdivision 1; 387.20, subdivision 1;
1.12462A.03, subdivision 13; 481.12; 508.79; 508A.79; 518.04; 525.092, subdivision
1.132; 555.04; 558.31; 580.20; 609.06, subdivision 1; 609.36, subdivision 2; 611.026;
1.14628.54; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 246.04; 246.05; 246.125;
1.15246.21; 246.57, subdivision 5; 246.58; 246.59; 251.011, subdivisions 3, 6;
1.16253.015, subdivision 4; 253.018; 253.28.
1.17BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.18ARTICLE 1
1.19CHEMICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

1.20    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253B.18, subdivision 4c, is amended to
1.21read:
1.22    Subd. 4c. Special review board. (a) The commissioner shall establish one or more
1.23panels of a special review board. The board shall consist of three members experienced
1.24in the field of mental illness. One member of each special review board panel shall be a
1.25psychiatrist or a doctoral level psychologist with forensic experience and one member
1.26shall be an attorney. No member shall be affiliated with the Department of Human
1.27Services. The special review board shall meet at least every six months and at the call of
1.28the commissioner. It shall hear and consider all petitions for a reduction in custody or to
2.1appeal a revocation of provisional discharge. A "reduction in custody" means transfer
2.2from a secure treatment facility, discharge, and provisional discharge. Patients may be
2.3transferred by the commissioner between secure treatment facilities without a special
2.4review board hearing.
2.5     Members of the special review board shall receive compensation and reimbursement
2.6for expenses as established by the commissioner.
2.7    (b) A petition filed by a person committed as mentally ill and dangerous to the public
2.8under this section must be heard as provided in subdivision 5 and, as applicable, subdivision
2.913. A petition filed by a person committed as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a
2.10sexually dangerous person under section 253B.185, or committed as both mentally ill and
2.11dangerous to the public under this section and as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a
2.12sexually dangerous person must be heard as provided in section 253B.185, subdivision 9.

2.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0943, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.14    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have
2.15the meanings given them.
2.16(a) "Children's therapeutic services and supports" means the flexible package of
2.17mental health services for children who require varying therapeutic and rehabilitative
2.18levels of intervention. The services are time-limited interventions that are delivered using
2.19various treatment modalities and combinations of services designed to reach treatment
2.20outcomes identified in the individual treatment plan.
2.21(b) "Clinical supervision" means the overall responsibility of the mental health
2.22professional for the control and direction of individualized treatment planning, service
2.23delivery, and treatment review for each client. A mental health professional who is an
2.24enrolled Minnesota health care program provider accepts full professional responsibility
2.25for a supervisee's actions and decisions, instructs the supervisee in the supervisee's work,
2.26and oversees or directs the supervisee's work.
2.27(c) "County board" means the county board of commissioners or board established
2.28under sections 402.01 to 402.10 or 471.59.
2.29(d) "Crisis assistance" has the meaning given in section 245.4871, subdivision 9a.
2.30(e) "Culturally competent provider" means a provider who understands and can
2.31utilize to a client's benefit the client's culture when providing services to the client. A
2.32provider may be culturally competent because the provider is of the same cultural or
2.33ethnic group as the client or the provider has developed the knowledge and skills through
2.34training and experience to provide services to culturally diverse clients.
3.1(f) "Day treatment program" for children means a site-based structured program
3.2consisting of group psychotherapy for more than three individuals and other intensive
3.3therapeutic services provided by a multidisciplinary team, under the clinical supervision
3.4of a mental health professional.
3.5(g) "Diagnostic assessment" has the meaning given in section 245.4871, subdivision
3.611
Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0372, subpart 1.
3.7(h) "Direct service time" means the time that a mental health professional, mental
3.8health practitioner, or mental health behavioral aide spends face-to-face with a client
3.9and the client's family. Direct service time includes time in which the provider obtains
3.10a client's history or provides service components of children's therapeutic services and
3.11supports. Direct service time does not include time doing work before and after providing
3.12direct services, including scheduling, maintaining clinical records, consulting with others
3.13about the client's mental health status, preparing reports, receiving clinical supervision,
3.14and revising the client's individual treatment plan.
3.15(i) "Direction of mental health behavioral aide" means the activities of a mental
3.16health professional or mental health practitioner in guiding the mental health behavioral
3.17aide in providing services to a client. The direction of a mental health behavioral aide
3.18must be based on the client's individualized treatment plan and meet the requirements in
3.19subdivision 6, paragraph (b), clause (5).
3.20(j) "Emotional disturbance" has the meaning given in section 245.4871, subdivision
3.2115
. For persons at least age 18 but under age 21, mental illness has the meaning given in
3.22section 245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (a).
3.23(k) "Individual behavioral plan" means a plan of intervention, treatment, and
3.24services for a child written by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner,
3.25under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional, to guide the work of the
3.26mental health behavioral aide.
3.27(l) "Individual treatment plan" has the meaning given in section 245.4871,
3.28subdivision 21
.
3.29(m) "Mental health behavioral aide services" means medically necessary one-on-one
3.30activities performed by a trained paraprofessional to assist a child retain or generalize
3.31psychosocial skills as taught by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner
3.32and as described in the child's individual treatment plan and individual behavior plan.
3.33Activities involve working directly with the child or child's family as provided in
3.34subdivision 9, paragraph (b), clause (4).
3.35(n) "Mental health practitioner" means an individual as defined in section 245.4871,
3.36subdivision 26.
4.1(o) "Mental health professional" means an individual as defined in section 245.4871,
4.2subdivision 27
, clauses (1) to (6), or tribal vendor as defined in section 256B.02,
4.3subdivision 7
, paragraph (b).
4.4(o) "Preschool program" means a day program licensed under Minnesota Rules,
4.5parts 9503.0005 to 9503.0175, and enrolled as a children's therapeutic services and
4.6supports provider to provide a structured treatment program to a child who is at least 33
4.7months old but who has not yet attended the first day of kindergarten.
4.8(p) "Skills training" means individual, family, or group training, delivered by or
4.9under the direction of a mental health professional, designed to facilitate the acquisition
4.10of psychosocial skills that are medically necessary to rehabilitate the child to an
4.11age-appropriate developmental trajectory heretofore disrupted by a psychiatric illness
4.12or to self-monitor, compensate for, cope with, counteract, or replace skills deficits or
4.13maladaptive skills acquired over the course of a psychiatric illness. Skills training is
4.14subject to the following requirements:
4.15(1) a mental health professional or a mental health practitioner must provide skills
4.16training;
4.17(2) the child must always be present during skills training; however, a brief absence
4.18of the child for no more than ten percent of the session unit may be allowed to redirect or
4.19instruct family members;
4.20(3) skills training delivered to children or their families must be targeted to the
4.21specific deficits or maladaptations of the child's mental health disorder and must be
4.22prescribed in the child's individual treatment plan;
4.23(4) skills training delivered to the child's family must teach skills needed by parents
4.24to enhance the child's skill development and to help the child use in daily life the skills
4.25previously taught by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner and to
4.26develop or maintain a home environment that supports the child's progressive use skills;
4.27(5) group skills training may be provided to multiple recipients who, because of the
4.28nature of their emotional, behavioral, or social dysfunction, can derive mutual benefit from
4.29interaction in a group setting, which must be staffed as follows:
4.30(i) one mental health professional or one mental health practitioner under supervision
4.31of a licensed mental health professional must work with a group of four to eight clients; or
4.32(ii) two mental health professionals or two mental health practitioners under
4.33supervision of a licensed mental health professional, or one professional plus one
4.34practitioner must work with a group of nine to 12 clients.

4.35    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0943, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.1    Subd. 3. Determination of client eligibility. A client's eligibility to receive
5.2children's therapeutic services and supports under this section shall be determined based
5.3on a diagnostic assessment by a mental health professional or a mental health practitioner
5.4who meets the requirements as a clinical trainee as defined in Minnesota Rules, part
5.59505.0371, subpart 5, item C, that is performed within 180 days of one year before
5.6 the initial start of service. The diagnostic assessment must meet the requirements for
5.7a standard or extended diagnostic assessment as defined in Minnesota Rules, part
5.89505.0372, subpart 1, items B and C, and:
5.9(1) include current diagnoses on all five axes of the client's current mental health
5.10status;
5.11(2) determine whether a child under age 18 has a diagnosis of emotional disturbance
5.12or, if the person is between the ages of 18 and 21, whether the person has a mental illness;
5.13(3) document children's therapeutic services and supports as medically necessary to
5.14address an identified disability, functional impairment, and the individual client's needs
5.15and goals;
5.16(4) be used in the development of the individualized treatment plan; and
5.17(5) be completed annually until age 18. A client with autism spectrum disorder or
5.18pervasive developmental disorder may receive a diagnostic assessment once every three
5.19years, at the request of the parent or guardian, if a mental health professional agrees
5.20there has been little change in the condition and that an annual assessment is not needed.
5.21For individuals between age 18 and 21, unless a client's mental health condition has
5.22changed markedly since the client's most recent diagnostic assessment, annual updating is
5.23necessary. For the purpose of this section, "updating" means a written summary, including
5.24current diagnoses on all five axes, by a mental health professional of the client's current
5.25mental health status and service needs an adult diagnostic update as defined in Minnesota
5.26Rules, part 9505.0371, subpart 2, item E.

5.27    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0943, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.28    Subd. 6. Provider entity clinical infrastructure requirements. (a) To be an eligible
5.29provider entity under this section, a provider entity must have a clinical infrastructure
5.30that utilizes diagnostic assessment, individualized treatment plans, service delivery,
5.31and individual treatment plan review that are culturally competent, child-centered, and
5.32family-driven to achieve maximum benefit for the client. The provider entity must review,
5.33and update as necessary, the clinical policies and procedures every three years and must
5.34distribute the policies and procedures to staff initially and upon each subsequent update.
6.1    (b) The clinical infrastructure written policies and procedures must include policies
6.2and procedures for:
6.3    (1) providing or obtaining a client's diagnostic assessment that identifies acute and
6.4chronic clinical disorders, co-occurring medical conditions, sources of psychological and
6.5environmental problems, including a functional assessment. The functional assessment
6.6component must clearly summarize the client's individual strengths and needs;
6.7    (2) developing an individual treatment plan that:
6.8    (i) is based on the information in the client's diagnostic assessment;
6.9(ii) identified goals and objectives of treatment, treatment strategy, schedule for
6.10accomplishing treatment goals and objectives, and the individuals responsible for
6.11providing treatment services and supports;
6.12    (iii) is developed after completion of the client's diagnostic assessment by a mental
6.13health professional and before the provision of children's therapeutic services and supports;
6.14    (iv) is developed through a child-centered, family-driven, culturally appropriate
6.15planning process;
6.16    (v) is reviewed at least once every 90 days and revised, if necessary; and
6.17    (vi) is signed by the clinical supervisor and by the client or by the client's parent or
6.18other person authorized by statute to consent to mental health services for the client;
6.19    (3) developing an individual behavior plan that documents treatment strategies to be
6.20provided by the mental health behavioral aide. The individual behavior plan must include:
6.21    (i) detailed instructions on the treatment strategies to be provided;
6.22    (ii) time allocated to each treatment strategy;
6.23    (iii) methods of documenting the child's behavior;
6.24    (iv) methods of monitoring the child's progress in reaching objectives; and
6.25    (v) goals to increase or decrease targeted behavior as identified in the individual
6.26treatment plan;
6.27    (4) providing clinical supervision of the mental health practitioner and mental health
6.28behavioral aide. A mental health professional must document the clinical supervision
6.29the professional provides by cosigning individual treatment plans and making entries in
6.30the client's record on supervisory activities. Clinical supervision does not include the
6.31authority to make or terminate court-ordered placements of the child. A clinical supervisor
6.32must be available for urgent consultation as required by the individual client's needs or
6.33the situation. Clinical supervision may occur individually or in a small group to discuss
6.34treatment and review progress toward goals. The focus of clinical supervision must be the
6.35client's treatment needs and progress and the mental health practitioner's or behavioral
6.36aide's ability to provide services;
7.1    (4a) meeting day treatment and therapeutic preschool programs conditions in items
7.2(i) to (iii):
7.3    (i) the supervisor must be present and available on the premises more than 50
7.4percent of the time in a five-working-day period during which the supervisee is providing
7.5a mental health service;
7.6    (ii) the diagnosis and the client's individual treatment plan or a change in the
7.7diagnosis or individual treatment plan must be made by or reviewed, approved, and signed
7.8by the supervisor; and
7.9    (iii) every 30 days, the supervisor must review and sign the record indicating the
7.10supervisor has reviewed the client's care for all activities in the preceding 30-day period;
7.11    (4b) meeting the clinical supervision standards in items (i) to (iii) for all other
7.12services provided under CTSS:
7.13    (i) medical assistance shall reimburse for services provided by a mental health
7.14practitioner who maintains a consulting relationship with a mental health professional
7.15who accepts full professional responsibility;
7.16(ii) medical assistance shall reimburse for services provided by a mental health
7.17behavioral aide who maintains a consulting relationship with a mental health professional
7.18who accepts full professional responsibility and has an approved plan for clinical
7.19supervision of the behavioral aide. Plans will be approved developed in accordance with
7.20supervision standards promulgated by the commissioner of human services defined in
7.21Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0371, subpart 4, items A to D;
7.22    (iii) the mental health professional is required to be present on site for observation as
7.23clinically appropriate when the mental health practitioner or mental health behavioral aide
7.24is providing CTSS services; and
7.25    (iv) when conducted, the on-site presence of the mental health professional must be
7.26documented in the child's record and signed by the mental health professional who accepts
7.27full professional responsibility;
7.28    (5) providing direction to a mental health behavioral aide. For entities that employ
7.29mental health behavioral aides, the clinical supervisor must be employed by the provider
7.30entity or other certified children's therapeutic supports and services provider entity to
7.31ensure necessary and appropriate oversight for the client's treatment and continuity
7.32of care. The mental health professional or mental health practitioner giving direction
7.33must begin with the goals on the individualized treatment plan, and instruct the mental
7.34health behavioral aide on how to construct therapeutic activities and interventions that
7.35will lead to goal attainment. The professional or practitioner giving direction must also
7.36instruct the mental health behavioral aide about the client's diagnosis, functional status,
8.1and other characteristics that are likely to affect service delivery. Direction must also
8.2include determining that the mental health behavioral aide has the skills to interact with
8.3the client and the client's family in ways that convey personal and cultural respect and
8.4that the aide actively solicits information relevant to treatment from the family. The aide
8.5must be able to clearly explain the activities the aide is doing with the client and the
8.6activities' relationship to treatment goals. Direction is more didactic than is supervision
8.7and requires the professional or practitioner providing it to continuously evaluate the
8.8mental health behavioral aide's ability to carry out the activities of the individualized
8.9treatment plan and the individualized behavior plan. When providing direction, the
8.10professional or practitioner must:
8.11    (i) review progress notes prepared by the mental health behavioral aide for accuracy
8.12and consistency with diagnostic assessment, treatment plan, and behavior goals and the
8.13professional or practitioner must approve and sign the progress notes;
8.14    (ii) identify changes in treatment strategies, revise the individual behavior plan,
8.15and communicate treatment instructions and methodologies as appropriate to ensure
8.16that treatment is implemented correctly;
8.17    (iii) demonstrate family-friendly behaviors that support healthy collaboration among
8.18the child, the child's family, and providers as treatment is planned and implemented;
8.19    (iv) ensure that the mental health behavioral aide is able to effectively communicate
8.20with the child, the child's family, and the provider; and
8.21    (v) record the results of any evaluation and corrective actions taken to modify the
8.22work of the mental health behavioral aide;
8.23    (6) providing service delivery that implements the individual treatment plan and
8.24meets the requirements under subdivision 9; and
8.25    (7) individual treatment plan review. The review must determine the extent to which
8.26the services have met the goals and objectives in the previous treatment plan. The review
8.27must assess the client's progress and ensure that services and treatment goals continue to
8.28be necessary and appropriate to the client and the client's family or foster family. Revision
8.29of the individual treatment plan does not require a new diagnostic assessment unless the
8.30client's mental health status has changed markedly. The updated treatment plan must be
8.31signed by the clinical supervisor and by the client, if appropriate, and by the client's
8.32parent or other person authorized by statute to give consent to the mental health services
8.33for the child.

8.34    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0943, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
9.1    Subd. 9. Service delivery criteria. (a) In delivering services under this section, a
9.2certified provider entity must ensure that:
9.3    (1) each individual provider's caseload size permits the provider to deliver services
9.4to both clients with severe, complex needs and clients with less intensive needs. The
9.5provider's caseload size should reasonably enable the provider to play an active role in
9.6service planning, monitoring, and delivering services to meet the client's and client's
9.7family's needs, as specified in each client's individual treatment plan;
9.8    (2) site-based programs, including day treatment and preschool programs, provide
9.9staffing and facilities to ensure the client's health, safety, and protection of rights, and that
9.10the programs are able to implement each client's individual treatment plan;
9.11    (3) a day treatment program is provided to a group of clients by a multidisciplinary
9.12team under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional. The day treatment
9.13program must be provided in and by: (i) an outpatient hospital accredited by the Joint
9.14Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations and licensed under sections 144.50
9.15to 144.55; (ii) a community mental health center under section 245.62; or (iii) an entity
9.16that is certified under subdivision 4 to operate a program that meets the requirements of
9.17section 245.4884, subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.0170 to 9505.0475. The
9.18day treatment program must stabilize the client's mental health status while developing
9.19and improving the client's independent living and socialization skills. The goal of the day
9.20treatment program must be to reduce or relieve the effects of mental illness and provide
9.21training to enable the client to live in the community. The program must be available at
9.22least one day a week for a two-hour time block. The two-hour time block must include
9.23at least one hour of individual or group psychotherapy. The remainder of the structured
9.24treatment program may include individual or group psychotherapy, and individual or
9.25group skills training, if included in the client's individual treatment plan. Day treatment
9.26programs are not part of inpatient or residential treatment services. A day treatment
9.27program may provide fewer than the minimally required hours for a particular child during
9.28a billing period in which the child is transitioning into, or out of, the program; and
9.29    (4) a therapeutic preschool program is a structured treatment program offered
9.30to a child who is at least 33 months old, but who has not yet reached the first day of
9.31kindergarten, by a preschool multidisciplinary team in a day program licensed under
9.32Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 to 9503.0175. The program must be available two
9.33hours per day, five days per week, and 12 months of each calendar year. The structured
9.34treatment program may include individual or group psychotherapy and individual or
9.35group skills training, if included in the client's individual treatment plan. A therapeutic
10.1preschool program may provide fewer than the minimally required hours for a particular
10.2child during a billing period in which the child is transitioning into, or out of, the program.
10.3    (b) A provider entity must deliver the service components of children's therapeutic
10.4services and supports in compliance with the following requirements:
10.5    (1) individual, family, and group psychotherapy must be delivered as specified in
10.6Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0323 9505.0372, subpart 6;
10.7    (2) individual, family, or group skills training must be provided by a mental health
10.8professional or a mental health practitioner who has a consulting relationship with a
10.9mental health professional who accepts full professional responsibility for the training;
10.10    (3) crisis assistance must be time-limited and designed to resolve or stabilize crisis
10.11through arrangements for direct intervention and support services to the child and the
10.12child's family. Crisis assistance must utilize resources designed to address abrupt or
10.13substantial changes in the functioning of the child or the child's family as evidenced by
10.14a sudden change in behavior with negative consequences for well being, a loss of usual
10.15coping mechanisms, or the presentation of danger to self or others;
10.16    (4) mental health behavioral aide services must be medically necessary treatment
10.17services, identified in the child's individual treatment plan and individual behavior plan,
10.18which are performed minimally by a paraprofessional qualified according to subdivision
10.197, paragraph (b), clause (3), and which are designed to improve the functioning of the
10.20child in the progressive use of developmentally appropriate psychosocial skills. Activities
10.21involve working directly with the child, child-peer groupings, or child-family groupings to
10.22practice, repeat, reintroduce, and master the skills defined in subdivision 1, paragraph (p),
10.23as previously taught by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner including:
10.24(i) providing cues or prompts in skill-building peer-to-peer or parent-child
10.25interactions so that the child progressively recognizes and responds to the cues
10.26independently;
10.27(ii) performing as a practice partner or role-play partner;
10.28(iii) reinforcing the child's accomplishments;
10.29(iv) generalizing skill-building activities in the child's multiple natural settings;
10.30(v) assigning further practice activities; and
10.31(vi) intervening as necessary to redirect the child's target behavior and to de-escalate
10.32behavior that puts the child or other person at risk of injury.
10.33A mental health behavioral aide must document the delivery of services in written
10.34progress notes. The mental health behavioral aide must implement treatment strategies
10.35in the individual treatment plan and the individual behavior plan. The mental health
10.36behavioral aide must document the delivery of services in written progress notes. Progress
11.1notes must reflect implementation of the treatment strategies, as performed by the mental
11.2health behavioral aide and the child's responses to the treatment strategies; and
11.3    (5) direction of a mental health behavioral aide must include the following:
11.4    (i) a clinical supervision plan approved by the responsible mental health professional;
11.5    (ii) ongoing on-site face-to-face observation of the mental health behavioral aide
11.6delivering services to a child by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner
11.7for at least a total of one hour during every 40 hours of service provided to a child; and
11.8    (iii) immediate accessibility of the mental health professional or mental health
11.9practitioner to the mental health behavioral aide during service provision.

11.10    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0944, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
11.11    Subd. 5. Mobile crisis intervention staff qualifications. (a) To provide children's
11.12mental health mobile crisis intervention services, a mobile crisis intervention team must
11.13include:
11.14(1) at least two mental health professionals as defined in section 256B.0943,
11.15subdivision 1
, paragraph (n) (o); or
11.16(2) a combination of at least one mental health professional and one mental health
11.17practitioner as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 26, with the required mental health
11.18crisis training and under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional on the team.
11.19(b) The team must have at least two people with at least one member providing
11.20on-site crisis intervention services when needed. Team members must be experienced in
11.21mental health assessment, crisis intervention techniques, and clinical decision making
11.22under emergency conditions and have knowledge of local services and resources. The
11.23team must recommend and coordinate the team's services with appropriate local resources,
11.24including the county social services agency, mental health service providers, and local law
11.25enforcement, if necessary.

11.26ARTICLE 2
11.27STATE-OPERATED SERVICES

11.28    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.461, is amended by adding a
11.29subdivision to read:
11.30    Subd. 8a. State institutions. Disclosure of certain data on an individual who was
11.31buried on the grounds of a state institution is governed by section 246.33, subdivision 4.

12.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 245.036, is amended to read:
12.2245.036 LEASES FOR STATE-OPERATED, COMMUNITY-BASED
12.3PROGRAMS.
12.4(a) Notwithstanding section 16B.24, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), or any other law
12.5to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may lease land or other premises
12.6to provide state-operated, community-based programs authorized by sections 246.014,
12.7paragraph (a),
and 252.50, 253.018, and 253.28 for a term of 20 years or less, with a
12.8ten-year or less option to renew, subject to cancellation upon 30 days' notice by the state
12.9for any reason, except rental of other land or premises for the same use.
12.10(b) The commissioner of administration may also lease land or premises from
12.11political subdivisions of the state to provide state-operated, community-based programs
12.12authorized by sections 246.014, paragraph (a), and 252.50, 253.018, and 253.28 for a term
12.13of 20 years or less, with a ten-year or less option to renew. A lease under this paragraph
12.14may be canceled only due to the lack of a legislative appropriation for the program.

12.15    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.014, is amended to read:
12.16246.014 SERVICES.
12.17The measure of services established and prescribed by section 246.012, are:
12.18(a) The commissioner of human services shall develop and maintain state-operated
12.19services in a manner consistent with sections 245.461, and 245.487, and 253.28, and
12.20chapters 252, 254A, and 254B. State-operated services shall be provided in coordination
12.21with counties and other vendors. State-operated services shall include regional treatment
12.22centers, specialized inpatient or outpatient treatment programs, enterprise services,
12.23community-based services and programs, community preparation services, consultative
12.24services, and other services consistent with the mission of the Department of Human
12.25Services. These services shall include crisis beds, waivered homes, intermediate care
12.26facilities, and day training and habilitation facilities. The administrative structure of
12.27state-operated services must be statewide in character. The state-operated services staff
12.28may deliver services at any location throughout the state.
12.29(b) The commissioner of human services shall create and maintain forensic services
12.30programs. Forensic services shall be provided in coordination with counties and other
12.31vendors. Forensic services shall include specialized inpatient programs at secure treatment
12.32facilities as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 18a, consultative services, aftercare
12.33services, community-based services and programs, transition services, nursing home
12.34services, or other services consistent with the mission of the Department of Human
12.35Services.
13.1(c) Community preparation services as identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) are
13.2defined as specialized inpatient or outpatient services or programs operated outside of a
13.3secure environment but are administered by a secured treatment facility.
13.4(d) The commissioner of human services may establish policies and procedures
13.5which govern the operation of the services and programs under the direct administrative
13.6authority of the commissioner.

13.7    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.0141, is amended to read:
13.8246.0141 TOBACCO USE PROHIBITED.
13.9No patient, staff, guest, or visitor on the grounds or in a state regional treatment
13.10center, the Minnesota Security Hospital, or the Minnesota sex offender program, or
13.11the Minnesota extended treatment options program may possess or use tobacco or a
13.12tobacco-related device. For the purposes of this section, "tobacco" and "tobacco-related
13.13device" have the meanings given in section 609.685, subdivision 1. This section does not
13.14prohibit the possession or use of tobacco or a tobacco-related device by an adult as part of
13.15a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes of this section, an Indian is
13.16a person who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12.

13.17    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.0251, is amended to read:
13.18246.0251 HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR.
13.19Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of human
13.20services may appoint a hospital administrator at any state hospital. Such hospital
13.21administrator shall be a graduate of an accredited college giving a course leading to a
13.22degree in hospital administration and the commissioner of human services, by rule, shall
13.23designate such colleges which in the opinion of the commissioner give an accredited
13.24course in hospital administration. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
13.25any chief executive officer now appointed to that position who on July 1, 1963, is
13.26neither a physician and surgeon nor a graduate of a college giving a degree in hospital
13.27administration. In addition to a hospital administrator, the commissioner of human
13.28services may appoint a licensed doctor of medicine as chief of the medical staff who shall
13.29be in charge of all medical care, treatment, rehabilitation and research.

13.30    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.12, is amended to read:
13.31246.12 BIENNIAL ESTIMATES; SUGGESTIONS FOR LEGISLATION.
14.1The commissioner of human services shall prepare, for the use of the legislature,
14.2biennial estimates of appropriations necessary or expedient to be made for the support of
14.3the several institutions and for extraordinary and special expenditures for buildings and
14.4other improvements. The commissioner shall, in connection therewith, make suggestions
14.5relative to legislation for the benefit of the institutions, or for improving the condition of the
14.6dependent, defective, or criminal classes. The commissioner shall report the estimates and
14.7suggestions to the legislature on or before November 15 in each even-numbered year. The
14.8commissioner of human services on request shall appear before any legislative committee
14.9and furnish any required information in regard to the condition of any such institution.

14.10    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.128, is amended to read:
14.11246.128 NOTIFICATION TO LEGISLATURE REQUIRED.
14.12The commissioner shall notify the chairs and ranking minority members of
14.13the relevant legislative committees regarding the redesign, closure, or relocation of
14.14state-operated services programs. The notification must include the advice of the Chemical
14.15and Mental Health Services Transformation Advisory Task Force under section 246.125.

14.16    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.33, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.17    Subd. 4. Plots in cemetery. The cemetery shall be platted into lots, which shall
14.18be numbered; it shall have streets and walks, and the same shall be shown on the plat.
14.19All containing graves shall be indicated by an appropriate marker of permanent nature
14.20for identification purposes. Notwithstanding section 13.46, the commissioner of human
14.21services may share private data on individuals for purposes of placing a marker on each
14.22grave.

14.23    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.54, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.24    Subd. 2. Exceptions. (a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to services provided at
14.25the Minnesota Security Hospital or the Minnesota extended treatment options program.
14.26For services at these facilities, a county's payment shall be made from the county's own
14.27sources of revenue and payments shall be paid as follows: payments to the state from the
14.28county shall equal ten percent of the cost of care, as determined by the commissioner, for
14.29each day, or the portion thereof, that the client spends at the facility. If payments received
14.30by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 exceed 90 percent of the cost of care, the
14.31county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The county
14.32shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or from the
14.33client's relatives, except as provided in section 246.53.
15.1    (b) Regardless of the facility to which the client is committed, subdivision 1 does
15.2not apply to the following individuals:
15.3    (1) clients who are committed as mentally ill and dangerous under section 253B.02,
15.4subdivision 17;
15.5    (2) clients who are committed as sexual psychopathic personalities under section
15.6253B.02, subdivision 18b ; and
15.7    (3) clients who are committed as sexually dangerous persons under section 253B.02,
15.8subdivision 18c.
15.9    For each of the individuals in clauses (1) to (3), the payment by the county to the state
15.10shall equal ten percent of the cost of care for each day as determined by the commissioner.

15.11    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.64, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.12    Subdivision 1. Chemical dependency rates. Notwithstanding sections 246.50,
15.13subdivision 5
;, and 246.511; and 251.011, the commissioner shall establish separate rates
15.14for each chemical dependency service operated by the commissioner and may establish
15.15separate rates for each service component within the program by establishing fees for
15.16services or different per diem rates for each separate chemical dependency unit within the
15.17program based on actual costs attributable to the service or unit. The rate must allocate
15.18the cost of all anticipated maintenance, treatment, and expenses including depreciation
15.19of buildings and equipment, interest paid on bonds issued for capital improvements for
15.20chemical dependency programs, reimbursement and other indirect costs related to the
15.21operation of chemical dependency programs other than that paid from the Minnesota state
15.22building fund or the bond proceeds fund, and losses due to bad debt. The rate must not
15.23include allocations of chaplaincy, patient advocacy, or quality assurance costs that are
15.24not required for chemical dependency licensure by the commissioner or certification
15.25for chemical dependency by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
15.26Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner shall treat these costs as nonhospital
15.27department expenses.

15.28    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 252.41, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
15.29    Subd. 7. Regional center. "Regional center" means any one of the seven
15.30 state-operated facilities facility under the direct administrative authority of the
15.31commissioner that serve serves persons with developmental disabilities. The following
15.32facilities are regional centers: Brainerd Regional Human Services Center; Cambridge
15.33Regional Treatment Center; Faribault Regional Center; Fergus Falls Regional Treatment
16.1Center; Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center; St. Peter Regional Treatment Center;
16.2and Willmar Regional Treatment Center.

16.3    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253.015, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.4    Subdivision 1. State-operated services for persons with mental illness. The
16.5state-operated services facilities located at Anoka, Brainerd, Fergus Falls, St. Peter, and
16.6Willmar shall constitute the state-operated services facilities for persons with mental
16.7illness, and shall be maintained under the general management of the commissioner
16.8of human services. The commissioner of human services shall determine to what
16.9state-operated services facility persons with mental illness shall be committed from each
16.10county and notify the judge exercising probate jurisdiction thereof, and of changes made
16.11from time to time.

16.12    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253B.045, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.13    Subd. 2. Facilities. (a) Each county or a group of counties shall maintain or provide
16.14by contract a facility for confinement of persons held temporarily for observation,
16.15evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and care. When the temporary confinement is provided
16.16at a regional treatment center, the commissioner shall charge the county of financial
16.17responsibility for the costs of confinement of persons hospitalized under section 253B.05,
16.18subdivisions 1 and 2, and section 253B.07, subdivision 2b, except that the commissioner
16.19shall bill the responsible health plan first. Any charges not covered, including co-pays
16.20and deductibles shall be the responsibility of the county. If the person has health plan
16.21coverage, but the hospitalization does not meet the criteria in subdivision 6 or section
16.2262M.07 , 62Q.53, or 62Q.535, the county is responsible. When a person is temporarily
16.23confined in a Department of Corrections facility solely under subdivision 1a, and not
16.24based on any separate correctional authority:
16.25    (1) the commissioner of corrections may charge the county of financial responsibility
16.26for the costs of confinement; and
16.27    (2) the Department of Human Services shall use existing appropriations to fund
16.28all remaining nonconfinement costs. The funds received by the commissioner for the
16.29confinement and nonconfinement costs are appropriated to the department for these
16.30purposes.
16.31    (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "county of financial responsibility" has the
16.32meaning specified in section 253B.02, subdivision 4c, or, if the person has no residence
16.33in this state, the county which initiated the confinement. The charge for confinement
16.34in a facility operated by the commissioner of human services shall be based on the
17.1commissioner's determination of the cost of care pursuant to section 246.50, subdivision
17.25
. When there is a dispute as to which county is the county of financial responsibility, the
17.3county charged for the costs of confinement shall pay for them pending final determination
17.4of the dispute over financial responsibility.

17.5    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 254.05, is amended to read:
17.6254.05 DESIGNATION OF STATE HOSPITALS.
17.7The state hospital located at Anoka shall hereafter be known and designated as the
17.8Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center.; the state hospital located at Willmar shall
17.9hereafter be known and designated as the Willmar Regional Treatment Center; until June
17.1030, 1995, the state hospital located at Moose Lake shall be known and designated as
17.11the Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center; after June 30, 1995, the newly established
17.12state facility at Moose Lake shall be known and designated as the Minnesota Sexual
17.13Psychopathic Personality Treatment Center; the state hospital located at Fergus Falls shall
17.14hereafter be known and designated as the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center; and the
17.15state hospital located at St. Peter shall hereafter be known and designated as the St. Peter
17.16Regional Treatment Center. Each of the foregoing state hospitals shall also be known by
17.17the name of regional center at the discretion of the commissioner of human services. The
17.18terms "human services" or "treatment" may be included in the designation.

17.19    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 295.50, subdivision 10b, is amended to read:
17.20    Subd. 10b. Regional treatment center. "Regional treatment center" means a
17.21regional center as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 18, and named in sections
17.22253.015, subdivision 1, and section 254.05.

17.23    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.03, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
17.24    Subd. 13. Eligible mortgagor. "Eligible mortgagor" means a nonprofit or
17.25cooperative housing corporation; the Department of Administration for the purpose of
17.26developing nursing home beds under section 251.011 or community-based programs as
17.27defined in sections section 252.50 and 253.28; a limited profit entity or a builder as defined
17.28by the agency in its rules, which sponsors or constructs residential housing as defined in
17.29subdivision 7; or a natural person of low or moderate income, except that the return to
17.30a limited dividend entity shall not exceed 15 percent of the capital contribution of the
17.31investors or such lesser percentage as the agency shall establish in its rules, provided that
17.32residual receipts funds of a limited dividend entity may be used for agency-approved,
17.33housing-related investments owned by the limited dividend entity without regard to the
18.1limitation on returns. Owners of existing residential housing occupied by renters shall
18.2be eligible for rehabilitation loans, only if, as a condition to the issuance of the loan, the
18.3owner agrees to conditions established by the agency in its rules relating to rental or other
18.4matters that will insure that the housing will be occupied by persons and families of low
18.5or moderate income. The agency shall require by rules that the owner give preference
18.6to those persons of low or moderate income who occupied the residential housing at the
18.7time of application for the loan.

18.8    Sec. 17. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
18.9The revisor of statutes shall replace the term "state operated services" or the term
18.10"state-operated services" with the term "Minnesota Speciality Behavioral Health Services"
18.11and replace the term "Minnesota Security Hospital" with the term "Minnesota Forensic
18.12Services" throughout Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.

18.13    Sec. 18. REPEALER.
18.14Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 246.04; 246.05; 246.125; 246.21; 246.57,
18.15subdivision 5; 246.58; 246.59; 251.011, subdivisions 3 and 6; 253.015, subdivision 4;
18.16253.018; and 253.28, are repealed.

18.17ARTICLE 3
18.18TERMINOLOGY CHANGES

18.19    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 246.51, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.20    Subd. 3. Applicability. The commissioner may recover, under sections 246.50 to
18.21246.55 , the cost of any care provided in a state facility, including care provided prior to
18.22July 1, 1989, regardless of the terminology used to designate the status or condition of the
18.23person receiving the care or the terminology used to identify the facility. For purposes
18.24of recovering the cost of care provided prior to July 1, 1989, the term "state facility" as
18.25used in sections 246.50 to 246.55 includes "state hospital," "regional treatment center," or
18.26"regional center"; and the term "client" includes, but is not limited to, persons designated
18.27as "mentally deficient having a mental illness or developmental disability," "inebriate," or
18.28 "chemically dependent,." or "intoxicated."

18.29    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.976, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.30    Subd. 3. Grants-in-aid. The Minnesota Board on Aging, hereinafter called the
18.31board, may make grants-in-aid for the employment of foster grandparents to qualified
18.32resident group homes for dependent and neglected persons, day care centers and other
19.1public or nonprofit private institutions and agencies providing care for neglected and
19.2disadvantaged persons who lack close personal relationships. Agencies and institutions
19.3seeking aid shall apply on a form prescribed by the board. Priority shall be given to
19.4agencies and institutions providing care for retarded children with developmental
19.5disabilities. Grants shall not be made to local public or nonprofit agencies until 40 percent
19.6of the recognized need for foster grandparents within state institutions has been met.
19.7Grants shall be for a period of 12 months or less, and grants to local public and nonprofit
19.8agencies or institutions shall be based on 90 percent state, and ten percent local sharing
19.9of program expenditures authorized by the board. Grants shall not be used to match
19.10other state funds nor shall any person paid from grant funds be used to replace any staff
19.11member of the grantee. Grants may be used to match federal funds. Each grantee shall
19.12file a semiannual report with the board at the time and containing such information as
19.13the board shall prescribe.

19.14    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, subdivision 94, is amended to read:
19.15    Subd. 94. Elderly living facility. (a) The first $5,000,000 in market value of an
19.16elderly living facility is exempt from taxation if it meets all of the following requirements:
19.17(1) the facility consists of no more than 75 living units;
19.18(2) the facility is located in a city of the first class with a population of more than
19.19350,000;
19.20(3) the facility is owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation organized under
19.21chapter 317A;
19.22(4) the owner of the facility is an affiliate of entities that own and operate assisted
19.23living and skilled nursing facilities that:
19.24(i) are located across a street from the facility;
19.25(ii) are adjacent to a church that is exempt from taxation under subdivision 6;
19.26(iii) include a congregate dining program; and
19.27(iv) provide assisted living or similar social and physical support;
19.28(5) the residents of the facility must be:
19.29(i) be at least 62 years of age; or
19.30(ii) handicapped have a disability;
19.31(6) at least 30 percent of the units in the facility are occupied by persons whose
19.32annual income does not exceed 50 percent of median family income for the area; and
19.33(7) before taxes payable in 2010, the facility has received approval of street vacation
19.34and land use applications from the city in which it is to be located.
20.1(b) In this subdivision, "affiliate" means any entity directly or indirectly controlling
20.2or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with an entity, and "control"
20.3means the power to direct management and policies through membership or ownership
20.4of voting securities.
20.5(c) The exemption provided in this subdivision applies to taxes levied in each
20.6year or partial year of the term of the facility's initial permanent financing or 25 years,
20.7whichever is later.

20.8    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 281.04, is amended to read:
20.9281.04 REDEMPTION BY PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY.
20.10Minors, insane persons with a mental illness, persons developmentally disabled, or
20.11persons in captivity or in any country with which the United States is at war, having an
20.12estate in or lien on lands sold for taxes, of record in the office of the county recorder of
20.13the county where the lands lie, before the expiration of three years from the date of such
20.14sale, may redeem the same within one year after such disability shall cease; but in such
20.15case the right to redeem must be established in a suit for that purpose brought against
20.16the party holding the title under the sale.

20.17    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 322.24, is amended to read:
20.18322.24 WHEN CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CANCELED OR AMENDED.
20.19The certificate shall be canceled when the partnership is dissolved or all limited
20.20partners cease to be such.
20.21A certificate shall be amended when:
20.22(1) there is a change in the name of the partnership or in the amount or character
20.23of the contribution of any limited partner;
20.24(2) a person is substituted as a limited partner;
20.25(3) an additional limited partner is admitted;
20.26(4) a person is admitted as a general partner;
20.27(5) a general partner retires, dies, or becomes insane is adjudicated as a person who
20.28lacks mental capacity, and the business is continued under section 322.20;
20.29(6) there is a change in the character of the business of the partnership;
20.30(7) there is a false or erroneous statement in the certificate;
20.31(8) there is a change in the time as stated in the certificate for the dissolution of the
20.32partnership or for the return of the contribution;
20.33(9) a time is fixed for the dissolution of the partnership, or the return of a
20.34contribution, no time having been specified in the certificate; or
21.1(10) the members desire to make a change in any other statement in the certificate in
21.2order that it shall accurately represent the agreement between them.

21.3    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.4    Subdivision 1. Fees. The fees to be charged and collected by a court commissioner
21.5shall be as follows, and no other or greater fees shall be charged:
21.6(1) for examining any petition, complaint, affidavit, or any paper wherein an order
21.7is required, $2.50;
21.8(2) for making and entering an order on the same, $1;
21.9(3) for examining an alleged insane a person alleged to have a mental illness or
21.10inebriate person chemical dependency for commitment, $25;
21.11(4) for hearing and deciding on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, $10 for each
21.12day necessarily occupied;
21.13(5) for examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution
21.14and for all disclosures in garnishment proceedings, in writing, 25 cents per folio;
21.15(6) for all other services rendered by the commissioner, the same fees as are allowed
21.16by law to other officers for similar services.

21.17    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 387.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.18    Subdivision 1. Counties under 75,000. (a) In addition to the sheriff's salary, the
21.19sheriff shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in the performance of official duties
21.20for the sheriff's county and the claim for the expenses shall be prepared, allowed, and paid
21.21in the same manner as other claims against counties are prepared, allowed, and paid except
21.22that the expenses incurred by the sheriffs in the performance of service required of them in
21.23connection with insane persons with a mental illness either by a district court or by law
21.24and a per diem for deputies and assistants necessarily required under the performance of
21.25the services shall be allowed and paid as provided by the law regulating the apprehension,
21.26examination, and commitment of insane persons with a mental illness; provided that any
21.27sheriff or deputy receiving an annual salary shall pay over any per diem received to the
21.28county in the manner and at the time prescribed by the county board, but not less often
21.29than once each month.
21.30(b) All claims for livery hire shall state the purpose for which such livery was used
21.31and have attached thereto a receipt for the amount paid for such livery signed by the
21.32person of whom it was hired.
21.33(c) A county may pay a sheriff or deputy as compensation for the use of a personal
21.34automobile in the performance of official duties a mileage allowance prescribed by the
22.1county board or a monthly or other periodic allowance in lieu of mileage. The allowance
22.2for automobile use is not subject to limits set by other law.

22.3    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 481.12, is amended to read:
22.4481.12 DISABILITY; SUBSTITUTION.
22.5When the sole attorney of a party to any action or proceeding in any court of record
22.6dies, becomes insane mentally incapacitated, or is removed or suspended, the party for
22.7whom the attorney appears shall appoint another attorney within ten days after the disability
22.8arises, and give immediate written notice of the substitution to the adverse party. If the party
22.9fails to make substitution within such time, the adverse party, at least 20 days before taking
22.10further proceedings against the party, shall give the party written notice to appoint another
22.11attorney. When, for any reason, the attorney for a party ceases to act, and the party has no
22.12known residence within the state, such notice may be served upon the court administrator.
22.13In case such party fails either to comply with the notice or appear in person within 30
22.14days, the party shall not be entitled to notice of subsequent proceedings in the case.

22.15    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 508.79, is amended to read:
22.16508.79 LIMITATION OF ACTION.
22.17Any action or proceeding pursuant to section 508.76 to recover damages out of
22.18the general fund, shall be commenced within six years from the time when the right
22.19to commence the same accrued, and not afterwards. If at the time the right accrued or
22.20thereafter within the six-year period, the person entitled to bring such action or proceeding
22.21is a minor, or insane is a person with a mental illness, or imprisoned, or absent from the
22.22United States in its service or the service of the state, such person, or anyone claiming
22.23under that person, may commence such action or proceeding within two years after such
22.24disability is removed.

22.25    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 508A.79, is amended to read:
22.26508A.79 LIMITATION OF ACTION.
22.27Any action or proceeding pursuant to section 508A.76 to recover damages out
22.28of the general fund shall be commenced within six years from the time when the right
22.29to commence the same accrued, and not afterwards. If at the time the right accrued or
22.30thereafter within the six-year period, the person entitled to bring the action or proceeding
22.31is a minor, or insane is a person with a mental illness, or imprisoned, or absent from the
22.32United States in its service or the service of the state, the person, or anyone claiming
23.1under the person, may commence the action or proceeding within two years after the
23.2disability is removed.

23.3    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 518.04, is amended to read:
23.4518.04 INSUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR ANNULMENT.
23.5No marriage shall be adjudged a nullity on the ground that one of the parties was
23.6under the age of legal consent if it appears that the parties had voluntarily cohabited
23.7together as husband and wife after having attained such age; nor shall the marriage of any
23.8insane person with a mental illness be adjudged void after restoration to reason, if it appears
23.9that the parties freely cohabited together as husband and wife after such restoration.

23.10    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 525.092, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
23.11    Subd. 2. Certain guardianships excepted. The provisions of this section shall not
23.12apply to guardianships of incompetent or insane persons adjudicated as lacking mental
23.13capacity, nor to guardianships of minors until one year after the minor has become 18
23.14years old.

23.15    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 555.04, is amended to read:
23.16555.04 CONSTRUCTION, BY WHOM REQUESTED.
23.17Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian,
23.18or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the
23.19administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, lunatic person who
23.20lacks mental capacity, or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations
23.21in respect thereto:
23.22(1) to ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or other; or
23.23(2) to direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any
23.24particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
23.25(3) to determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust,
23.26including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

23.27    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 558.31, is amended to read:
23.28558.31 SHARE OF INCAPABLE PERSON.
23.29When the share of an insane person a person with a mental illness, or other person
23.30adjudged incapable of conducting to lack the mental capacity to conduct the person's own
23.31affairs, is sold, that person's share of the proceeds may be paid by the referees making the
24.1sale to the guardian who is entitled to the custody and management of that person's estate,
24.2if the guardian has executed an undertaking, approved by a judge of the court, to faithfully
24.3discharge the trust reposed in the guardian, and will render a true and just account to the
24.4person entitled thereto, or that person's representatives.

24.5    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 580.20, is amended to read:
24.6580.20 ACTION TO SET ASIDE FOR CERTAIN DEFECTS.
24.7No such sale shall be held invalid or be set aside by reason of any defect in the notice
24.8thereof, or in the publication or service of such notice, or in the proceedings of the officer
24.9making the sale, unless the action in which the validity of such sale is called in question be
24.10commenced, or the defense alleging its invalidity be interposed, with reasonable diligence,
24.11and not later than five years after the date of such sale; provided that persons under
24.12disability to sue when such sale was made by reason of being minors, insane persons with
24.13a mental illness, persons developmentally disabled, or persons in captivity or in any
24.14country with which the United States is at war, may commence such action or interpose
24.15such defense at any time within five years after the removal of such disability.

24.16    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.17    Subdivision 1. When authorized. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2,
24.18reasonable force may be used upon or toward the person of another without the other's
24.19consent when the following circumstances exist or the actor reasonably believes them to
24.20exist:
24.21(1) when used by a public officer or one assisting a public officer under the public
24.22officer's direction:
24.23(a) in effecting a lawful arrest; or
24.24(b) in the execution of legal process; or
24.25(c) in enforcing an order of the court; or
24.26(d) in executing any other duty imposed upon the public officer by law; or
24.27(2) when used by a person not a public officer in arresting another in the cases and in
24.28the manner provided by law and delivering the other to an officer competent to receive
24.29the other into custody; or
24.30(3) when used by any person in resisting or aiding another to resist an offense
24.31against the person; or
24.32(4) when used by any person in lawful possession of real or personal property, or
24.33by another assisting the person in lawful possession, in resisting a trespass upon or other
24.34unlawful interference with such property; or
25.1(5) when used by any person to prevent the escape, or to retake following the escape,
25.2of a person lawfully held on a charge or conviction of a crime; or
25.3(6) when used by a parent, guardian, teacher, or other lawful custodian of a child or
25.4pupil, in the exercise of lawful authority, to restrain or correct such child or pupil; or
25.5(7) when used by a school employee or school bus driver, in the exercise of lawful
25.6authority, to restrain a child or pupil, or to prevent bodily harm or death to another; or
25.7(8) when used by a common carrier in expelling a passenger who refuses to obey a
25.8lawful requirement for the conduct of passengers and reasonable care is exercised with
25.9regard to the passenger's personal safety; or
25.10(9) when used to restrain a person who is mentally ill or mentally defective a person
25.11with a developmental disability from self-injury or injury to another or when used by
25.12one with authority to do so to compel compliance with reasonable requirements for the
25.13person's control, conduct, or treatment; or
25.14(10) when used by a public or private institution providing custody or treatment
25.15against one lawfully committed to it to compel compliance with reasonable requirements
25.16for the control, conduct, or treatment of the committed person.

25.17    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.36, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
25.18    Subd. 2. Limitations. No prosecution shall be commenced under this section except
25.19on complaint of the husband or the wife, except when such husband or wife is insane a
25.20person with a mental illness, nor after one year from the commission of the offense.

25.21    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 611.026, is amended to read:
25.22611.026 CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MENTALLY ILL OR
25.23DEFICIENT PERSONS WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OR COGNITIVE
25.24IMPAIRMENT.
25.25No person shall be tried, sentenced, or punished for any crime while mentally ill or
25.26mentally deficient diagnosed with a mental illness or cognitive impairment so as to be
25.27incapable of understanding the proceedings or making a defense; but the person shall not
25.28be excused from criminal liability except upon proof that at the time of committing the
25.29alleged criminal act the person was laboring under such a defect of reason, from one of
25.30these causes, as not to know the nature of the act, or that it was wrong.

25.31    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 628.54, is amended to read:
25.32628.54 CAUSES OF OBJECTION TO JUROR; HOW TRIED; DECISION
25.33ENTERED.
26.1An objection to an individual grand juror may be based on the cause that the grand
26.2juror:
26.3(1) is less than 18 years of age;
26.4(2) is not a citizen of the United States;
26.5(3) has not resided in this state 30 days;
26.6(4) is insane;
26.7(5) (4) is a prosecutor upon a charge against the defendant;
26.8(6) (5) is a witness on the part of the prosecution, and has been served with process
26.9or bound by recognizance as such; or
26.10(7) (6) is of a state of mind in reference to the case or to either party which shall
26.11satisfy the court, in the exercise of a sound discretion, that the juror cannot act impartially
26.12and without prejudice to the substantial rights of the party objecting.

26.13    Sec. 20. FUNDING.
26.14Everything in this article shall be administered by the commissioner of human
26.15services within the limits of available appropriations.

26.16    Sec. 21. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
26.17To implement the amendments in sections 1 to 19, in each part of Minnesota Rules
26.18referred to in column A, the revisor of statutes shall delete the number, word, or phrase in
26.19column B and insert the number, word, or phrase in column C. The revisor shall also make
26.20related grammatical changes and changes in headnotes.
26.21
Column A
Column B
Column C
26.22
1323.0891
handicapped
who have a disability
26.23
2911.6100
retardation
developmental disability
26.24
26.25
2945.0100, subpart 2
be mentally deficient
have a mental illness or a
developmental disability
26.26
2945.1000, subpart 3
retardation
developmental disability
26.27
26.28
26.29
26.30
26.31
26.32
26.33
26.34
4640.0100, subpart 8
A "mental hospital" is a
hospital for the diagnosis,
treatment, and custodial care
of persons with nervous and
mental illness. Institutions
for the feeble-minded and
for epileptics are not mental
hospitals.
A "hospital for persons with
mental illness" is a hospital
for the diagnosis, treatment,
and custodial care of persons
with nervous and mental
illness.
26.35
26.36
4640.0100, subpart 9
mental hospital
hospital for persons with
mental illness
26.37
26.38
4640.0100, subpart 10
mental hospital
hospital for persons with
mental illness
27.1
27.2
4640.4300
the mentally deficient and
epileptic
persons with developmental
disabilities and epilepsy
27.3
27.4
5208.1500, item H
mental retardation facilities
facilities for persons with
developmental disabilities
27.5
27.6
7410.2700, subpart 2
incompetent, or deficient
or that a person has a
cognitive impairment
27.7
7410.2700, subpart 2
incompetency, or deficiency
or cognitive impairment
27.8
27.9
27.10
27.11
9505.0420, subpart 4
mental retardation
professional as defined by
Code of Federal Regulations,
title 42, section 442.401
developmental disability
professional
27.12
9505.0420, subpart 4
435.1009
435.1010
27.13
9520.0040
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.14
9525.0004, subpart 22
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.15
9525.0004, subpart 24
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.16
9525.1850, item D
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.17
9525.1850, item D
442.401
483.430
27.18
9525.1850, item E
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.19
9525.1850, item E
442.401
483.430
27.20
9525.2710, subpart 14a
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.21
9525.2710, subpart 27
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.22
9525.2710, subpart 27
QMRP
QDDP
27.23
9525.2750, subpart 2
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.24
9525.2760, subpart 4
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.25
9525.2770, subpart 6
QMRP
QDDP
27.26
9525.3010, subpart 1
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.27
9525.3010, subpart 2
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.28
9525.3015, subpart 8
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.29
9525.3015, subpart 34
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.30
9525.3020, subpart 2
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.31
9525.3025, subpart 1
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.32
9525.3025, subpart 3
mental retardation
a developmental disability
27.33
9525.3055, subpart 2
mental retardation
developmental disability
27.34
9525.3060, subpart 2
mental retardation
developmental disabilities
27.35
9525.3095
mental retardation
developmental disabilities
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