Bill Text: MN SF259 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Children's school-linked mental health grants appropriation
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Referred to Health, Human Services and Housing [SF259 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF259-Introduced.html
1.2relating to children's mental health; appropriating funds for children's
1.3school-based mental health grants.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL
1.6HEALTH GRANTS.
1.7Of the general fund appropriation, $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year
1.82015 are appropriated to the commissioner of human services for children's school-linked
1.9mental health services. At least 25 percent of the new funding shall be targeted to
1.10providers that can serve schools that have the highest percentage of special education
1.11students categorized as having an emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD), high
1.12poverty, or a high use of prone restraints. The commissioner shall ensure that grants are
1.13distributed to rural and urban counties. The commissioner shall require grantees to use
1.14all available third-party reimbursement sources as a condition of receipt of grant funds.
1.15The commissioner must consult with school districts that have not received school-linked
1.16mental health grants but want to collaborate with a community mental health provider.
1.3school-based mental health grants.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S SCHOOL-LINKED MENTAL
1.6HEALTH GRANTS.
1.7Of the general fund appropriation, $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year
1.82015 are appropriated to the commissioner of human services for children's school-linked
1.9mental health services. At least 25 percent of the new funding shall be targeted to
1.10providers that can serve schools that have the highest percentage of special education
1.11students categorized as having an emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD), high
1.12poverty, or a high use of prone restraints. The commissioner shall ensure that grants are
1.13distributed to rural and urban counties. The commissioner shall require grantees to use
1.14all available third-party reimbursement sources as a condition of receipt of grant funds.
1.15The commissioner must consult with school districts that have not received school-linked
1.16mental health grants but want to collaborate with a community mental health provider.
