MN HF2253

Allows counties to claim eligible service costs for out-of-state inpatient mental health treatment facilities that specialize in serving children who are deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing and use American Sign Language as their first language.

Requires out-of-state facilities to be licensed by the state in which they are located and located in a state that is a member of the Interstate Compact on Mental Health.

Maintains existing requirements that out-of-state residential facilities in bordering states must be the closest appropriate facility to the child's home and be inspected and certified by the Commissioner of Corrections.

Exempts out-of-state facilities from Minnesota's background study requirements under chapter 245C and from state enforcement of maltreatment investigation and reporting requirements, with complaints referred to out-of-state licensing authorities.