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MN HF2472

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2014

Primary Sponsor

Zachary Dorholt

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Origin

House of Representatives

88th Legislature 2013-2014

AI Summary

  • Adds "assertive community treatment, crisis assessment and stabilization, and partial hospitalization" as treatment alternatives available under court-ordered early intervention for mental health cases.

  • Expands peer support service eligibility to include recipients of crisis stabilization services and mental health mobile crisis intervention services.

  • Enhances mental health crisis assessment to include assessing voluntary treatment willingness, determining advance directive status, and obtaining information from family members or caretakers when feasible.

  • Requires mobile crisis intervention treatment plans to include family psychoeducation and engagement in treatment planning; adds requirement that crisis teams link recipients to referral services and follow up if recipient cannot independently access them.

  • Mandates maintenance of advance directives in recipient files and requires case managers or crisis teams to offer assistance developing advance directives for stabilized recipients who lack one.

Legislative Description

Mental health crisis intervention and stabilization services modified.

Last Action

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance

3/13/2014

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services Finance3/13/2014
Health and Human Services Policy2/27/2014

Full Bill Text

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