HF969 Bill Summary

• Allows doctoral level psychologists with forensic experience to serve on special review boards for mental health commitment petitions, in addition to psychiatrists.

• Modifies children's therapeutic services and supports by defining "mental health practitioner" and updating diagnostic assessment requirements to allow assessments completed within one year before service starts instead of 180 days.

• Permits commissioner of human services to share private data on individuals buried at state institutions for grave marker placement purposes.

• Repeals obsolete provisions including references to the Minnesota extended treatment options program and specific regional center facility designations.

• Updates terminology throughout Minnesota Statutes by replacing outdated language such as "insane," "mentally deficient," "mentally ill," and "handicapped" with contemporary terms like "mental illness," "developmental disability," and "disability."