H.F. 2733 Summary

• Allows intensive residential treatment service providers to operate locked facilities for patients transferred from jail or deemed incompetent to stand trial when a judge determines secure placement is necessary, provided the facility meets building and fire code requirements.

• Requires locked facilities to meet specified standards including 24-hour staffing coverage, a minimum staffing ratio of one staff to nine clients during day and evening shifts (with at least one mental health practitioner if more than nine clients present), and timely access to licensed registered nurses for medication management.

• Establishes facility requirements including 5 to 16 bed capacity, Department of Health licensing as board and lodging or supervised living facility, designated living and recreation areas, private spaces for client assessments and counseling, and visitor meeting areas.

• Authorizes the commissioner of human services to disburse grant funding to counties, Tribes, and mental health service providers to establish new locked facilities within available appropriations.

• Appropriates unspecified amount from general fund in fiscal year 2023 as one-time start-up funding for intensive residential treatment service providers offering locked facility treatment.