H.F. No. 4391 Summary

• Amends behavioral health home services provider requirements to include electronic health records, patient registries, substance use disorder screenings, brief needs assessments within intake, health wellness assessments within 60 days, and health action plans completed within 90 days and updated every six months.

• Establishes behavioral health home services delivery standards including coordination of primary care and behavioral health services, team-based care models, evidence-based practices, person-centered planning, diagnostic assessments within six months, and discharge planning protocols.

• Increases general assistance grant standard from $350 to $350 per month effective October 1, 2024, with annual adjustments based on consumer price index changes beginning October 1, 2025.

• Modifies housing support provisions by changing "licensed and registered" settings to "authorized" settings and removes strikethrough language related to commissioner cost-neutral transfer authority for emergency shelter beds.

• Repeals Minnesota Statutes sections 256D.19 (township poor relief abolition), 256D.20 (town employee transfer), and 256D.23 (temporary county assistance program).