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MN HF5135
Bill
Status
3/21/2024
Primary Sponsor
Dan Wolgamott
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AI Summary
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Expands eligible applicants for mental health innovation grants to include Indian tribes, mental health service providers, and hospitals in addition to counties, and removes the requirement for local mental health authority letters of support in grant applications.
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Removes the $1,000,000 annual funding minimum for the mental health innovation account and instead funds grants through all revenue collected from Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center and community behavioral health hospitals.
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Eliminates county financial responsibility for clients civilly committed and awaiting transfer to another state-operated facility, program, or Department of Corrections facility (removes temporary provision that was set to expire June 30, 2025).
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Adds a new ground for administrative review of county liability when the county lacks authority to approve a new placement for a client being discharged from a state-operated facility.
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Appropriates unspecified funding in fiscal year 2025 from the general fund to expand capacity at the Forensic Mental Health Program, Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center, and community behavioral health hospitals, including bed and space reallocation and staffing maximization.
Legislative Description
Eligible recipients and funding modified for mental health innovation programs, county responsibility for cost of care for client awaiting transfer to another state-operated facility or program or Department of Corrections facility removed, direct care and treatment facility capacity and utilization funding provided, and money appropriated.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Policy
3/21/2024