1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services;
establishing and appropriating money for specific or
1.3 culturally responsive adult
mental health grants and children's mental health grants;
1.4 appropriating money for
mobile crisis grants and school-linked mental health
1.5 grants prioritizing
geographic areas most impacted by the United States Department
1.6 of Homeland Security
Operation Metro Surge;amending Minnesota Statutes 2025
1.7 Supplement, sections
245.4661, subdivision 9; 245.4889, subdivision 1.
1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2025 Supplement, section 245.4661, subdivision 9, is
1.10 amended to read:
1.11 Subd. 9.Services
and programs. (a) The following three distinct grant programs are
1.12 funded under this section:
1.13 (1) mental health crisis
services;
1.14 (2) housing with supports for
adults with serious mental illness; and
1.15 (3) projects for assistance in
transitioning from homelessness (PATH program).
1.16 (b) In addition, the following
are eligible for grant funds:
1.17 (1) community education and
prevention;
1.18 (2) client outreach;
1.19 (3) early identification and
intervention;
1.20 (4) adult outpatient diagnostic
assessment and psychological testing;
1.21 (5) peer support services;
2.1 (6) community support program
services (CSP);
2.2 (7) adult residential crisis
stabilization;
2.3 (8) supported employment;
2.4 (9) assertive community
treatment (ACT);
2.5 (10) housing subsidies;
2.6 (11) basic living, social
skills, and community intervention;
2.7 (12) emergency response
services;
2.8 (13) adult outpatient
psychotherapy;
2.9 (14) adult outpatient
medication management;
2.10 (15) adult mobile crisis services,
including the purchase and renovation of vehicles by
2.11 mobile crisis teams in order to
provide protected transport under section 256B.0625,
2.12 subdivision 17, paragraph (l),
clause (6);
2.13 (16) adult day treatment;
2.14 (17) partial hospitalization;
2.15 (18) adult residential
treatment;
2.16 (19) adult mental health
targeted case management; and
2.17 (20) transportation.;
and
2.18 (21) culturally specific
or culturally responsive adult mental health services.
2.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2025
Supplement, section 245.4889, subdivision 1, is amended
2.20 to read:
2.21 Subdivision 1.Establishment
and authority. (a) The commissioner is authorized to
2.22 make grants from available
appropriations to assist:
2.23 (1) counties;
2.24 (2) Indian tribes;
2.25 (3) children's collaboratives
under section 142D.15 or 245.493; or
2.26 (4) mental health service
providers.
2.27 (b) The following services are
eligible for grants under this section:
3.1 (1) services to children with
mental illness as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision
3.2 15, and their families;
3.3 (2) transition services under
section 245.4875, subdivision 8, for young adults under
3.4 age 21 and their families;
3.5 (3) respite care services for
children with mental illness or serious mental illness who
3.6 are at risk of residential
treatment or hospitalization; who are already in residential treatment
3.7 or therapeutic foster care or
in family foster settings as defined in chapter 142B and at risk
3.8 of change in foster care or
placement in a residential facility or other higher level of care;
3.9 who have utilized crisis
services or emergency room services; or who have experienced a
3.10 loss of in-home staffing
support. Allowable activities and expenses for respite care services
3.11 are defined under subdivision
4. A child is not required to have case management services
3.12 to receive respite care
services. Counties must work to provide access to regularly scheduled
3.13 respite care;
3.14 (4) children's mental health
crisis services;
3.15 (5) child-, youth-, and
family-specific mobile response and stabilization services models;
3.16 (6) mental health services for
people from cultural and ethnic minorities, and culturally
3.17 specific or culturally
responsive mental health services, including supervision of clinical
3.18 trainees who are Black,
Indigenous, or people of color;
3.19 (7) children's mental health
screening and follow-up diagnostic assessment and treatment;
3.20 (8) services to promote and
develop the capacity of providers to use evidence-based
3.21 practices in providing
children's mental health services;
3.22 (9) school-linked mental health
services under section 245.4901;
3.23 (10) building evidence-based
mental health intervention capacity for children birth to
3.24 age five;
3.25 (11) suicide prevention and
counseling services that use text messaging statewide;
3.26 (12) mental health first aid
training;
3.27 (13) training for parents,
collaborative partners, and mental health providers on the
3.28 impact of adverse childhood
experiences and trauma and development of an interactive
3.29 website to share information
and strategies to promote resilience and prevent trauma;
3.30 (14) transition age services to
develop or expand mental health treatment and supports
3.31 for adolescents and young
adults 26 years of age or younger;
4.1 (15) early childhood mental
health consultation;
4.2 (16) evidence-based
interventions for youth at risk of developing or experiencing a first
4.3 episode of psychosis, and a
public awareness campaign on the signs and symptoms of
4.4 psychosis;
4.5 (17) psychiatric consultation
for primary care practitioners;
4.6 (18) providers to begin
operations and meet program requirements when establishing a
4.7 new children's mental health
program. These may be start-up grants; and
4.8 (19) evidence-based
interventions for youth and young adults at risk of developing or
4.9 experiencing an early episode
of bipolar disorder.
4.10 (c) Services under paragraph
(b) must be designed to help each child to function and
4.11 remain with the child's family
in the community and delivered consistent with the child's
4.12 treatment plan. Transition
services to eligible young adults under this paragraph must be
4.13 designed to foster independent
living in the community.
4.14 (d) As a condition of receiving
grant funds, a grantee shall obtain all available third-party
4.15 reimbursement sources, if
applicable.
4.16 (e) The commissioner may
establish and design a pilot program to expand the mobile
4.17 response and stabilization
services model for children, youth, and families. The commissioner
4.18 may use grant funding to
consult with a qualified expert entity to assist in the formulation
4.19 of measurable outcomes and
explore and position the state to submit a Medicaid state plan
4.20 amendment to scale the model
statewide.
4.21 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION;
MOBILE CRISIS GRANTS.
4.22 $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general
fund to the commissioner of
4.23 human services for adult
mobile crisis services grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
4.24 245.4661, subdivision 9,
paragraph (b), clause (15). For grants awarded under this section,
4.25 the commissioner must
give priority to counties, adult mental health initiatives, and Tribes
4.26 in the geographic areas
most impacted by the United States Department of Homeland
4.27 Security Operation Metro
Surge, as determined by the commissioner. Grantees must report
4.28 to the commissioner on
the use of money received under this section, in a form and manner
4.29 prescribed by the
commissioner. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June
4.30 30, 2029.
5.1 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION;
SCHOOL-LINKED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANTS.
5.2 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner
5.3 of human services for
school-linked behavioral health grants under Minnesota Statutes,
5.4 section 245.4901. For
grants awarded under this section, the commissioner must give priority
5.5 to grantees that will
provide school-linked behavioral health services in school districts or
5.6 individual schools
that have experienced increased rates of student absences or increased
5.7 enrollment in online
instruction since December 2025 related to the United States Department
5.8 of Homeland Security
Operation Metro Surge. If requested by the commissioner of human
5.9 services, the
commissioner of education must share data on attendance rates with the
5.10 commissioner of human
services for purposes of determining priority for grant awards under
5.11 this section.
5.12 (b) Grantees must report
to the commissioner on the use of money received under this
5.13 section, in a form and
manner prescribed by the commissioner.
5.14 (c) This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30, 2029.
5.15 Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION;
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC OR CULTURALLY
5.16 RESPONSIVE ADULT
MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS.
5.17 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner
5.18 of human services for
grants to provide culturally specific or culturally responsive adult
5.19 mental health treatment
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4661, subdivision
5.20 9, paragraph (b), clause
(21). For grants awarded under this section, the commissioner must
5.21 give priority to
grantees in the geographic areas most impacted by the United States
5.22 Department of Homeland
Security Operation Metro Surge, as determined by the
5.23 commissioner. Grantees
must have demonstrated experience addressing and treating adult
5.24 mental health issues
related to community-wide trauma, including but not limited to
5.25 post-traumatic stress
disorder.
5.26 (b) For purposes of this
section, a provider of culturally specific or culturally responsive
5.27 adult mental health
treatment services must attest that the provider:
5.28 (1) improves service
quality to and outcomes of a specific community that shares a
5.29 common language or
racial, ethnic, or social background by advancing health equity to help
5.30 eliminate health
disparities;
5.31 (2) is governed with
significant input from individuals of the community or background
5.32 specified in clause (1);
6.1 (3) ensures effective,
equitable, comprehensive, and respectful quality services that are
6.2 responsive to an
individual within a specific community's values, beliefs and practices,
6.3 health literacy,
preferred language, and other communication needs;
6.4 (4) complies with
national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services
6.5 or other equivalent
standards, as determined by the commissioner; and
6.6 (5) employs individuals
to provide mental health treatment services, at least 50 percent
6.7 of whom are members of
the specific community being served.
6.8 (c) Grantees must
report to the commissioner on the use of money received under this
6.9 section, in a form and
manner prescribed by the commissioner.
6.10 (d) This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30, 2029.
6.11 Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION;
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC OR CULTURALLY
6.12 RESPONSIVE
CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS.
6.13 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner
6.14 of human services for
grants to provide culturally specific or culturally responsive children's
6.15 mental health treatment
services, under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4889, subdivision
6.16 1, paragraph (b), clause
(6). For grants awarded under this section, the commissioner must
6.17 give priority to
grantees in the geographic areas most impacted by the United States
6.18 Department of Homeland
Security Operation Metro Surge, as determined by the
6.19 commissioner. Grantees
must have demonstrated experience addressing and treating
6.20 children's mental health
related to community-wide trauma, including but not limited to
6.21 post-traumatic stress disorder.
6.22 (b) For purposes of this
section, a provider of culturally specific or culturally responsive
6.23 children's mental health
treatment services must attest that the provider:
6.24 (1) improves service
quality to and outcomes of a specific community that shares a
6.25 common language or
racial, ethnic, or social background by advancing health equity to help
6.26 eliminate health
disparities;
6.27 (2) is governed with
significant input from individuals of the community or background
6.28 specified in clause (1);
6.29 (3) ensures effective,
equitable, comprehensive, and respectful quality services that are
6.30 responsive to an
individual within a specific community's values, beliefs and practices,
6.31 health literacy,
preferred language, and other communication needs;
7.1 (4) complies with
national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services
7.2 or other equivalent
standards, as determined by the commissioner; and
7.3 (5) employs
individuals to provide mental health treatment services, at least 50 percent
7.4 of whom are members of
the specific community being served.
7.5 (c) Grantees must report
to the commissioner on the use of money received under this
7.6 section, in a form and
manner prescribed by the commissioner.
7.7 (d) This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30, 2029.
