1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; modifying substance use disorder treatment provisions;
1.3 directing the commissioner of human services to make recommendations related
1.4 to transition support services; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 2024, sections 169A.284; 245G.031, subdivision 2.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169A.284, is amended to read:
1.8 169A.284 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
1.9CHARGE; SURCHARGE.
1.10 Subdivision 1.When required.(a) When a court sentences a person convicted of an
1.11offense enumerated in section 169A.70, subdivision 2 (chemical use comprehensive
1.12assessment; requirement; form), except as provided in paragraph (c), it shall order the person
1.13to pay the cost of the comprehensive assessment directly to the entity conducting the
1.14assessment or providing the assessment services in an amount determined by the entity
1.15conducting or providing the service and shall impose a chemical dependency comprehensive
1.16assessment charge of $25. The court may waive the $25 comprehensive assessment charge,
1.17but may not waive the cost for the assessment paid directly to the entity conducting the
1.18assessment or providing assessment services. A person shall pay an additional surcharge
1.19of $5 if the person is convicted of a violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired)
1.20within five years of a prior impaired driving conviction or a prior conviction for an offense
1.21arising out of an arrest for a violation of section 169A.20 or Minnesota Statutes 1998, section
1.22169.121 (driver under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or 169.129 (aggravated
1.23DWI-related violations; penalty). This section applies when the sentence is executed, stayed,
1.24or suspended. The court may not waive payment of or authorize payment in installments
1Section 1.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1995
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Frederick, Hicks, Fischer and Virnig03/06/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy 2.1of the comprehensive assessment charge and surcharge in installments unless it makes
2.2written findings on the record that the convicted person is indigent or that the comprehensive
2.3assessment charge and surcharge would create undue hardship for the convicted person or
2.4that person's immediate family.
2.5 (b) The chemical dependency comprehensive assessment charge and surcharge required
2.6under this section are in addition to the surcharge required by section 357.021, subdivision
2.76 (surcharges on criminal and traffic offenders).
2.8 (c) The court must not order the person convicted of an offense enumerated in section
2.9169A.70, subdivision 2 (comprehensive assessment; requirement; form), to pay the cost of
2.10the comprehensive assessment if the comprehensive assessment conducted is eligible for
2.11reimbursement under chapter 254B or 256B.
2.12 Subd. 2.Distribution of money.The court administrator shall collect and forward the
2.13chemical dependency comprehensive assessment charge and the $5 surcharge, if any, to
2.14the commissioner of management and budget to be deposited in the state treasury and
2.15credited to the general fund.
2.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245G.031, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.17 Subd. 2.Qualifying accreditation; determination of same and similar standards.(a)
2.18The commissioner must accept a qualifying accreditation from an accrediting body listed
2.19in paragraph (c) after determining, in consultation with the accrediting body and license
2.20holders, which of the accrediting body's standards are the same as or similar to the licensing
2.21requirements in this chapter. In determining whether standards of an accrediting body are
2.22the same as or similar to licensing requirements under this chapter, the commissioner shall
2.23give due consideration to the existence of a standard that aligns in whole or in part to a
2.24licensing standard.
2.25 (b) Upon request by a license holder, the commissioner may allow the accrediting body
2.26to monitor for compliance with licensing requirements under this chapter that are determined
2.27to be neither the same as nor similar to those of the accrediting body.
2.28 (c) For purposes of this section, "accrediting body" means The Joint Commission, the
2.29Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, or the ASAM Level of Care
2.30Certification Program.
2.31 (d) Qualifying accreditation only applies to the license holder's licensed programs that
2.32are included in the accrediting body's survey during each survey period.
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3.2SUPPORT SERVICES RECOMMENDA TIONS.
3.3 (a) The commissioner of human services, in consultation with stakeholders, must develop
3.4recommendations related to transition support services for persons who have been a client
3.5of a substance use disorder treatment program and who receive medical assistance or services
3.6through the behavioral health fund under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 254B.
3.7 (b) Stakeholders must equitably represent geographic areas of the state and must include
3.8individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder and providers from Black, Indigenous,
3.9People of Color, or immigrant communities. Stakeholders must include but are not limited
3.10to:
3.11 (1) the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health;
3.12 (2) the Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Providers;
3.13 (3) the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs;
3.14 (4) recovery community organizations;
3.15 (5) current and former clients of substance use disorder treatment programs based in
3.16Minnesota; and
3.17 (6) the Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators.
3.18 (c) The commissioner must make recommendations on the following transition support
3.19components:
3.20 (1) funding for recovery safe housing;
3.21 (2) food support funding for persons not otherwise eligible for food support programs;
3.22 (3) child care options;
3.23 (4) transportation services to facilitate attendance at group meetings or other recovery
3.24activities and a person's ability to work and seek employment and to meet the needs of daily
3.25living. The commissioner's recommendations on transportation services must consider:
3.26 (i) for persons who are well served by public transit, a monthly public transit pass; or
3.27 (ii) for persons who are not well served by public transit or who have access to personal
3.28transportation, recommendations for a stipend for a gas card each month;
3.29 (5) a duration period of eligibility for transition support services and service coordination,
3.30regardless of public assistance eligibility, and pursuing a federal waiver to allow persons
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REVISOR DTT/KR 25-0284901/31/25 4.1receiving transition support services to remain eligible for medical assistance for the identified
4.2eligibility period; and
4.3 (6) eligibility criteria for transition support services.
4.4 (d) The commissioner's recommendations for funding transition support services must
4.5maximize existing federal and state funding sources for which recipients may be eligible
4.6and may not count federal and state benefits as income for the purposes of qualifying for
4.7public assistance programs.
4.8 (e) By December 1, 2025, the commissioner must complete and submit a report on the
4.9recommendations required under this section to the chairs and ranking minority members
4.10of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services policy and
4.11finance.
4.12 Sec. 4. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
4.13 The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "comprehensive assessment" or similar
4.14terms for "chemical dependency assessment" or similar terms, for "chemical use assessment"
4.15or similar terms, and for "comprehensive substance use disorder assessment" or similar
4.16terms wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A, and Minnesota Rules,
4.17chapter 7503, when referring to the assessments required under Minnesota Statutes, section
4.18169A.70, or the charges or surcharges associated with such assessments.
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