1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; appropriating money to the Direct Care and Treatment
1.3 executive board for planning a build out of a locked psychiatric residential treatment
1.4 facility; requiring a report; amending Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section
1.5 2, subdivision 30.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 70, article 20, section 2, subdivision 30, is amended to
1.8read:
37,934,000
37,834,00044,487,000
1.9Subd. 30.Grant Programs; Child Mental Health
1.10Grants
1.11(a) Psychiatric residential treatment facility
1.12start-up grants. $1,000,000 in fiscal year
1.132024 and $1,000,000 $900,000 in fiscal year
1.142025 are for psychiatric residential treatment
1.15facility start-up grants under Minnesota
1.16Statutes, section 256B.0941, subdivision 5.
1.17This is a onetime appropriation and is
1.18available until June 30, 2027.
1.19(b) African American Child Wellness
1.20Institute. $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is
1.21for a grant to the African American Child
1.22Wellness Institute to provide culturally
1.23specific mental health and substance use
1Section 1.
REVISOR AGW/HL 25-0275302/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 670
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hicks and Curran02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy 2.1disorder services under Minnesota Statutes,
2.2section 245.0961. This is a onetime
2.3appropriation and is available until June 30,
2.42027.
2.5(c) Base level adjustment. The general fund
2.6base is $34,648,000 in fiscal year 2026 and
2.7$34,648,000 in fiscal year 2027.
2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.9 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; REPORT.
2.10 (a) $100,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the Direct Care
2.11and Treatment executive board for planning a build out of a locked psychiatric residential
2.12treatment facility operated by Direct Care and Treatment. This is a onetime appropriation
2.13and is available until June 30, 2027.
2.14 (b) By March 1, 2026, the executive board must report to the chairs and ranking minority
2.15members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human services finance and
2.16policy on the plan developed using the appropriation in this section to build out a locked
2.17psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) operated by Direct Care and Treatment.
2.18 (c) The report must include but is not limited to the following information:
2.19 (1) the risks and benefits of locating the locked PRTF in a metropolitan or rural location;
2.20 (2) the estimated cost for the build out of the locked PRTF;
2.21 (3) the estimated ongoing cost of maintaining the locked PRTF; and
2.22 (4) the estimated amount of costs that can be recouped from medical assistance,
2.23MinnesotaCare, and private insurance payments.
2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2Sec. 2.
REVISOR AGW/HL 25-0275302/07/25