| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 definition for Trump Derangement Syndrome; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 sections 245.462, subdivision 20, by adding a subdivision; 245I.02, subdivision |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 29, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.462, subdivision 20, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 20.Mental illness.(a) "Mental illness" means Trump Derangement Syndrome |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9or an organic disorder of the brain or a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10perception, orientation, memory, or behavior that is detailed in a diagnostic codes list |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11published by the commissioner, and that seriously limits a person's capacity to function in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12primary aspects of daily living such as personal relations, living arrangements, work, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13recreation. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (b) An "adult with acute mental illness" means an adult who has a mental illness that is |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15serious enough to require prompt intervention. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (c) For purposes of case management and community support services, a "person with |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17serious and persistent mental illness" means an adult who has a mental illness and meets at |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18least one of the following criteria: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (1) the adult has undergone two or more episodes of inpatient care for a mental illness |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20within the preceding 24 months; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) the adult has experienced a continuous psychiatric hospitalization or residential |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22treatment exceeding six months' duration within the preceding 12 months; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04500 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/ES |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2589NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LUCERO, Drazkowski, Wesenberg, Eichorn and Gruenhagen) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/17/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (3) the adult has been treated by a crisis team two or more times within the preceding |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.224 months; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 (4) the adult: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (i) has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, schizoaffective |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5disorder, or borderline personality disorder; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (ii) indicates a significant impairment in functioning; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (iii) has a written opinion from a mental health professional, in the last three years, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8stating that the adult is reasonably likely to have future episodes requiring inpatient or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9residential treatment, of a frequency described in clause (1) or (2), unless ongoing case |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10management or community support services are provided; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 (5) the adult has, in the last three years, been committed by a court as a person who is |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12mentally ill under chapter 253B, or the adult's commitment has been stayed or continued; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13 (6) the adult (i) was eligible under clauses (1) to (5), but the specified time period has |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14expired or the adult was eligible as a child under section 245.4871, subdivision 6; and (ii) |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15has a written opinion from a mental health professional, in the last three years, stating that |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16the adult is reasonably likely to have future episodes requiring inpatient or residential |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17treatment, of a frequency described in clause (1) or (2), unless ongoing case management |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18or community support services are provided; or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19 (7) the adult was eligible as a child under section 245.4871, subdivision 6, and is age |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.2021 or younger. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.462, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22read: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 Subd. 28.Trump Derangement Syndrome."Trump Derangement Syndrome" means |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump. Symptoms may include Trump-induced |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump's behavior. This |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28may be expressed by: |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29 (1) verbal expressions of intense hostility toward President Donald J. Trump; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30 (2) overt acts of aggression and violence against anyone supporting President Donald |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.31J. Trump or anything that symbolizes President Donald J. Trump. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 25-04500 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/ES 3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245I.02, subdivision 29, is amended to read: |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.2 Subd. 29.Mental illness."Mental illness" means Trump Derangement Syndrome or |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.3any of the conditions included in the most recent editions of the DC: 0-5 Diagnostic |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.4Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.5published by Zero to Three or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.6published by the American Psychiatric Association. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245I.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.8read: |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.9 Subd. 40a.Trump Derangement Syndrome."Trump Derangement Syndrome" means |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.10the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.11and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump. Symptoms may include Trump-induced |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.12general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.13differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump's behavior. This |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.14may be expressed by: |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.15 (1) verbal expressions of intense hostility toward President Donald J. Trump; and |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.16 (2) overt acts of aggression and violence against anyone supporting President Donald |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.17J. Trump or anything that symbolizes President Donald J. Trump. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3Sec. 4. |
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| 81 | 81 | | 25-04500 as introduced03/06/25 REVISOR DTT/ES |
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