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This bill establishes a mental health unit pilot program within the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights to provide mental health care to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who are incarcerated in county jails. The program requires participating counties to pay a per diem for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the Department of Corrections. The program is limited to a total of five incarcerated individuals at any one time, and the individuals must volunteer to be treated in the unit and be able to participate in programming with other incarcerated individuals. The program will be overseen by the facility's warden, director of psychology, and associate director of behavioral health, in consultation with the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, the Minnesota branch of the National Association on Mental Illness, and the Department of Human Services. The warden is required to submit a report to the legislature in November 2024 describing the program's protocols, guidelines, and procedures, as well as challenges, cost-sharing, capacity, services, outcomes, concerns, and recommendations for the viability of a long-term program. The pilot program is set to expire on November 16, 2024.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1450&ssn=0&y=2023