Bill > SF1561

This bill establishes and modifies several grant programs and services related to children's mental health in Minnesota. It creates a Youth Care Professional Grant Program to provide orientation and training for direct care staff in children's residential facilities and day treatment programs, establishing a registry of trained professionals. The bill also establishes High-Fidelity Wraparound Grants to support comprehensive, child and family-driven mental health services for children with serious mental health challenges. Additionally, the legislation introduces Youth Care Transition Teams to help children move from restrictive care settings to community-based care, with teams providing at least 90 days of direct support. The bill modifies requirements for family peer specialists, including expanding their qualifications to include individuals with personal lived experience of mental illness. It also creates a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Working Group to develop recommendations for improving access to and standards of care for children's mental health residential services. Other key provisions include increasing rates for in-home children's mental health services, creating a Mental Health Collaboration Hub Innovation Pilot to support children's care transitions, and providing various appropriations to support these new and expanded mental health services and programs.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1561&ssn=0&y=2025