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This bill adds occupational therapy services and occupational therapists/assistants to various mental health service standards and programs in Minnesota. Specifically, the bill defines occupational therapy services as interventions related to behavioral health that help clients develop skills across areas like sensory integration, daily living, emotional functioning, and community participation. Occupational therapists and assistants must be licensed and complete supervised work experience in behavioral health settings to provide these services. The bill expands the scope of several mental health service types, including children's mental health grants, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, assertive community treatment teams, adult day treatment, and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services, to potentially include occupational therapy. Occupational therapists and assistants can now be included in treatment teams and may provide medically necessary services as part of a client's individual treatment plan. The changes aim to broaden the range of professional support available in mental health treatment settings, particularly for children and young adults with emotional disturbances or mental health challenges, by recognizing occupational therapy as a valuable component of comprehensive behavioral health care.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1811&ssn=0&y=2025