1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to health; modifying requirements for review 
  1.3             of community support plans; including case management 
  1.4             in the definition of chemical dependency treatment 
  1.5             service; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 
  1.6             245.4711, subdivision 4; and 245.4881, subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 245.4711, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT PLAN.] (a) The case 
  1.11  manager must develop an individual community support plan for 
  1.12  each adult that incorporates the client's individual treatment 
  1.13  plan.  The individual treatment plan may not be a substitute for 
  1.14  the development of an individual community support plan.  The 
  1.15  individual community support plan must be developed within 30 
  1.16  days of client intake and reviewed every ~~90~~ 180 days after it is 
  1.17  developed.  The case manager is responsible for developing the 
  1.18  individual community support plan based on a diagnostic 
  1.19  assessment and a functional assessment and for implementing and 
  1.20  monitoring the delivery of services according to the individual 
  1.21  community support plan.  To the extent possible, the adult with 
  1.22  serious and persistent mental illness, the person's family, 
  1.23  advocates, service providers, and significant others must be 
  1.24  involved in all phases of development and implementation of the 
  1.25  individual or family community support plan.  
  1.26     (b) The client's individual community support plan must 
  2.1   state: 
  2.2      (1) the goals of each service; 
  2.3      (2) the activities for accomplishing each goal; 
  2.4      (3) a schedule for each activity; and 
  2.5      (4) the frequency of face-to-face contacts by the case 
  2.6   manager, as appropriate to client need and the implementation of 
  2.7   the individual community support plan. 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 245.4881, 
  2.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 4.  [INDIVIDUAL FAMILY COMMUNITY SUPPORT PLAN.] (a) 
  2.11  For each child, the case manager must develop an individual 
  2.12  family community support plan that incorporates the child's 
  2.13  individual treatment plan.  The individual treatment plan may 
  2.14  not be a substitute for the development of an individual family 
  2.15  community support plan.  The case manager is responsible for 
  2.16  developing the individual family community support plan within 
  2.17  30 days of intake based on a diagnostic assessment and a 
  2.18  functional assessment and for implementing and monitoring the 
  2.19  delivery of services according to the individual family 
  2.20  community support plan.  The case manager must review the plan 
  2.21  every ~~90~~ 180 calendar days after it is developed.  To the extent 
  2.22  appropriate, the child with severe emotional disturbance, the 
  2.23  child's family, advocates, service providers, and significant 
  2.24  others must be involved in all phases of development and 
  2.25  implementation of the individual family community support plan.  
  2.26  Notwithstanding the lack of an individual family community 
  2.27  support plan, the case manager shall assist the child and 
  2.28  child's family in accessing the needed services listed in 
  2.29  section 245.4884, subdivision 1.  
  2.30     (b) The child's individual family community support plan 
  2.31  must state:  
  2.32     (1) the goals and expected outcomes of each service and 
  2.33  criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and appropriateness of 
  2.34  the service; 
  2.35     (2) the activities for accomplishing each goal; 
  2.36     (3) a schedule for each activity; and 
  3.1      (4) the frequency of face-to-face contacts by the case 
  3.2   manager, as appropriate to client need and the implementation of 
  3.3   the individual family community support plan.  
  3.4      Sec. 3.  [RULE AMENDMENT; COMMUNITY SUPPORT PLANS.] 
  3.5      Individual family community support plans and individual 
  3.6   community support plans shall be reviewed and revised, and 
  3.7   progress reported to the case management team, every 180 days.  
  3.8   The commissioner of human services shall amend Minnesota Rules, 
  3.9   parts 9520.0914, 9520.0918, and 9520.0919, using the procedure 
  3.10  specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, to conform 
  3.11  with this section. 
  3.12     Sec. 4.  [RULE AMENDMENT; CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.] 
  3.13     Case management services are included in the definition of 
  3.14  "chemical dependency treatment services."  The commissioner of 
  3.15  human services shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 9530.7000, 
  3.16  subpart 5, using the procedure specified under Minnesota 
  3.17  Statutes, section 14.388, to conform with this section.