1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring a request for proposals process to develop 
1.3 	community-based residential services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. REQUIRING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS TO 
1.6 	DEVELOP COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL 
1.7 	SERVICES FOR PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM ANOKA REGIONAL 
1.8 	TREATMENT CENTER.
 1.9 	The commissioner of human services shall solicit a request for proposals (RFP) to 
1.10 	metropolitan counties by October 2009, to develop community-based residential services 
1.11 	for patients discharged from the Anoka Regional Treatment Center. The community-based 
1.12 	residential services must be provided in facilities with 16 or fewer beds, and must provide 
1.13 	the appropriate level of care for the patients being admitted to the facilities. Currently, 
1.14 	approximately 75 percent of the patients at the Anoka Regional Treatment Center do not 
1.15 	need inpatient level of care. The number of new beds solicited under this request for 
1.16 	proposals must be equal to approximately 75 percent of the existing number of clients at 
1.17 	the Anoka Regional Treatment Center. The patients must be discharged from the Anoka 
1.18 	Regional Treatment Center and transferred to the facilities established under this section 
1.19 	by March 1, 2010, and the resulting empty beds at Anoka Regional Treatment Center must 
1.20 	be closed. The individuals working in the community-based residential services facilities 
1.21 	under this section are state employees, however, the employees are not supervised by nor 
1.22 	report to the commissioner of human services, but are supervised by and report to the 
1.23 	counties that operate the community-based residential services.