1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money to children's mental health 
1.3 	collaboratives.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH 
1.6 	COLLABORATIVES.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $600,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant for a rural 
1.9 	demonstration project involving counties and children's mental health collaboratives to 
1.10 	assist transition-aged youth and young adults with emotional behavioral disturbance 
1.11 	(EBD) or mental illnesses in making a successful transition into adulthood, with all of 
1.12 	them achieving, within their potential, their personal goals in the transition domains of 
1.13 	employment, education, living situation, personal effectiveness, and community life 
1.14 	functioning. The base appropriation for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020 is $600,000 
1.15 	for each year.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Requirements. The demonstration project must (1) build on and streamline 
1.17 	transition services by identifying rural youth ages 15 to 25 currently in the mental 
1.18 	health system or with emerging mental health conditions, (2) provide individualized 
1.19 	motivational coaching, (3) build on needed social supports, (4) demonstrate how services 
1.20 	can be enhanced for youth to successfully navigate the complexities associated with their 
1.21 	unique needs, (5) utilize all available funding streams, (6) evaluate the effectiveness of 
1.22 	the project, and (7) compare differences in outcomes and costs to youth without previous 
1.23 	access to this project.