1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring recommendations on mental health 
1.3 	treatment; appropriating money for children's mental health awareness, training, 
1.4 	and services.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
 1.7 	The commissioner of human services shall, in consultation with children's mental 
1.8 	health community providers, hospitals providing care to children, children's mental health 
1.9 	advocates, and other interested parties, develop recommendations and legislation, if 
1.10 	necessary, for the state-operated child and adolescent behavioral health services facility 
1.11 	to ensure that:
1.12 	(1) the facility and the services provided meet the needs of children with serious 
1.13 	emotional disturbances, autism spectrum disorders, reactive attachment disorder, PTSD, 
1.14 	serious emotional disturbance co-occurring with a developmental disability, borderline 
1.15 	personality disorder, schizophrenia, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, brain injuries, 
1.16 	violent tendencies, and complex medical issues;
1.17 	(2) qualified personnel and staff can be recruited who have specific expertise and 
1.18 	training to treat the children in the facility; and
1.19 	(3) the treatment provided at the facility is high-quality, effective treatment.

1.20 	Sec. 2. PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY LICENSURE.
 1.21 	The commissioner of human services shall establish a work group made up of 
1.22 	children's mental health providers, advocates, and Department of Human Services Office 
2.1 	of Inspector General and licensing staff to develop standards for psychiatric residential 
2.2 	treatment facility licensure.

2.3 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.4 		Subdivision 1.Children's mental health crisis services. $....... for the biennium 
2.5 	ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.6 	human services for children's mental health crisis services under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.7 	section 256B.0944. Funds must be used to expand services to additional counties and 
2.8 	tribes, and to provide training on mental illnesses in children, the family perspective, 
2.9 	and resources for children with mental illnesses to teams that utilize one team to serve 
2.10 	both children and adults.
2.11 		Subd. 2.Mental health first aid training. $45,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 
2.12 	2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to train 
2.13 	teachers, social service personnel, law enforcement, and others who come into contact with 
2.14 	children with mental illnesses, in children and adolescents mental health first aid training.
2.15 		Subd. 3.Respite care. $....... for the biennium ending June 30, 2015, is appropriated 
2.16 	from the general fund to the commissioner of human services to provide respite care to 
2.17 	families who have children with serious emotional disturbances.
2.18 		Subd. 4.Community health worker training. $15,000 for the biennium ending 
2.19 	June 30, 2015, is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human 
2.20 	services for training of community health workers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.21 	256B.0625, subdivision 49, on mental illnesses in children and adults.