1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; appropriating money for 
  1.3             children's mental health services. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.6      $17,846,000 is appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 
  1.7   1998, and $17,846,000 is appropriated for fiscal year ending 
  1.8   June 30, 1999, from the general fund to the commissioner of 
  1.9   human services for the purpose of awarding grants to counties 
  1.10  for children's mental health services to be allocated as follows:
  1.11     (1) $6,077,000 per year for family community support 
  1.12  services as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, 
  1.13  subdivision 17; 
  1.14     (2) $4,162,000 per year for day treatment services as 
  1.15  specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivision 
  1.16  10; 
  1.17     (3) $3,305,000 per year for case management services as 
  1.18  specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivision 
  1.19  3; 
  1.20     (4) $1,085,000 per year for professional home-based family 
  1.21  treatment as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, 
  1.22  subdivision 31; 
  1.23     (5) $2,151,000 per year for therapeutic support of foster 
  1.24  care as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, 
  2.1   subdivision 34; and 
  2.2      (6) $1,066,000 per year for outpatient services as 
  2.3   specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871, subdivision 
  2.4   29. 
  2.5      Funds shall be used to provide services according to an 
  2.6   individual family community support plan as specified in 
  2.7   Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4881, subdivision 4.  The plan 
  2.8   must be developed utilizing a process that enhances consumer 
  2.9   empowerment.  Counties that have approved children's mental 
  2.10  health collaboratives may integrate funds appropriated beginning 
  2.11  July 1, 1997, with existing funds to meet the needs of the child 
  2.12  and family as identified in the child's individual family 
  2.13  community support plan.  
  2.14     In awarding grants to counties, the commissioner shall 
  2.15  follow the process set out in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.16  245.4886, subdivision 2.  The commissioner shall give priority 
  2.17  for funding to counties that continued to spend for mental 
  2.18  health services specified in Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  2.19  245.461 to 245.486, and 245.487 to 245.4888, according to 
  2.20  generally accepted accounting principles, in an amount equal to 
  2.21  the total expenditures shown in the county's approved 1987 
  2.22  Community Social Service Act plan for services to persons with 
  2.23  mental illness plus the comparable figure for facilities 
  2.24  licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9545, for target 
  2.25  populations other than mental illness in the approved 1987 
  2.26  Community Social Service Act plan.  
  2.27     The commissioner shall ensure that grant funds are not used 
  2.28  to replace existing funds.