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Description: Report and proposed legislative changes, including recommendations on: (1) amending the state medical assistance plan to expand access to care provided in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, with consideration being given to enhancing flexibilities to serve a continuum of mental health needs; (2) developing licensing standards for psychiatric residential treatment facilities that reflect needed flexibilities and the broad inclusion of settings where care can be delivered; and (3) updating the rate methodology for services provided in psychiatric residential treatment facilities to assure high quality of care with required individualization.
Law: 2025 Minn. Laws 1st Spl. Sess. Chap. 3 Art. 15 Sec. 7(a)
Agency(ies)/Supplier(s): Minn. Dept. of Human Services
Due Date: 12/15/2026
Frequency: One time
Topics: Health Care - Mental/Behavioral Health
Mandate Groups: Human Services
Committee/Agency Jurisdiction: Children's Mental Health Jurisdiction
Juvenile Detention Jurisdiction
Note: In consultation with organizations operating psychiatric residential treatment facilities, advocates, health care experts, juvenile detention experts, and county representatives When developing the recommendations required in this report, the Minn. Dept. of Human Services must: (1) consider how best to meet the needs of children with high levels of complexity, aggression, and other related barriers to being served by community providers; and (2) determine what would be required, including needed infrastructure, staffing, and sustainable funding sources, to allow qualified residential treatment programs to transition to a psychiatric residential treatment facility standard of care.

Item(s) Received

No items received for this mandate.