Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 245.487. Citation; declaration of policy; mission

Subdivision 1. Citation.Sections 245.487to245.4889may be cited as the “Minnesota Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act.”

Subd. 2. Findings. The legislature finds there is a need for further development of existing clinical services for emotionally disturbed children and their families and the creation of new services for this population. Although the services specified insections 245.487to245.4889are mental health services,sections 245.487to245.4889emphasize the need for a child-oriented and family-oriented approach of therapeutic programming and the need for continuity of care with other community agencies. At the same time,sections 245.487to245.4889emphasize the importance of developing special mental health expertise in children's mental health services because of the unique needs of this population.

Nothing insections 245.487to245.4889shall be construed to abridge the authority of the court to make dispositions under chapter 260, but the mental health services due any child with serious and persistent mental illness, as defined insection 245.462, subdivision 20, or with severe emotional disturbance, as defined insection 245.4871, subdivision 6, shall be made a part of any disposition affecting that child.

Subd. 3. Mission of children's mental health service system. As part of the comprehensive children's mental health system established undersections 245.487to245.4889, the commissioner of human services shall create and ensure a unified, accountable, comprehensive children's mental health service system that is consistent with the provision of public social services for children and that:

Subds. 4, 5. Repealed byLaws 2014, c. 262, art. 3, § 18, par. (a), eff. August 1, 2014.

Subd. 6. Funding from the federal government and other sources. The commissioner shall seek and apply for federal and other nonstate, nonlocal government funding for mental health services specified insections 245.487to245.4889, in order to maximize nonstate, nonlocal dollars for these services.

Subd. 7.Diagnostic codes list. By July 1, 2013, the commissioner of human services shall develop a list of diagnostic codes to define the range of child and adult mental illnesses for the statewide mental health system. The commissioner may use the International Classification of Diseases (ICD); the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM); or a combination of both to develop the list. The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee, comprising mental health professional associations, counties, tribes, managed care organizations, state agencies, and consumer organizations that shall advise the commissioner regarding development of the diagnostic codes list. The commissioner shall annually notify providers of changes to the list.