Appropriation availability for the Direct Care and Treatment county correctional facility support pilot program extended.

A bill for an act

relating to human services; extending appropriation availability for the Direct Care

and Treatment county correctional facility support pilot program; amending Laws

2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 2, subdivision 20.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 2, subdivision 20, is amended to

read:

Subd. 20.

Direct Care and Treatment -

Operations

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6,094,000

(a)
Free Communication Services for

Patients and Clients.
$1,368,000 in fiscal

year 2025 is for free communication services

under article 6, section 1. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.

(b)
Direct Care and Treatment Capacity;

Miller Building.
$1,796,000 in fiscal year

2025 is to design a replacement facility for the

Miller Building on the Anoka Metro Regional

Treatment Center campus. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

(c)
Direct Care and Treatment County

Correctional Facility Support Pilot

Program.
$2,387,000 in fiscal year 2025 is

to establish a two-year county correctional

facility support pilot program. The pilot

program must: (1) provide education and

support to counties and county correctional

facilities on protocols and best practices for

the provision of involuntary medications for

mental health treatment; (2) provide technical

assistance to expand access to injectable

psychotropic medications in county

correctional facilities; and (3) survey county

correctional facilities and their contracted

medical providers on their capacity to provide

injectable psychotropic medications, including

involuntary administration of medications,

and barriers to providing these services. This

is a onetime appropriation. Notwithstanding

Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.28,

subdivision 3
, this appropriation is available

until June 30,
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2026
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2027
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.

(d)
Advisory Committee for Direct Care

and Treatment.
$482,000 in fiscal year 2025

is for the administration of the advisory

committee for the operation of Direct Care

and Treatment. This is a onetime

appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota

Statutes, section
16A.28, subdivision 3
, this

appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

(e)
Base Level Adjustment.
The general fund

base is increased by $31,000 in fiscal year

2026 and increased by $0 in fiscal year 2027.