1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2945 as follows:
1.2Page 2, after line 8, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0624, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 4. Provider entity standards. (a) A provider entity is an entity that meets the
1.5standards listed in paragraph (b) (c) and:
1.6(1) is a county board operated entity; or
1.7(2) is a provider entity that is under contract with the county board in the county where
1.8the potential crisis or emergency is occurring. To provide services under this section, the
1.9provider entity must directly provide the services; or if services are subcontracted, the
1.10provider entity must maintain responsibility for services and billing.
1.11(b) A provider entity that provides crisis stabilization services in a residential setting
1.12under subdivision 7 is not required to meet the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (1)
1.13and (2), but must meet all other requirements of this subdivision.
1.14(b) (c) The adult mental health crisis response services provider entity must have the
1.15capacity to meet and carry out the following standards:
1.16(1) has the capacity to recruit, hire, and manage and train mental health professionals,
1.17practitioners, and rehabilitation workers;
1.18(2) has adequate administrative ability to ensure availability of services;
1.19(3) is able to ensure adequate preservice and in-service training;
1.20(4) is able to ensure that staff providing these services are skilled in the delivery of
1.21mental health crisis response services to recipients;
2.1(5) is able to ensure that staff are capable of implementing culturally specific treatment
2.2identified in the individual treatment plan that is meaningful and appropriate as determined
2.3by the recipient's culture, beliefs, values, and language;
2.4(6) is able to ensure enough flexibility to respond to the changing intervention and care
2.5needs of a recipient as identified by the recipient during the service partnership between
2.6the recipient and providers;
2.7(7) is able to ensure that mental health professionals and mental health practitioners have
2.8the communication tools and procedures to communicate and consult promptly about crisis
2.9assessment and interventions as services occur;
2.10(8) is able to coordinate these services with county emergency services, community
2.11hospitals, ambulance, transportation services, social services, law enforcement, and mental
2.12health crisis services through regularly scheduled interagency meetings;
2.13(9) is able to ensure that mental health crisis assessment and mobile crisis intervention
2.14services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
2.15(10) is able to ensure that services are coordinated with other mental health service
2.16providers, county mental health authorities, or federally recognized American Indian
2.17authorities and others as necessary, with the consent of the adult. Services must also be
2.18coordinated with the recipient's case manager if the adult is receiving case management
2.19services;
2.20(11) is able to ensure that crisis intervention services are provided in a manner consistent
2.21with sections 245.461 to 245.486;
2.22(12) is able to submit information as required by the state;
2.23(13) maintains staff training and personnel files;
2.24(14) is able to establish and maintain a quality assurance and evaluation plan to evaluate
2.25the outcomes of services and recipient satisfaction;
2.26(15) is able to keep records as required by applicable laws;
2.27(16) is able to comply with all applicable laws and statutes;
2.28(17) is an enrolled medical assistance provider; and
2.29(18) develops and maintains written policies and procedures regarding service provision
2.30and administration of the provider entity, including safety of staff and recipients in high-risk
2.31situations.
3.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.2Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.3Amend the title accordingly