1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1500 as follows:
1.2Page 2, after line 19, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 245.4874, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4    Subdivision 1. Duties of county board. (a) The county board must:
1.5    (1) develop a system of affordable and locally available children's mental health
1.6services according to sections 245.487 to 245.4889;
1.7    (2) establish a mechanism providing for interagency coordination as specified in
1.8section 245.4875, subdivision 6;
1.9    (3) consider the assessment of unmet needs in the county as reported by the local
1.10children's mental health advisory council under section 245.4875, subdivision 5, paragraph
1.11(b), clause (3). The county shall provide, upon request of the local children's mental health
1.12advisory council, readily available data to assist in the determination of unmet needs;
1.13    (4) assure that parents and providers in the county receive information about how to
1.14gain access to services provided according to sections 245.487 to 245.4889;
1.15    (5) coordinate the delivery of children's mental health services with services
1.16provided by social services, education, corrections, health, and vocational agencies to
1.17improve the availability of mental health services to children and the cost-effectiveness of
1.18their delivery;
1.19    (6) assure that mental health services delivered according to sections 245.487
1.20to 245.4889 are delivered expeditiously and are appropriate to the child's diagnostic
1.21assessment and individual treatment plan;
1.22    (7) provide the community with information about predictors and symptoms of
1.23emotional disturbances and how to access children's mental health services according to
1.24sections 245.4877 and 245.4878;
1.25    (8) provide for case management services to each child with severe emotional
1.26disturbance according to sections 245.486; 245.4871, subdivisions 3 and 4; and 245.4881,
1.27subdivisions 1, 3, and 5 ;
2.1    (9) provide for screening of each child under section 245.4885 upon admission
2.2to a residential treatment facility, acute care hospital inpatient treatment, or informal
2.3admission to a regional treatment center;
2.4    (10) prudently administer grants and purchase-of-service contracts that the county
2.5board determines are necessary to fulfill its responsibilities under sections 245.487 to
2.6245.4889 ;
2.7    (11) assure that mental health professionals, mental health practitioners, and case
2.8managers employed by or under contract to the county to provide mental health services
2.9are qualified under section 245.4871;
2.10    (12) assure that children's mental health services are coordinated with adult mental
2.11health services specified in sections 245.461 to 245.486 so that a continuum of mental
2.12health services is available to serve persons with mental illness, regardless of the person's
2.13age;
2.14    (13) assure that culturally competent mental health consultants are used as necessary
2.15to assist the county board in assessing and providing appropriate treatment for children of
2.16cultural or racial minority heritage; and
2.17    (14) consistent with section 245.486, arrange for or provide a children's mental
2.18health screening to a child receiving child protective services or a child in out-of-home
2.19placement, a child for whom parental rights have been terminated, a child found to be
2.20delinquent, and a child found to have committed a juvenile petty offense for the third
2.21or subsequent time, unless a screening or diagnostic assessment has been performed
2.22within the previous 180 days, or the child is currently under the care of a mental health
2.23professional. The court or county agency must notify a parent or guardian whose parental
2.24rights have not been terminated of the potential mental health screening and the option to
2.25prevent the screening by notifying the court or county agency in writing obtain written,
2.26informed consent from the parent or legal guardian before the screening is conducted. The
2.27screening shall be conducted with a screening instrument approved by the commissioner
2.28of human services according to criteria that are updated and issued annually to ensure
2.29that approved screening instruments are valid and useful for child welfare and juvenile
2.30justice populations, and shall be conducted by a mental health practitioner as defined in
2.31section 245.4871, subdivision 26, or a probation officer or local social services agency
2.32staff person who is trained in the use of the screening instrument. Training in the use of the
2.33instrument shall include training in the administration of the instrument, the interpretation
2.34of its validity given the child's current circumstances, the state and federal data practices
2.35laws and confidentiality standards, the parental consent requirement, and providing respect
2.36for families and cultural values. If the screen indicates a need for assessment, the child's
3.1family, or if the family lacks mental health insurance, the local social services agency,
3.2in consultation with the child's family, shall have conducted a diagnostic assessment,
3.3including a functional assessment, as defined in section 245.4871. The administration of
3.4the screening shall safeguard the privacy of children receiving the screening and their
3.5families and shall comply with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, chapter
3.613, and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public
3.7Law 104-191. Screening results shall be considered private data and the commissioner
3.8shall not collect individual screening results.
3.9    (b) When the county board refers clients to providers of children's therapeutic
3.10services and supports under section 256B.0943, the county board must clearly identify
3.11the desired services components not covered under section 256B.0943 and identify the
3.12reimbursement source for those requested services, the method of payment, and the
3.13payment rate to the provider."
3.14Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.15Amend the title accordingly