Minnesota SF 1953: Tenant income loss lease termination authorization; landlord obligations, liabilities, and covenants modifications; costs recovery authorization

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; making changes​
1.3 to medical assistance transportation reimbursement rates; establishing a grant​
1.4 program for children at risk of bipolar disorder; requiring a report; appropriating​
1.5 money for the children's first episode of psychosis program; amending Minnesota​
1.6 Statutes 2024, sections 245.462, subdivision 20; 245.467, subdivision 4; 245.4711,​
1.7 subdivisions 1, 4; 245.4712, subdivisions 1, 3; 245.4889, subdivision 1; 245I.05,​
1.8 subdivisions 3, 5; 245I.11, subdivision 5; 256B.0625, subdivisions 3b, 17, 20;​
1.9 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245.​
1.10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.11 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 245.462, subdivision 20, is amended to read:​
1.12 Subd. 20.Mental illness.(a) "Mental illness" means an organic disorder of the brain or​
1.13 a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, memory, or​
1.14 behavior that is detailed in a diagnostic codes list published by the commissioner, and that​
1.15 seriously limits a person's capacity to function in primary aspects of daily living such as​
1.16 personal relations, living arrangements, work, and recreation.​
1.17 (b) An "adult with acute mental illness" means an adult who has a mental illness that is​
1.18 serious enough to require prompt intervention.​
1.19 (c) For purposes of enrolling in case management and community support services, a​
1.20 "person with serious and persistent mental illness" means an adult who has a mental illness​
1.21 and meets at least one of the following criteria:​
1.22 (1) the adult has undergone two one or more episodes of inpatient, residential, or crisis​
1.23 residential care for a mental illness within the preceding 24 12 months;​
1​Section 1.​
S1953-1 1st Engrossment​SF1953 REVISOR DTT​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1953​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MANN)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​565​02/27/2025​
Referred to Health and Human Services​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Human Services​837a​03/17/2025​
See HF2115​

2.1 (2) the adult has experienced a continuous psychiatric hospitalization or residential​
2.2 treatment exceeding six months' duration within the preceding 12 months;​
2.3 (3) the adult has been treated by a crisis team two or more times within the preceding​
2.4 24 months;​
2.5 (4) the adult:​
2.6 (i) has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, schizoaffective​
2.7 disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, eating​
2.8 disorder, or borderline personality disorder;​
2.9 (ii) indicates a significant impairment in functioning; and​
2.10 (iii) has a written opinion from a mental health professional, in the last three years,​
2.11 stating that the adult is reasonably likely to have future episodes requiring inpatient or​
2.12 residential treatment, of a frequency described in clause (1) or (2), or the need for in-home​
2.13 services to remain in one's home, unless ongoing case management or community support​
2.14 services are provided;​
2.15 (5) the adult has, in the last three five years, been committed by a court as a person who​
2.16 is mentally ill with a mental illness under chapter 253B, or the adult's commitment has been​
2.17 stayed or continued; or​
2.18 (6) the adult (i) was eligible under clauses (1) to (5), but the specified time period has​
2.19 expired or the adult was eligible as a child under section 245.4871, subdivision 6; and (ii)​
2.20 has a written opinion from a mental health professional, in the last three years, stating that​
2.21 the adult is reasonably likely to have future episodes requiring inpatient or residential​
2.22 treatment, of a frequency described in clause (1) or (2), unless ongoing case management​
2.23 or community support services are provided; or​
2.24 (7) (6) the adult was eligible as a child under section 245.4871, subdivision 6, and is​
2.25 age 21 or younger.​
2.26 (d) For purposes of enrolling in case management and community support services, a​
2.27 "person with a complex post-traumatic stress disorder" or "C-PTSD" means an adult who​
2.28 has a mental illness and meets the following criteria:​
2.29 (1) the adult has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that significantly​
2.30 interfere with daily functioning related to intergenerational trauma, racial trauma, or​
2.31 unresolved historical grief; and​
2​Section 1.​
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3.1 (2) the adult has a written opinion from a mental health professional that includes​
3.2 documentation of:​
3.3 (i) culturally sensitive assessments or screenings and identification of intergenerational​
3.4 trauma, racial trauma, or unresolved historical grief;​
3.5 (ii) significant impairment in functioning due to the PTSD sympto