A bill for an act related to state behavioral health, disability, and addictive disorder services and related programs, including the transition of behavioral health services from a mental health and disability services system to a behavioral health service system, the transfer of disability services to the division of aging and disability services of the department of health and human services, the elimination of the commission on aging, the elimination of special intellectual disability units at state mental health institutes, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
This bill restructures Minnesota's behavioral health and disability services by merging mental health and disability programs into a unified behavioral health system and transferring disability services to the Division of Aging and Disability Services. It eliminates the Commission on Aging and removes special intellectual disability units from state mental health institutes to streamline service delivery. The legislation also includes funding appropriations and sets an effective date for these organizational changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 25, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2024 · House Apr 2, 2024
How they voted
42–5
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 50
Apr 16, 2024
D
Democratic16
56% Yea
R
Republican34
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
0
Amendments
5
May 15, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 88, nays 8.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendment H-8336.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Introduced
Senate amendment H-8336 filed.
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 42, nays 5.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-5160 adopted, as amended.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Introduced
Amendment S-5167 filed, lost.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-5162 to S-5160 filed, adopted.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Introduced
Amendment S-5160 filed.
upper
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 88, nays 6.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Introduced
Amendment H-8264 filed, adopted.
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Introduced
Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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