SF 2628 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

County cost modification of care provisions

SF 2628 modifies how counties pay for care at specific facilities, primarily affecting Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center and community behavioral health hospitals. It temporarily exempts counties from paying for certain care costs (100% responsibility) during patient transfers to other state facilities or programs between July 2023-March 2025 and April-June 2025. The bill also requires a public dashboard tracking waitlist metrics for behavioral health services, including average wait times and admission data. These changes apply to patients committed under mental health laws who are awaiting transfer, with county payment obligations resuming after the specified expiration dates.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Mental Health

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 4 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was updated from its introduction to its first engrossment, reflecting amendments made during the legislative process. The most significant substantive change is the replacement of a general appropriation for expanding secure treatment facility capacity with a new section allowing for limited exceptions to admit up to ten patients per year from hospital settings into direct care and treatment beds. Additionally, the bill's section numbering was reorganized, and the title of the new exception provision was changed to reflect its specific focus on hospital-to-direct-care transfers.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include a specific mechanism for admitting patients from hospital settings to direct care and treatment facilities, which was not present in the original introduction version.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a provision allowing the commissioner of human services or a designee to approve exceptions to add up to ten patients per fiscal year from hospital settings to the waitlist for direct care and treatment beds.

TIMELINE

Established that the new exception provision becomes subject to the Direct Care and Treatment executive board starting July 1, 2025, and the section expires on June 30, 2027.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the original Section 8, which appropriated funds for expanded capacity at secure treatment facilities, with the new exception provision and renumbered subsequent sections accordingly.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header and section titles to reflect the '1st Engrossment' status and renamed the new exception section to 'Direction for Limited Exception for Admissions from Hospital Settings'.

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to State and Local Government

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor