MN Stat § 245.4879 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 245 — Department Of Human Services|Section 245.4879 — Emergency Services.

245.4879 EMERGENCY SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Availability of emergency services. County boards must provide or contract for mental health emergency services according to section 245.469. [See Note.] Subd. 2. Specific requirements. (a) The county board shall require that all service providers of emergency services to the child with an emotional disturbance provide immediate direct access to a mental health professional during regular business hours. For evenings, weekends, and holidays, the service may be by direct toll-free telephone access to a mental health professional, a mental health practitioner, or until January 1, 1991, a designated person with training in human services who receives clinical supervision from a mental health professional. (b) The commissioner may waive the requirement in paragraph (a) that the evening, weekend, and holiday service be provided by a mental health professional or mental health practitioner after January 1, 1991, if the county documents that: (1) mental health professionals or mental health practitioners are unavailable to provide this service; (2) services are provided by a designated person with training in human services who receives clinical supervision from a mental health professional; and (3) the service provider is not also the provider of fire and public safety emergency services. (c) The commissioner may waive the requirement in paragraph (b), clause (3), that the evening, weekend, and holiday service not be provided by the provider of fire and public safety emergency services if: (1) every person who will be providing the first telephone contact has received at least eight hours of training on emergency mental health services reviewed by the state advisory council on mental health and then approved by the commissioner; (2) every person who will be providing the first telephone contact will annually receive at least four hours of continued training on emergency mental health services reviewed by the state advisory council on mental health and then approved by the commissioner; (3) the local social service agency has provided public education about available emergency mental health services and can assure potential users of emergency services that their calls will be handled appropriately; (4) the local social service agency agrees to provide the commissioner with accurate data on the number of emergency mental health service calls received; (5) the local social service agency agrees to monitor the frequency and quality of emergency services; and (6) the local social service agency describes how it will comply with paragraph (d). (d) When emergency service during nonbusiness hours is provided by anyone other than a mental health professional, a mental health professional must be available on call for an emergency assessment and crisis intervention services, and must be available for at least telephone consultation within 30 minutes. [See Note.] History: 1989 c 282 art 4 s 46; 1990 c 568 art 5 s 18; 1991 c 312 s 2; 2021 c 30 art 16 s 3 NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 16, section 3, is effective July 1, 2022, or upon federal approval, whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained. Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 16, section 5. NOTE: Subdivision 2 is repealed by Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 17, section 113, effective July 1, 2022, or upon federal approval, whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained. Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 17, section 114.