The commissioner shall distribute grants to county boards
whose grant applications meet the criteria in items A to E.
A. The grant application must be consistent
with the respective mental health component of the county's community social
services plan that is approved by the commissioner.
B. For grants to provide children's
community-based mental health services, the grant application must describe how
the county board is collaborating or will collaborate in the development,
funding, and delivery of children's community-based mental health services with
other agencies in the local system of care.
C. The grant application must comply with
parts
9535.1700 to
9535.1760 and with Minnesota
Statutes, sections
245.461 to
245.4887.
D. In the grant application submitted to the
commissioner according to part
9535.1715, the county board shall
agree that:
(1) it considered the advice of
the local adult or children's mental health advisory council, or the adult or
children's mental health subcommittee of the existing local mental health
advisory council when developing the grant application;
(2) it will consider the advice of the local
adult or children's mental health advisory council, or the adult or children's
mental health subcommittee of the existing local mental health advisory council
if the grant application is amended;
(3) services will be provided in accordance
with the needs identified in each client's individual or family community
support plan;
(4) where available,
the following will be used instead of grant funds under parts
9535.1700 to
9535.1760:
(a) medical assistance, under Minnesota
Statutes, section
256B.0625;
(b) general assistance medical care, under
Minnesota Statutes, section
256D.03;
(c) MinnesotaCare, under Minnesota Statutes,
section
256L.01 to
256L.10;
(d) private insurance and other third-party
payors;
(e) client fees, under
Minnesota Statutes, section
245.481;
and
(f) other funds; and
(5) the cost per unit of service
as determined by the commissioner will be comparable to the cost of similar
services in the same or similar local trade area. "Local trade area" has the
meaning given it in part
9505.0175, subpart 22.
E. The grant application must
state that grant funds will only be used for:
(1) the services defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section
245.4871;
or
(2) the services defined in
Minnesota Statutes, section
245.462;
and
(3) other services that:
(a) have minor costs;
(b) cannot be paid for from the funds listed
in item D, subitem (4); and
(c) are
approved by the commissioner.
If the commissioner determines that a grant application
merits funding but does not meet the criteria in parts
9535.1700 to
9535.1760, the commissioner shall
specify the conditions the grant application must meet in order to receive the
grant.
