HF4896

Purpose

• The bill proposes funding for a new secure psychiatric residential treatment facility. It appropriates money and authorizes the sale of state bonds to support predesign and design work for a 30-bed facility operated by Direct Care and Treatment.

Main Provisions

• Appropriation of 7,000,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of administration.
  • Use: predesign and design the new 30-bed secure psychiatric residential treatment facility operated by Direct Care and Treatment.
• Bond authorization
  • The commissioner of management and budget must sell and issue bonds up to 7,000,000 to finance the appropriation.
  • Bond process to follow Minnesota law (Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675) and the Minnesota Constitution (Article XI, sections 4 to 7).

How it Works

• Funding source: bond proceeds fund.
• Funding purpose: capital investment for a secure psychiatric facility.
• Oversight: bonds issued under existing state bonding laws and constitutional provisions.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Introduces a new appropriation specifically for predesign and design of a 30-bed secure psychiatric residential treatment facility.
• Creates authorization to issue up to 7,000,000 in state bonds for this purpose, aligning with current bonding statutes and constitutional provisions.
• No explicit changes to other programs or statutes beyond establishing this new funding and bonding authority.

Implementation Timeline (implicit)

• The bill sets up funding and bonding authority but does not specify construction start dates; it addresses planning/design funding and bond issuance, which typically precede construction.

Relevant terms - appropriation - bond proceeds fund - predesign - design - 30-bed secure psychiatric residential treatment facility - Direct Care and Treatment - sale and issue bonds - commissioner of administration - commissioner of management and budget - Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution Article XI sections 4 to 7 - capital investment

Relevant Terms - 7,000,000 - bond proceeds fund - predesign and design - secure psychiatric residential treatment facility - Direct Care and Treatment - bonds - state bonds - capital investment - Minnesota Statutes - Minnesota Constitution - 30-bed facility