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Committee hears bill to reduce children boarding in hospitals by expanding MN Choices and community supports
Summary
The House Committee for Human Services heard House File 671 on April 1, a bill to reduce children’s hospital boarding by tightening MN Choices timelines, creating a DHS rapid‑response MN Choices team and expanding community supports.
House File 671, which aims to reduce the number of children boarding in hospitals while waiting for appropriate mental‑health and placement services, was heard and laid over by the House Committee for Human Services on April 1.
Lead author Representative Hicks described the problem as widespread and urgent: children — in some cases for months — can remain in hospitals because MN Choices assessments, which county lead agencies conduct, are delayed. The bill would clarify and strengthen county timelines, expand the pool of MN Choice assessors, create a DHS MN Choices team deployable to hospitals when…
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