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Senate hears bill to integrate mental-health care in juvenile detention amid rise in boarding
Summary
Lawmakers and juvenile detention officials urged funding to integrate mental-health services in detention centers, citing a rise in youth boarding with acute needs and reduced residential treatment capacity.
Senator Seaburger presented Senate File 25-46, a proposal to fund and integrate mental-health services into juvenile detention facilities to address what witnesses described as a "boarding" crisis: youth with acute mental-health needs held in detention while waiting for treatment placements.
Deputy director Matt Bauer, representing the Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association, told the committee that a June 2024 point-in-time survey…
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