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Minn. committee lays over bill to convert Clay County beds into youth psychiatric residential treatment facility
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on House File 1380, which would fund renovation and higher per‑diem rates to open an 18‑bed psychiatric residential treatment facility in Clay County; the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Jennifer Keeler moved to lay over House File 1380, a bill to create a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) in Clay County and to set start‑up and per‑diem funding, and the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee agreed to lay the bill over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill.
The bill would remodel an existing nonsecure juvenile detention space into an 18‑bed PRTF, seek an estimated $1,500,000 in upfront costs before DHS reimbursements, and set a proposed per‑diem rate of $1,800 to cover operational costs, Representative Keeler said. Keeler described the effort as bipartisan and…
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