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Committee hears Clay County plan, funding request to expand youth psychiatric residential capacity
Summary
Senate File 2022 would support county conversion and funding to open an 18-bed psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) in northwest Minnesota; sponsors said the region lacks PRTFs, urged per-diem and remodeling funds, and the bill was laid over.
Senate File 2022 was presented March 13 to the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee as a response to an identified shortage of psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) for children, particularly in the state’s northwest region.
Senator Kupak said Clay County plans to convert an existing nonsecure facility to a PRTF to serve children across a large region that…
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