This bill establishes a high-fidelity wraparound grant program aimed at providing comprehensive mental health services to children facing serious mental health or behavioral challenges. The program, overseen by the commissioner of human services, will support evidence-based wraparound services and targeted case management standards. Eligible recipients for these grants include counties and community-based service providers committed to delivering high-fidelity wraparound services. The bill also outlines the allowable uses of grant funds, which can cover start-up costs and ancillary care, and mandates that grantees report service utilization and outcomes to the commissioner annually.

Additionally, the bill appropriates funds from the general fund for both the high-fidelity wraparound grants and for mental health services for incarcerated youth. Specifically, it allocates funding to the commissioner of corrections to support juvenile detention centers in providing mental health services, with a focus on hiring mental health professionals or contracting for services. The Department of Corrections is tasked with collaborating with the Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association to ensure equitable distribution of these funds across the state.