Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 9520 - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Part 9520.0909 - DETERMINATION OF SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS OR SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE; ASSISTANCE IN ARRANGING DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

Subpart 1. General requirement.

Except as specified in subpart 2, a diagnostic assessment is required to determine whether a child or an adult is eligible for case management services under parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926. If the child's or adult's diagnostic assessment was completed no earlier than 180 days before the referral or request for case management services for the child or adult, only updating is necessary unless the child's or adult's mental health status has changed markedly since the child's or adult's most recent diagnostic assessment. If the child or adult has not had a diagnostic assessment within 180 days before the request or referral for case management services for the child or adult or if the child's or adult's mental health status has changed markedly, the child or the adult must obtain a new diagnostic assessment.

Subp. 2. Eligibility if child or adult does not have a current diagnostic assessment.

Notwithstanding the requirement of subpart 1, a child or an adult is eligible for case management services if all of the following criteria are met:

Subp. 3. Assistance in obtaining diagnostic assessment.

If the child's parent or legal representative, the child as described in part 9520.0907, or the adult consents to the child's or adult's assessment for eligibility for case management services, the local agency must offer, within ten working days of the consent, to assist the child and the child's parent or legal representative or the adult in obtaining an appointment with a mental health professional chosen by the child's parent or legal representative or the child or the adult to conduct a diagnostic assessment. The local agency must request, in the case of a child, authorization as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4876, subdivision 5, paragraph (6), or must request the authorization of the adult for the mental health professional conducting the diagnostic assessment to release the results of the diagnostic assessment to the local agency.

Subp. 4. Diagnostic assessment of child of a minority race or minority ethnic heritage.

If a mental health professional conducts a diagnostic assessment of a child of a minority race or minority ethnic heritage, the mental health professional also must be skilled in and knowledgeable about the child's minority racial and minority ethnic heritage. If the mental health professional is not skilled and knowledgeable in conducting the diagnostic assessment of a child of a minority race or minority ethnic heritage, the mental health professional conducting the diagnostic assessment must consult a special mental health consultant to assure that the diagnostic assessment is relevant, culturally specific, and sensitive to the child's cultural and ethnic needs.