§ 245.4887 — Appeals
Plain-Language Summary
If your child's request for mental health services is denied, delayed, reduced, or terminated by the county, you can appeal that decision to the state agency. You must be told about your appeal rights when you request services and at each plan review.
245.4887 245.4888
245.4887 APPEALS.
A child or a child’s family, as appropriate, who requests mental health services under sections 245.487 to 245.4889 must be advised of services available and the right to appeal as described in this section at the time of the request and each time the individual family community support plan or individual treatment plan is reviewed. A child whose request for mental health services under sections 245.487 to 245.4889 is denied, not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or whose services are suspended, reduced, or terminated by action or inaction for which the county board is responsible under sections 245.487 to 245.4889 may contest that action or inaction before the state agency according to section 256.045. The commissioner shall monitor the nature and frequency of administrative appeals under this section.
History:
1989 c 282 art 4 s 52; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 38; 2022 c 98 art 17 s 26; 2023 c 50 art 1 s 13
History: History: 1989 c 282 art 4 s 52; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 38; 2022 c 98 art 17 s 26; 2023 c 50 art 1 s 13