This bill updates and expands provisions under Minnesota’s Children's Mental Health Act, focusing on behavioral health services and case management for children with severe emotional disturbance. It modifies the qualifications, roles, and responsibilities of case managers and case manager associates, setting education, training, supervision, and experience requirements.

Key provisions include: - Defining the qualifications for case managers, including experience, education, and training requirements. - Establishing supervision and continuing education standards for case managers and case manager associates. - Providing guidelines for immigrant case managers working with children of the same ethnic group. - Codifying the intermediate school-linked behavioral health grant program.

Overall, the bill aims to improve access to and quality of behavioral health services for children and families by ensuring well-trained, qualified professionals provide case management.