PrairieCare Breaks Ground On 30-Bed Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Expansion  

Minnesota-based psychiatric health system PrairieCare has begun construction of a new 30,000-foot expansion of its inpatient hospital in Brooklyn Park. The expansion will add 30 new inpatient beds. At present, there are only 202 psychiatric hospital beds for youth in Minnesota.;

The state had previously been under a moratorium on the construction or expansion of inpatient mental health facilities. In 2021, the Minnesota Legislature permitted PrairieCare's expansion as part of its Omnibus Health and Human Services Finance Bill. In 2022, the legislature passed additional legislation waiving the hospital bed moratorium and public interest review process . . .