245.481 FEES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
A client or, in the case of a child, the child or the child's parent may be required to pay a fee
for mental health services provided under sections
245.461 to
245.486 and
245.487 to
245.4887.
The fee must be based on the person's ability to pay according to the fee schedule adopted by
the county board. In adopting the fee schedule for mental health services, the county board may
adopt the fee schedule provided by the commissioner or adopt a fee schedule recommended by
the county board and approved by the commissioner. Agencies or individuals under contract with
a county board to provide mental health services under sections
245.461 to
245.486 and
245.487
to
245.4887 must not charge clients whose mental health services are paid wholly or in part from
public funds fees which exceed the county board's adopted fee schedule. This section does not
apply to regional treatment center fees, which are governed by sections
246.50 to
246.55.
History: 1989 c 282 art 4 s 30; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11