Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 141--H.F.No. 598
           An act relating to public welfare; clarifying 
          responsibility for payment for temporary confinement 
          in state hospitals; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 253B.11, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 253B.11, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [FACILITIES.] Each county or a group of counties 
shall maintain or provide by contract a facility for confinement 
of persons held temporarily for observation, evaluation, 
diagnosis, treatment, and care.  When the confinement is 
provided at a regional center, the commissioner shall charge the 
responsible county of financial responsibility for the costs of 
confinement of persons hospitalized under section 253B.05, 
subdivisions 1 and 2, and section 253B.07, subdivision 6. 
"County of financial responsibility" means the county in which 
the person resides at the time of confinement or, if the person 
has no residence in this state, the county which initiated the 
confinement.  The charge shall be based on the commissioner's 
determination of the average per capita cost, other than that 
paid from the Minnesota state building fund, for persons 
hospitalized pursuant to section 253B.05, subdivision 2 and 
section 253B.07, subdivision 6, at all of the regional centers 
during the prior fiscal year cost of care pursuant to section 
246.50, subdivision 5.  When there is a dispute as to which 
county is the county of financial responsibility, the county 
charged for the costs of confinement shall pay for them pending 
final determination of the dispute over financial 
responsibility.  Disputes about the county of financial 
responsibility shall be submitted to the commissioner to be 
settled in the manner prescribed in section 256D.18, subdivision 
4.  
     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
     This act is effective July 1, 1983. 
    Approved May 12, 1983