2003 Minnesota Statutes

     246.54 Liability of county; reimbursement. 

    Subdivision 1.    County portion for cost of care.  
 Except for chemical dependency services provided under sections 
 254B.01 to 254B.09, the client's county shall pay to the state 
 of Minnesota a portion of the cost of care provided in a 
 regional treatment center or a state nursing facility to a 
 client legally settled in that county.  A county's payment shall 
 be made from the county's own sources of revenue and payments 
 shall be paid as follows:  payments to the state from the county 
 shall equal 20 percent of the cost of care, as determined by the 
 commissioner, for each day, or the portion thereof, that the 
 client spends at a regional treatment center or a state nursing 
 facility.  If payments received by the state under sections 
 246.50 to 246.53 exceed 80 percent of the cost of care, the 
 county shall be responsible for paying the state only the 
 remaining amount.  The county shall not be entitled to 
 reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or from the 
 client's relatives, except as provided in section 246.53.  No 
 such payments shall be made for any client who was last 
 committed prior to July 1, 1947. 

    Subd. 2.    Exceptions.  Subdivision 1 does not apply to 
 services provided at the Minnesota Security Hospital, the 
 Minnesota sex offender program, or the Minnesota extended 
 treatment options program.  For services at these facilities, a 
 county's payment shall be made from the county's own sources of 
 revenue and payments shall be paid as follows:  payments to the 
 state from the county shall equal ten percent of the cost of 
 care, as determined by the commissioner, for each day, or the 
 portion thereof, that the client spends at the facility.  If 
 payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 
 exceed 90 percent of the cost of care, the county shall be 
 responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount.  The 
 county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, 
 the client's estate, or from the client's relatives, except as 
 provided in section 246.53. 

    HIST: 1959 c 578 s 5; 1971 c 637 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 17; 
 1985 c 21 s 18; 1986 c 394 s 6; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 91,218; 
 1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 4 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to this section by Laws 2003, First 
*Special Session chapter 14, article 3, section 4, is effective 
*July 1, 2004.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
*article 3, section 4, the effective date.