2006 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 253. HOSPITALS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

253.01 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.014 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]

253.015 LOCATION; MANAGEMENT; COMMITMENT; CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.
    Subdivision 1. State-operated services for persons with mental illness. The state-operated
services facilities located at Anoka, Brainerd, Fergus Falls, St. Peter, and Willmar shall constitute
the state-operated services facilities for persons with mental illness, and shall be maintained under
the general management of the commissioner of human services. The commissioner of human
services shall determine to what state-operated services facility persons with mental illness shall
be committed from each county and notify the judge exercising probate jurisdiction thereof, and
of changes made from time to time.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
    Subd. 4. Services for persons with traumatic brain injury. By June 30, 1994, the
commissioner shall develop 15 beds at Brainerd Regional Human Services Center for persons
with traumatic brain injury, including patients relocated from the Moose Lake Regional Treatment
Center.
History: 1947 c 491 s 1; 1951 c 10 s 2; 1965 c 45 s 27; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s
41; 1989 c 282 art 6 s 24; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 42; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 35-37; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996
c 277 s 1; 2002 c 221 s 16; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 40

253.016 PURPOSE OF REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS.
The primary mission of the regional treatment centers for persons with major mental illness
is to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services. The regional treatment centers are part of a
comprehensive mental health system. Regional treatment center services must be integrated into
an array of services based on assessment of individual needs.
History: 1989 c 282 art 6 s 25

253.017 TREATMENT PROVIDED BY STATE-OPERATED SERVICES.
    Subdivision 1. Active psychiatric treatment. The state-operated services shall provide
active psychiatric treatment according to contemporary professional standards. Treatment must
be designed to:
(1) stabilize the individual and the symptoms that required hospital admission;
(2) restore individual functioning to a level permitting return to the community;
(3) strengthen family and community support; and
(4) facilitate discharge, after care, and follow-up as patients return to the community.
    Subd. 2. Need for services. The commissioner shall determine the need for the psychiatric
services provided by the department based upon individual needs assessments of persons in
the state-operated services as required by section 245.474, subdivision 2, and an evaluation
of: (1) state-operated services programs, (2) programs needed in the region for persons who
require hospitalization, and (3) available epidemiologic data. Throughout its planning and
implementation, the assessment process must be discussed with the State Advisory Council on
Mental Health in accordance with its duties under section 245.697. Continuing assessment of
this information must be considered in planning for and implementing changes in state-operated
programs and facilities for persons with mental illness. Expansion may be considered only after a
thorough analysis of need and in conjunction with a comprehensive mental health plan.
    Subd. 3. Dissemination of admission and stay criteria. The commissioner shall
periodically disseminate criteria for admission and continued stay in a state-operated services
facility. The commissioner shall disseminate the criteria to the courts of the state and counties.
History: 1989 c 282 art 6 s 26; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 41

253.018 PERSONS SERVED.
The regional treatment centers shall primarily serve adults. Programs treating children
and adolescents who require the clinical support available in a psychiatric hospital may be
maintained on present campuses until adequate state-operated alternatives are developed off
campus according to the criteria of section 253.28, subdivision 2.
History: 1989 c 282 art 6 s 27

253.02 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.03 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]

253.04 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]

253.05 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]

253.053 [Repealed, 1969 c 955 s 7]

253.06 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.07 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.08 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.09 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]

253.10 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.11 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]

253.12 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]

253.13 NOTICE OF ESCAPE.
When a convict from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the Minnesota
Correctional Facility-St. Cloud who has been committed to a state hospital escapes therefrom
or dies therein, the superintendent shall immediately notify the chief executive officer of such
facility of such fact.
History: (4521) RL s 1920; 1965 c 45 s 30; 1979 c 102 s 13

253.14 [Repealed, 1953 c 342 s 1]

253.15 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]

253.16 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]

253.17 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]

253.18 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]

253.19 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.
The commissioner of human services shall erect, equip, and maintain in St. Peter and other
geographic locations under the control of the commissioner of human services suitable buildings
to be known as the Minnesota Security Hospital, for the purpose of providing a secure treatment
facility as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 18a, for persons who may be committed there
by courts, or otherwise, or transferred there by the commissioner of human services, and for
persons who are found to be mentally ill while confined in any correctional facility, or who may
be found to be mentally ill and dangerous, and the commissioner shall supervise and manage the
same as in the case of other state hospitals.
History: (4528) 1907 c 338 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c
21 s 44; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 42; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 5 s 11

253.201 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.202 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.21 COMMITMENT; PROCEEDINGS; RESTORATION OF MENTAL HEALTH.
When any person confined in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the
Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud is alleged to be mentally ill, the chief executive officer
or other person in charge shall forthwith notify the commissioner of human services, who shall
cause the prisoner to be examined by the court exercising probate jurisdiction of the county
where the prisoner is confined, as in the case of other persons who are mentally ill. In case the
prisoner is found to be mentally ill, the prisoner shall be transferred by the order of the court to the
Minnesota Security Hospital or to a state hospital for people who are mentally ill in the discretion
of the court, there to be kept and maintained as in the case of other persons who are mentally ill.
If, in the judgment of the chief executive officer, the prisoner's mental health is restored before
the period of commitment to the penal institution has expired, the prisoner shall be removed by
the commissioner, upon the certificate of the chief executive officer, to the institution whence
the prisoner came to complete the sentence.
History: (4529) 1907 c 338 s 2; 1913 c 540 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1984 c 654
art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2002 c 221 s 17

253.22 ALLOWANCES.
When any convict is discharged from the Minnesota Security Hospital the convict shall
receive the same allowances in money, clothing, and otherwise which the convict would have
received on remaining at the sending institution and the expenditures in behalf of the convict shall
be made out of the same fund. While at the hospital, the convict shall be clothed and supported
as are other patients.
History: (4530) 1907 c 338 s 3; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 32; 1986 c 444

253.23 TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS.
When any criminal shall be transferred to the Minnesota Security Hospital the original
warrant of commitment to the penal institution shall be sent with the criminal and returned to
the penal institution upon return or discharge of the criminal. A certified copy thereof shall be
preserved at the penal institution.
History: (4531) 1907 c 338 s 4; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 444

253.24 TERMS OF SENTENCE.
A prisoner who is removed or returned under sections 253.20 to 253.26 shall be held in
the place to which the prisoner is so removed or returned in accordance with the terms of the
prisoner's original sentence unless sooner discharged and the period of removal shall be counted
as a part of the term of the confinement.
History: (4532) 1907 c 338 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 67

253.25 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.26 TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS.
The commissioner of human services may transfer a committed patient to the Minnesota
Security Hospital following a determination that the patient's behavior presents a danger to others
and treatment in a secure treatment facility is necessary. The commissioner shall establish a
written policy creating the transfer criteria.
History: (4534) 1907 c 338 s 7; 1955 c 454 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654
art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 47; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 43

253.27 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.28 STATE-OPERATED, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS.
    Subdivision 1. Programs for persons with mental illness. Beginning July 1, 1991, the
commissioner may establish a system of state-operated, community-based programs for persons
with mental illness. For purposes of this section, "state-operated, community-based program"
means a program administered by the state to provide treatment and habilitation in community
settings to persons with mental illness. Employees of the programs must be state employees under
chapters 43A and 179A. The role of state-operated services must be defined within the context of
a comprehensive system of services for persons with mental illness. Services may include, but are
not limited to, community residential treatment facilities for children and adults.
    Subd. 2. Location of programs for persons with mental illness. In determining the
location of state-operated, community-based programs, the needs of the individual clients shall be
paramount. The commissioner shall take into account:
(1) the personal preferences of the persons being served and their families;
(2) location of the support services needed by the persons being served as established by
an individual service plan;
(3) the appropriate grouping of the persons served;
(4) the availability of qualified staff;
(5) the need for state-operated, community-based programs in the geographical region
of the state; and
(6) a reasonable commuting distance from a regional treatment center or the residences
of the program staff.
    Subd. 3. Evaluation of community-based services development. The commissioner shall
develop an integrated approach to assessing and improving the quality of community-based
services including state-operated programs to persons with mental illness. The commissioner
shall evaluate the progress of the development and quality of the community-based services to
determine if further development can proceed. The commissioner shall report results of the
evaluation to the legislature by January 31, 1993.
History: 1989 c 282 art 6 s 28