2007 Minnesota Statutes

246.0135 OPERATION OF REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS.
(a) The commissioner of human services is prohibited from closing any regional treatment
center or state-operated nursing home or any program at any of the regional treatment centers
or state-operated nursing homes, without specific legislative authorization. For persons with
developmental disabilities who move from one regional treatment center to another regional
treatment center, the provisions of section 256B.092, subdivision 10, must be followed for both
the discharge from one regional treatment center and admission to another regional treatment
center, except that the move is not subject to the consensus requirement of section 256B.092,
subdivision 10 , paragraph (b).
(b) Prior to closing or downsizing a regional treatment center, the commissioner of human
services shall be responsible for assuring that community-based alternatives developed in
response are adequate to meet the program needs identified by each county within the catchment
area and do not require additional local county property tax expenditures.
(c) The nonfederal share of the cost of alternative treatment or care developed as the result
of the closure of a regional treatment center, including costs associated with fulfillment of
responsibilities under chapter 253B shall be paid from state funds appropriated for purposes
specified in section 246.013.
(d) Counties in the catchment area of a regional treatment center which has been closed or
downsized may not at any time be required to pay a greater cost of care for alternative care
and treatment than the county share set by the commissioner for the cost of care provided by
regional treatment centers.
(e) The commissioner may not divert state funds used for providing for care or treatment of
persons residing in a regional treatment center for purposes unrelated to the care and treatment
of such persons.
History: 1992 c 513 art 9 s 18; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 24; 2005 c 56 s 1