2006 Minnesota Statutes

158.05 ACTUAL COST TO BE CHARGED PATIENTS.
The University of Minnesota Hospitals shall treat patients admitted on certificate of the
board of county commissioners of any county at rates based on actual cost, as determined by the
Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. Sixty percent of the first $11,000 in charges
against a patient, and all of the charges against a patient in excess of $11,000, will be paid by
the state from appropriations made to the university for this purpose. Before charges are billed
to this program, the University of Minnesota Hospitals and clinics shall seek payment from any
third-party insurance that is liable for coverage of the patients' care. This program shall be billed
for the balance after the third-party payment according to the formula noted above. Any resident
of the state, upon a proper showing to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota that
the resident is unable to pay ordinary physician's fees and hospital charges, may be received upon
paying the same rate as charged for county patients. It shall be the duty of the Board of Regents to
investigate applications made for such treatment under this section; and, if satisfied of the truth of
the allegations made and of the necessity for treatment, the Board of Regents shall admit such
patients when there is room in the hospitals.
Students of the University of Minnesota and such other patients as the Board of Regents, to
an extent that will not interfere with the primary purpose of the hospitals, as set forth in section
158.02, may direct, may be received in the hospitals when there is room and any fees received
from such patients shall be used for the purposes of the hospitals.
History: (4581) 1921 c 411 s 5; 1945 c 553; 1976 c 163 s 31; 1983 c 258 s 65; 1986 c 444