2000 Minnesota Statutes

     158.11 Inmates of state institutions may be admitted.  

    The commissioner of human services may make application to 
 the board of regents of the University of Minnesota for the 
 admission to the University of Minnesota hospitals of any inmate 
 of any state institution under the commissioner of human 
 services, or any person committed to or applying for admission 
 thereto, who is afflicted with any disease, malady, deformity, 
 or ailment which can probably be remedied, or which can be 
 advantageously treated by proper medical or surgical care at the 
 University of Minnesota hospitals.  The application shall be 
 accompanied by the report of the physician of the institution or 
 by a physician appointed by the commissioner of human services 
 in the same form as reports of other physicians for admission of 
 patients to the hospitals.  The superintendent of the University 
 of Minnesota hospitals shall decide whether the patient may be 
 received by the hospitals; and, if received, when the patient 
 shall be discharged or returned to the institution from which 
 the patient came.  The commissioner of human services shall pay 
 the board of regents of the University of Minnesota for the 
 treatment of such patients at the same rate charged for county 
 patients and the expense of such treatment and of transporting 
 the patient to and from the University of Minnesota hospitals 
 shall be paid out of the appropriation for operation of the 
 institution from which the patient is sent.  The commissioner of 
 human services may when necessary send an attendant with, or 
 bring back, the patient and pay for traveling expenses in like 
 manner.  

    HIST: (4586) 1921 c 411 s 10; 1945 c 553; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1984 
 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444