2007 Minnesota Statutes

246.52 PAYMENT FOR CARE; ORDER; ACTION.
The commissioner shall issue an order to the client or the guardian of the estate, if there be
one, and relatives determined able to pay requiring them to pay monthly to the state of Minnesota
the amounts so determined the total of which shall not exceed the full cost of care. Such order
shall specifically state the commissioner's determination and shall be conclusive unless appealed
from as herein provided. When a client or relative fails to pay the amount due hereunder the
attorney general, upon request of the commissioner, may institute, or direct the appropriate county
attorney to institute, civil action to recover such amount.
History: 1959 c 578 s 3; 1985 c 21 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 218