2017 Minnesota Statutes

246.54 LIABILITY OF COUNTY; REIMBURSEMENT.

Subdivision 1.Generally.

Except for chemical dependency services provided under sections 254B.01 to 254B.09, the client's county shall pay to the state of Minnesota a portion of the cost of care provided in a regional treatment center or a state nursing facility to a client legally settled in that county. A county's payment shall be made from the county's own sources of revenue and payments shall equal a percentage of the cost of care, as determined by the commissioner, for each day, or the portion thereof, that the client spends at a regional treatment center or a state nursing facility.

Subd. 1a.Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center.

(a) A county's payment of the cost of care provided at Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center shall be according to the following schedule:

(1) zero percent for the first 30 days;

(2) 20 percent for days 31 and over if the stay is determined to be clinically appropriate for the client; and

(3) 100 percent for each day during the stay, including the day of admission, when the facility determines that it is clinically appropriate for the client to be discharged.

(b) If payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 exceed 80 percent of the cost of care for days over 31 for clients who meet the criteria in paragraph (a), clause (2), the county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or from the client's relatives, except as provided in section 246.53.

Subd. 1b.Community behavioral health hospitals.

A county's payment of the cost of care provided at state-operated community-based behavioral health hospitals shall be according to the following schedule:

(1) 100 percent for each day during the stay, including the day of admission, when the facility determines that it is clinically appropriate for the client to be discharged; and

(2) the county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or from the client's relatives, except as provided in section 246.53.

Subd. 1c.State-operated forensic services.

A county's payment of the cost of care provided at state-operated forensic services shall be according to the following schedule:

(1) Minnesota Security Hospital: ten percent for each day, or portion thereof, that the client spends in a Minnesota Security Hospital program. If payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 for services provided at the Minnesota Security Hospital exceed 90 percent of the cost of care, the county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or the client's relatives except as provided in section 246.53;

(2) forensic nursing home: ten percent for each day, or portion thereof, that the client spends in a forensic nursing home program. If payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 for services provided at the forensic nursing home exceed 90 percent of the cost of care, the county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or the client's relatives except as provided in section 246.53;

(3) forensic transition services: 50 percent for each day, or portion thereof, that the client spends in the forensic transition services program. If payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 for services provided in the forensic transition services exceed 50 percent of the cost of care, the county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or the client's relatives except as provided in section 246.53; and

(4) residential competency restoration program:

(i) 20 percent for each day, or portion thereof, that the client spends in a residential competency restoration program while the client is in need of restoration services;

(ii) 50 percent for each day, or portion thereof, that the client spends in a residential competency restoration program once the examiner determines that the client no longer needs restoration services; and

(iii) 100 percent for each day, or portion thereof, once charges against a client have been resolved or dropped.

Subd. 2.Exceptions.

Regardless of the facility to which the client is committed, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, and 1c, do not apply to the following individuals:

(1) clients who are committed as sexual psychopathic personalities under section 253D.02, subdivision 15; and

(2) clients who are committed as sexually dangerous persons under section 253D.02, subdivision 16.

History:

1959 c 578 s 5; 1971 c 637 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 17; 1985 c 21 s 18; 1986 c 394 s 6; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 91,218; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 4; 2007 c 147 art 8 s 12,13; 2009 c 79 art 3 s 8; 2013 c 49 s 22; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 9; 2013 c 108 art 4 s 10; 2015 c 71 art 4 s 2; 2016 c 189 art 17 s 2