2007 Minnesota Statutes

253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.
The commissioner of human services shall erect, equip, and maintain in St. Peter and other
geographic locations under the control of the commissioner of human services suitable buildings
to be known as the Minnesota Security Hospital, for the purpose of providing a secure treatment
facility as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 18a, for persons who may be committed there
by courts, or otherwise, or transferred there by the commissioner of human services, and for
persons who are found to be mentally ill while confined in any correctional facility, or who may
be found to be mentally ill and dangerous, and the commissioner shall supervise and manage the
same as in the case of other state hospitals.
History: (4528) 1907 c 338 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c
21 s 44; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 42; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 5 s 11