1998 Minnesota Statutes

     252.025 State hospitals for persons with mental 
  retardation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Regional treatment centers.  State 
 hospitals for persons with mental retardation shall be 
 established and maintained at Faribault until June 30, 1998, 
 Cambridge and Brainerd, and notwithstanding any provision to the 
 contrary they shall be respectively known as the Faribault 
 regional center, the Cambridge regional human services center, 
 and the Brainerd regional human services center.  Each of the 
 foregoing state hospitals shall also be known by the name of 
 regional center at the discretion of the commissioner of human 
 services.  The terms "human services" or "treatment" may be 
 included in the designation. 

    Subd. 2.  They shall be under the general management and 
 control of the commissioner of human services. 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1975 c 242 s 3 

    Subd. 4.    State-provided services.  (a) It is the 
 policy of the state to capitalize and recapitalize the regional 
 treatment centers as necessary to prevent depreciation and 
 obsolescence of physical facilities and to ensure they retain 
 the physical capability to provide residential programs.  
 Consistent with that policy and with section 252.50, and within 
 the limits of appropriations made available for this purpose, 
 the commissioner may establish, by June 30, 1991, the following 
 state-operated, community-based programs for the least 
 vulnerable regional treatment center residents:  at Brainerd 
 regional services center, two residential programs and two day 
 programs; at Cambridge regional treatment center, four 
 residential programs and two day programs; at Faribault regional 
 treatment center, ten residential programs and six day programs; 
 at Fergus Falls regional treatment center, two residential 
 programs and one day program; at Moose Lake regional treatment 
 center, four residential programs and two day programs; and at 
 Willmar regional treatment center, two residential programs and 
 one day program. 

    (b) By January 15, 1991, the commissioner shall report to 
 the legislature a plan to provide continued regional treatment 
 center capacity and state-operated, community-based residential 
 and day programs for persons with developmental disabilities at 
 Brainerd, Cambridge, Fergus Falls, St. Peter, and Willmar, as 
 follows: 

    (1) by July 1, 1998, continued regional treatment center 
 capacity to serve 350 persons with developmental disabilities as 
 follows:  at Brainerd, 80 persons; at Cambridge, 12 persons; at 
 Fergus Falls, 60 persons; at St. Peter, 35 persons; at Willmar, 
 25 persons; and up to 16 crisis beds in the Twin Cities 
 metropolitan area; and 

    (2) by July 1, 1999, continued regional treatment center 
 capacity to serve 254 persons with developmental disabilities as 
 follows:  at Brainerd, 57 persons; at Cambridge, 12 persons; at 
 Fergus Falls, 35 persons; at St. Peter, 30 persons; at Willmar, 
 12 persons, and up to 16 crisis beds in the Twin Cities 
 metropolitan area.  In addition, the plan shall provide for the 
 capacity to provide residential services to 570 persons with 
 developmental disabilities in 95 state-operated, community-based 
 residential programs. 

    The commissioner is subject to a mandamus action under 
 chapter 586 for any failure to comply with the provisions of 
 this subdivision. 

    Subd. 5.    Services for developmentally disabled persons: 
 Moose Lake regional treatment center catchment area.  
 Notwithstanding subdivision 4, the commissioner shall develop in 
 the Moose Lake regional treatment center catchment area for 
 persons with developmental disabilities at least 12 beds in 
 state-operated waivered homes, eight state-operated crisis beds, 
 one state-operated day training and habilitation facility, and 
 21 beds in other community settings.  These services must be 
 established by October 1, 1993, to serve persons relocated from 
 the Moose Lake regional treatment center. 

    These services shall be in addition to any state-operated, 
 community services and day treatment centers in operation in the 
 Moose Lake catchment area during state fiscal year 1993. 

    Subd. 6.    Development of state-operated services.  
 Notwithstanding subdivision 4, during the biennium ending June 
 30, 1995, the commissioner shall establish the following 
 services for persons with developmental disabilities: 

    (1) by June 30, 1994, eight state-operated, community-based 
 waivered homes located anywhere in the state for 32 persons and 
 two state-operated day training and habilitation facilities for 
 persons leaving regional treatment centers as a result of 
 downsizing; 

    (2) by June 30, 1994, 16 state-operated, community-based 
 waivered homes at Faribault for 64 persons, four state-operated 
 day training and habilitation facilities, and 38 beds in 
 community settings for persons leaving the Faribault regional 
 treatment center; 

    (3) by June 30, 1995, 78 beds in private community settings 
 for persons leaving the Faribault regional treatment center; 

    (4) by June 30, 1995, eight state-operated crisis beds in 
 the Faribault regional treatment center catchment area; 

    (5) by June 30, 1994, private community-based beds located 
 anywhere in the state to achieve a net reduction of 93 persons 
 leaving regional treatment centers as a result of downsizing; 
 and 

    (6) by June 30, 1995, nine state-operated waivered homes 
 for 36 persons and two state-operated day training and 
 habilitation facilities for persons leaving regional treatment 
 centers as a result of downsizing, and sufficient beds in 
 private community settings to achieve a net reduction of 84 beds 
 in regional treatment centers. 

    Subd. 7.    Minnesota extended treatment options.  The 
 commissioner shall develop by July 1, 1997, the Minnesota 
 extended treatment options to serve Minnesotans who have mental 
 retardation and exhibit severe behaviors which present a risk to 
 public safety.  This program must provide specialized 
 residential services on the Cambridge campus and an array of 
 community support services statewide. 

    HIST: 1961 c 137 s 1; 1967 c 6 s 1,2; 1976 c 289 s 1; 1983 c 
 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 22; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 
 s 27; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 49; 1989 c 282 art 6 s 14; 1992 c 513 
 art 9 s 20; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 31-33; 1997 c 203 art 7 s 7-9