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CHAPTER 253. HOSPITALS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

Table of Sections
Section Headnote
253.01 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.014 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.015 Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect
253.016 [Renumbered 246.554]
253.017 Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect
253.018 [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17]
253.02 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.03 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.04 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.05 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.053 [Repealed, 1969 c 955 s 7]
253.06 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.07 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.08 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.09 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.10 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.11 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.12 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.13 [Renumbered 253.245]
253.14 [Repealed, 1953 c 342 s 1]
253.15 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.16 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.17 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.18 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.19 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.195 DEFINITIONS.
253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.
253.201 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.202 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.21 MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 7 s 26]
253.22 PRISONER ALLOWANCES.
253.23 MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 7 s 26]
253.24 TERMS OF PRISONER SENTENCE.
253.245 NOTICE OF ESCAPE OR DEATH OF PRISONER.
253.25 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.26 TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS.
253.27 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.28 [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17]
253.01 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.014 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]

253.015

Subdivision 1.

[Renumbered 253B.10, subd 6]

Subd. 2.

[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

Subd. 4.

[Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17]

253.016 [Renumbered 246.554]

253.017

Subdivision 1.

[Renumbered 246.591]

Subd. 2.

[Renumbered 246C.12, subd 5]

Subd. 3.

[Renumbered 246C.12, subd 6]

253.018 [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17]
253.02 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.03 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.04 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.05 [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14]
253.053 [Repealed, 1969 c 955 s 7]
253.06 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.07 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.08 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.09 [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2]
253.10 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.11 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.12 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.13 [Renumbered 253.245]
253.14 [Repealed, 1953 c 342 s 1]
253.15 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.16 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.17 [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73]
253.18 [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22]
253.19 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.195 DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1.Scope.

For purposes of sections 253.195 to 253.26, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Executive board.

"Executive board" has the meaning given in section 246C.015.

Subd. 3.Secure treatment facility.

"Secure treatment facility" has the meaning given in section 253B.02, subdivision 18a.

253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.

The executive board shall erect, equip, and maintain in St. Peter and other geographic locations under the control of the executive board suitable buildings to be known as the Minnesota Security Hospital, for the purpose of providing a secure treatment facility for persons who may be committed there by courts, or otherwise, or transferred there by the executive board, 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 executive board shall supervise and manage the secure treatment facility as in the case of other state hospitals.

253.201 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.202 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.21 MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 7 s 26]

253.22 PRISONER ALLOWANCES.

Subdivision 1.Allowances upon discharge of a prisoner.

When any prisoner is discharged from the Minnesota Security Hospital, the prisoner must receive the same allowances in money, clothing, and otherwise that the prisoner would have received on remaining at the correctional facility the prisoner came from, and the expenditures on behalf of the prisoner must be made out of the same fund.

Subd. 2.Allowances while prisoner is committed.

While at the hospital, the prisoner must be clothed and supported as are other patients at the facility.

253.23 MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 7 s 26]

253.24 TERMS OF PRISONER SENTENCE.

A prisoner who is removed from or returned to a correctional facility under sections 253.20 to 253.26 must be held in the place to which the prisoner is removed or returned in accordance with the terms of the prisoner's original sentence unless discharged sooner and the period of removal must be counted as a part of the term of the prisoner's confinement.

253.245 NOTICE OF ESCAPE OR DEATH OF PRISONER.

When a prisoner from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud who has been committed to a state hospital escapes from or dies in the state hospital, the superintendent shall immediately notify the chief executive officer of the correctional facility from which the prisoner was committed of the prisoner's escape or death.

253.25 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]

253.26 TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS.

The executive board may transfer a committed patient to the Minnesota Security Hospital following a determination that the patient's behavior presents a danger to others and treatment in a secure treatment facility is necessary. The executive board shall establish a written policy creating the transfer criteria.

253.27 [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68]
253.28 [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17]

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