Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 246 — State-operated Services
Section 246.50 — Care Of Clients At State Facilities; Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 246.50 to 246.55, the terms set out in subdivisions 2 to 8 shall have the meanings ascribed to them.
Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services of the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 3. State facility. "State facility" means any state facility owned or operated by the state of Minnesota and under the programmatic direction or fiscal control of the commissioner, except the Minnesota Sex Offender Program under chapter 246B. State facility includes regional treatment centers; the state nursing homes; state-operated, community-based programs; and other facilities owned or operated by the state and under the commissioner's control.
Subd. 3a. [Repealed, 1989 c 282 art 2 s 219]
Subd. 4. Client. "Client" means any person receiving services at a state facility, whether or not those services require occupancy of a bed overnight.
Subd. 4a. [Repealed, 1989 c 282 art 2 s 219]
Subd. 5. Cost of care. "Cost of care" means the commissioner's charge for services provided to any person admitted to a state facility.
For purposes of this subdivision, "charge for services" means the usual and customary fee charged for services provided to clients. The usual and customary fee shall be established in a manner required to appropriately bill services to all payers and shall include the costs related to the operations of any program offered by the state.
Subd. 6. Relatives. "Relatives" means the spouse, and parents of a client, in that order of liability for cost of care.
Subd. 7. Client's county. "Client's county" means the county of financial responsibility under chapter 256G, except that where a client with no residence in this state is committed while serving a sentence at a penal institution, it means the county from which the client was sentenced.
Subd. 8. Local social services agency. "Local social services agency" means the local social services agency of the client's county as defined in subdivision 7 and of the county of commitment, and any other local social services agency possessing information regarding, or requested by the commissioner to investigate, the financial circumstances of a client or relatives thereof.
Subd. 9. [Repealed, 1989 c 282 art 2 s 219]
Subd. 10. State-operated community-based program. "State-operated community-based program" means any program operated in the community including community behavioral health hospitals, crisis centers, residential facilities, outpatient services, and other community-based services developed and operated by the state and under the commissioner's control.
Subd. 11. Health plan company. "Health plan company" has the meaning given it in section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, and also includes a demonstration provider as defined in section 256B.69, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), a county or group of counties participating in county-based purchasing according to section 256B.692, and a children's mental health collaborative under contract to provide medical assistance for individuals enrolled in the prepaid medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs under sections 245.493 to 245.495.
1959 c 578 s 1; 1967 c 386 s 1; 1969 c 205 s 1; 1971 c 637 s 1-4; 1973 c 235 s 1; 1982 c 641 art 1 s 4,5; 1984 c 534 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 14; 1986 c 394 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 46-50; 1989 c 271 s 32; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 87-89,218; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 26; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2009 c 79 art 3 s 1-3; 2009 c 173 art 1 s 11; 2016 c 189 art 17 s 1

Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities

Chapter 246 — State-operated Services

Section 246.01 — Powers And Duties.

Section 246.013 — Persons With Mental Illness; Care, Treatment.

Section 246.0135 — Operation Of Regional Treatment Centers.

Section 246.014 — Services.

Section 246.0141 — Tobacco Use Prohibited.

Section 246.015 — Consultative Services; Aftercare Of Patients.

Section 246.018 — Office Of Medical Director.

Section 246.12 — Biennial Estimates; Suggestions For Legislation.

Section 246.128 — Notification To Legislature Required.

Section 246.129 — Legislative Approval Required.

Section 246.13 — Records Of Persons Receiving State-operated Services.

Section 246.14 — Use Of Space In Institutions.

Section 246.141 — Project Labor.

Section 246.15 — Money Of Patients Or Residents.

Section 246.151 — Compensation Paid To Patient.

Section 246.16 — Unclaimed Money Or Personal Property.

Section 246.18 — Disposal Of Funds.

Section 246.23 — Persons Admissible To Regional Treatment Centers.

Section 246.234 — Reciprocal Exchange Of Certain Persons.

Section 246.24 — Compromise Of Claims.

Section 246.27 — Physical Examinations For Employment Required.

Section 246.325 — Garden Of Remembrance.

Section 246.33 — Cemetery.

Section 246.34 — Reburial.

Section 246.35 — Abandonment Of Cemetery; Court Order.

Section 246.36 — Acceptance Of Voluntary, Uncompensated Services.

Section 246.41 — Benefit For Persons With Developmental Disabilities.

Section 246.50 — Care Of Clients At State Facilities; Definitions.

Section 246.51 — Payment For Care And Treatment; Determination.

Section 246.511 — Relative Responsibility.

Section 246.52 — Payment For Care; Order; Action.

Section 246.53 — Claim Against Estate Of Deceased Client.

Section 246.531 — Subrogation Of Insurance Settlements.

Section 246.54 — Liability Of County; Reimbursement.

Section 246.55 — Appeal From Order Of Commissioner.

Section 246.56 — Work Activity For Certain Patients Or Residents.

Section 246.57 — Shared Service Agreements.

Section 246.60 — Consolidation; Employees.

Section 246.64 — Substance Use Disorder Service Agreements.

Section 246.70 — Services To Families.

Section 246.71 — Definitions.

Section 246.711 — Conditions For Applicability Of Procedures.

Section 246.712 — Information Required To Be Given To Individuals.

Section 246.713 — Disclosure Of Positive Blood-borne Pathogen Test Results.

Section 246.714 — Consent Procedures Generally.

Section 246.715 — Testing Of Available Blood.

Section 246.716 — Blood Sample Collection For Testing.

Section 246.717 — No Discrimination.

Section 246.718 — Use Of Test Results.

Section 246.719 — Test Information Confidentiality.

Section 246.72 — Penalty For Unauthorized Release Of Information.

Section 246.721 — Protocol For Exposure To Blood-borne Pathogens.

Section 246.722 — Immunity.