Minnesota Statutes § 256G.08 - REIMBURSEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMITMENTS

§ Subdivision 1.Commitment and competency proceedings. In cases of voluntary admission, commitment to state or other institutions, or criminal orders for inpatient examination or participation in a competency attainment program under chapter 611, the committing county or the county from which the first criminal order for inpatient examination or order for participation in a competency attainment program under chapter 611 is issued shall initially pay for all costs. This includes the expenses of the taking into custody, confinement, emergency holds under sections 253B.051, subdivisions 1 and 2, and 253B.07, examination, commitment, conveyance to the place of detention, rehearing, and hearings under sections 253B.092 and 611.47, including hearings held under those sections that are venued outside the county of commitment or the county of the chapter 611 competency proceedings order. § Subd. 2.Responsibility for nonresidents. If a person committed, voluntarily admitted to a state institution, or ordered for inpatient examination or participation in a competency attainment program under chapter 611 has no residence in this state, financial responsibility belongs to the county of commitment or the county from which the first criminal order for inpatient examination or order for participation in a competency attainment program under chapter 611 was issued. § Subd. 3.Initiating county responsible. The initial responsible county retains responsibility when adequate facts are not submitted to provide a sufficient legal basis for the transfer of responsibility.