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MN Stat § 252A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 252A — Developmental Disability Protection|Section 252A.21 — General Provisions.

252A.21 GENERAL PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Appeal. The commissioner may appeal from an order of the court entered under sections 252A.01 to 252A.21 to the court of appeals in the manner prescribed by sections 525.71 to 525.731, for appeals by the state. Any persons, other than the commissioner, aggrieved by an order of the court entered under sections 252A.01 to 252A.21, may appeal to the court of appeals in the manner prescribed by sections 525.71 to 525.731. Subd. 2. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. The rules must include standards for performance of guardianship duties including but not limited to: twice a year visits with the person subject to public guardianship; a requirement that the duties of guardianship and case management not be performed by the same person; specific standards for action on "do not resuscitate" orders as recommended by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant; sterilization requests; and the use of psychotropic medication and aversive procedures. Subd. 3.  MS 2020 [Repealed, 2021 c 30 art 13 s 84] Subd. 4. Private guardianships. Nothing in sections 252A.01 to 252A.21 shall impair the right of individuals to establish private guardianships in accordance with applicable law. History:  1975 c 208 s 21; 1983 c 247 s 105; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 185 art 1 s 32; 2012 c 216 art 9 s 8; 2017 c 59 s 6; 2021 c 30 art 13 s 46,47
MN Stat § 253.015 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.015 — Location; Management; Commitment; Chief Executive Officer.

253.015 LOCATION; MANAGEMENT; COMMITMENT; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Subdivision 1. State-operated services for persons with mental illness. The commissioner of human services shall determine to what state-operated services facility persons with mental illness shall be committed from each county and notify the judge exercising probate jurisdiction thereof, and of changes made from time to time. 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  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17] History:  1947 c 491 s 1; 1951 c 10 s 2; 1965 c 45 s 27; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 41; 1989 c 282 art 6 s 24; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 42; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 35-37; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2002 c 221 s 16; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 40; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 253.016 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.016 — Purpose Of Regional Treatment Centers.

253.016 PURPOSE OF REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS. The primary mission of the regional treatment centers for persons with major mental illness is to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services. The regional treatment centers are part of a comprehensive mental health system. Regional treatment center services must be integrated into an array of services based on assessment of individual needs. History:   1989 c 282 art 6 s 25
MN Stat § 253.017 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.017 — Treatment Provided By State-operated Services.

253.017 TREATMENT PROVIDED BY STATE-OPERATED SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Active psychiatric treatment. The state-operated services shall provide active psychiatric treatment according to contemporary professional standards. Treatment must be designed to: (1) stabilize the individual and the symptoms that required hospital admission; (2) restore individual functioning to a level permitting return to the community; (3) strengthen family and community support; and (4) facilitate discharge, after care, and follow-up as patients return to the community. Subd. 2. Need for services. The commissioner shall determine the need for the psychiatric services provided by the department based upon individual needs assessments of persons in the state-operated services as required by section 245.474, subdivision 2, and an evaluation of: (1) state-operated services programs, (2) programs needed in the region for persons who require hospitalization, and (3) available epidemiologic data. Throughout its planning and implementation, the assessment process must be discussed with the State Advisory Council on Mental Health in accordance with its duties under section 245.697. Continuing assessment of this information must be considered in planning for and implementing changes in state-operated programs and facilities for persons with mental illness. Expansion may be considered only after a thorough analysis of need and in conjunction with a comprehensive mental health plan. Subd. 3. Dissemination of admission and stay criteria. The commissioner shall periodically disseminate criteria for admission and continued stay in a state-operated services facility. The commissioner shall disseminate the criteria to the courts of the state and counties. History:  1989 c 282 art 6 s 26; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 41
MN Stat § 253.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.13 — Notice Of Escape Or Death.

253.13 NOTICE OF ESCAPE OR DEATH. When a convict from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud who has been committed to a state hospital escapes therefrom or dies therein, the superintendent shall immediately notify the chief executive officer of such facility of such fact. History:  (4521) RL s 1920; 1965 c 45 s 30; 1979 c 102 s 13
MN Stat § 253.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.20 — Minnesota Security Hospital.

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
MN Stat § 253.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.21 — Commitment; Proceedings; Restoration Of Mental Health.

253.21 COMMITMENT; PROCEEDINGS; RESTORATION OF MENTAL HEALTH. When any person confined in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud is alleged to be mentally ill, the chief executive officer or other person in charge shall forthwith notify the commissioner of human services, who shall cause the prisoner to be examined by the court exercising probate jurisdiction of the county where the prisoner is confined, as in the case of other persons who are mentally ill. In case the prisoner is found to be mentally ill, the prisoner shall be transferred by the order of the court to the Minnesota Security Hospital or to a state hospital for people who are mentally ill in the discretion of the court, there to be kept and maintained as in the case of other persons who are mentally ill. If, in the judgment of the chief executive officer, the prisoner's mental health is restored before the period of commitment to the penal institution has expired, the prisoner shall be removed by the commissioner, upon the certificate of the chief executive officer, to the institution whence the prisoner came to complete the sentence. History:  (4529) 1907 c 338 s 2; 1913 c 540 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2002 c 221 s 17
MN Stat § 253.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.22 — Allowances.

253.22 ALLOWANCES. When any convict is discharged from the Minnesota Security Hospital the convict shall receive the same allowances in money, clothing, and otherwise which the convict would have received on remaining at the sending institution and the expenditures in behalf of the convict shall be made out of the same fund. While at the hospital, the convict shall be clothed and supported as are other patients. History:  (4530) 1907 c 338 s 3; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 32; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 253.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.23 — Transfer Proceedings.

253.23 TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS. When any criminal shall be transferred to the Minnesota Security Hospital the original warrant of commitment to the penal institution shall be sent with the criminal and returned to the penal institution upon return or discharge of the criminal. A certified copy thereof shall be preserved at the penal institution. History:  (4531) 1907 c 338 s 4; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 253.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.24 — Terms Of Sentence.

253.24 TERMS OF SENTENCE. A prisoner who is removed or returned under sections 253.20 to 253.26 shall be held in the place to which the prisoner is so removed or returned in accordance with the terms of the prisoner's original sentence unless sooner discharged and the period of removal shall be counted as a part of the term of the confinement. History:  (4532) 1907 c 338 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 67
MN Stat § 253.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253 — Hospitals For Persons With Mental Illness|Section 253.26 — Transfers Of Patients Or Residents.

253.26 TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS. The commissioner of human services 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 commissioner shall establish a written policy creating the transfer criteria. History:  (4534) 1907 c 338 s 7; 1955 c 454 s 1; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 47; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 43
MN Stat § 253B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.01 — Citation.

253B.01 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act." History:  1982 c 581 s 1; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 253B.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.06 — Initial Assessment.

253B.06 INITIAL ASSESSMENT. Subdivision 1. Persons with mental illness or developmental disability. A physician must examine every patient hospitalized due to mental illness or developmental disability pursuant to section 253B.04 or 253B.051 as soon as possible but no more than 48 hours following the patient's admission. The physician must be knowledgeable and trained in diagnosing the patient's mental illness or developmental disability, forming the basis of the patient's admission. Subd. 2. Chemically dependent persons. A treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program must examine a patient hospitalized as chemically dependent pursuant to section 253B.04 or 253B.051 within 48 hours of admission. At a minimum, the facility or program must physically examine the patient according to procedures established by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse, and staff examining the patient must be knowledgeable and trained in the diagnosis of the alleged disability forming the basis of the patient's admission as a chemically dependent person. Subd. 2a. Patient refusal. If a patient refuses to be examined, the determination of the patient's need for treatment may be based on other available information and documented in the patient's medical record. Subd. 3. Discharge. At the end of a 48-hour period, the facility or program shall discharge a patient admitted pursuant to section 253B.051 if an examination has not been held or if the examiner or evaluation staff person fails to notify the head of the facility or program in writing that in the examiner's or staff person's opinion the patient is in need of care, treatment, and evaluation as a person who has a mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. History:  1982 c 581 s 6; 1983 c 251 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 35; 2002 c 221 s 22; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 102; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 34-36
MN Stat § 253B.0921 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.0921 — Access To Medical Records.

253B.0921 ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS. A treating medical practitioner who makes medical decisions regarding the prescription and administration of medication for treatment of a mental illness has access to the relevant sections of a patient's health records on past administration of medication at any facility, program, or treatment provider, if the patient lacks the capacity to authorize the release of records. Upon request of a treating medical practitioner under this section, a facility, program, or treatment provider shall supply complete information relating to the past records on administration of medication of a patient subject to this chapter. A patient who has the capacity to authorize the release of data retains the right to make decisions regarding access to medical records as provided by sections 144.291 to 144.298. History:  1997 c 217 art 1 s 61; 1998 c 313 s 10; 2007 c 147 art 10 s 15; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 54
MN Stat § 253B.097 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.097 — Community-based Treatment.

253B.097 COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT. Subdivision 1. Findings. In addition to the findings required under section 253B.09, subdivision 2, an order committing a person to a community-based treatment program must include: (1) a written plan for services to the patient; (2) a finding that the proposed treatment is available and accessible to the patient and that public or private financial resources are available to pay for the proposed treatment; (3) conditions the patient must meet in order to obtain an early release from commitment or to avoid a hearing for further commitment; and (4) consequences of the patient's failure to follow the commitment order. Consequences may include commitment to another setting for treatment. Subd. 2. Case manager. When a court commits a patient with mental illness to a community-based treatment program, the court shall appoint a case manager from the county agency or other entity under contract with the county agency to provide case management services. Subd. 3. Reports. The case manager shall report to the court at least once every 90 days. The case manager shall immediately report to the court a substantial failure of the patient or provider to comply with the conditions of the commitment. Subd. 4. Modification of order. An order for community-based treatment may be modified upon agreement of the parties and approval of the court. Subd. 5. Noncompliance. The case manager may petition for a reopening of the commitment hearing if a patient or provider fails to comply with the terms of an order for community-based treatment. Subd. 6. Immunity from liability. No treatment facility, community-based treatment program, or person is financially liable, personally or otherwise, for the patient's actions if the facility or person follows accepted community standards of professional practice in the management, supervision, and treatment of the patient. For purposes of this subdivision, "person" means official, staff, employee of the treatment facility, community-based treatment program, physician, or other individual who is responsible for a patient's management, supervision, or treatment under this section. History:  1988 c 623 s 7; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 117; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 56-59
MN Stat § 253B.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.13 — Duration Of Continued Commitment.

253B.13 DURATION OF CONTINUED COMMITMENT. Subdivision 1.  Persons with mental illness or chemical dependency. (a) If at the conclusion of a review hearing the court finds that the person continues to have mental illness or chemical dependency and need treatment or supervision, the court shall determine the length of continued commitment. No period of commitment shall exceed this length of time or 12 months, whichever is less. (b) At the conclusion of the prescribed period under paragraph (a), commitment may not be continued unless a new petition is filed pursuant to section 253B.07 and hearing and determination made on it. If the petition was filed before the end of the previous commitment and, for good cause shown, the court has not completed the hearing and the determination by the end of the commitment period, the court may for good cause extend the previous commitment for up to 14 days to allow the completion of the hearing and the issuance of the determination. The standard of proof for the new petition is the standard specified in section 253B.12, subdivision 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 253B.09, subdivision 5, the initial commitment period under the new petition shall be the probable length of commitment necessary or 12 months, whichever is less. Subd. 2. Persons who are developmentally disabled. If, at the conclusion of a review hearing the court finds that the person continues to be developmentally disabled, the court shall order commitment of the person for an indeterminate period of time, subject to the reviews required by section 253B.03, subdivisions 5 and 7, and subject to the right of the patient to seek judicial review of continued commitment. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1997 c 217 art 1 s 118] History:  1982 c 581 s 13; 1983 c 251 s 15; 1985 c 231 s 1; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 70,71; 2005 c 56 s 1; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 65
MN Stat § 253B.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.14 — Transfer Of Committed Persons.

253B.14 TRANSFER OF COMMITTED PERSONS. The commissioner may transfer any committed person, other than a person committed as a person who has a mental illness and is dangerous to the public, a sexually dangerous person, or a sexual psychopathic personality, from one state-operated treatment program to any other state-operated treatment program capable of providing proper care and treatment. When a committed person is transferred from one state-operated treatment program to another, written notice shall be given to the committing court, the county attorney, the patient's counsel, and to the person's parent, health care agent, or spouse or, if none is known, to an interested person, and the designated agency. History:  1982 c 581 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 72; 2009 c 108 s 8; 2010 c 300 s 22; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 66
MN Stat § 253B.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 253B — Civil Commitment|Section 253B.16 — Discharge Of Committed Persons.

253B.16 DISCHARGE OF COMMITTED PERSONS. Subdivision 1. Date. The head of a treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program shall discharge any patient admitted as a person who poses a risk of harm due to mental illness, or a person who has a chemical dependency or a developmental disability when the head of the facility or program certifies that the person is no longer in need of care and treatment under commitment or at the conclusion of any period of time specified in the commitment order, whichever occurs first. The head of a facility or program shall discharge any person admitted as a person with a developmental disability when that person's screening team has determined, under section 256B.092, subdivision 8, that the person's needs can be met by services provided in the community and a plan has been developed in consultation with the interdisciplinary team to place the person in the available community services. Subd. 2. Notification of discharge. Prior to the discharge or provisional discharge of any committed patient, the head of the treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program shall notify the designated agency and the patient's spouse or health care agent, or if there is no spouse or health care agent, then an adult child, or if there is none, the next of kin of the patient, of the proposed discharge. The facility or program shall send the notice in writing and shall include the following: (1) the proposed date of discharge or provisional discharge; (2) the date, time and place of the meeting of the staff who have been treating the patient to discuss discharge and discharge planning; (3) the fact that the patient will be present at the meeting; and (4) the fact that the next of kin or health care agent may attend that staff meeting and present any information relevant to the discharge of the patient. History:  1982 c 581 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 623 s 15; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 83; 2002 c 221 s 27; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2009 c 108 s 9; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 6 s 80