1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring reimbursement of counties for housing the 
1.3 	state's short-term offenders; appropriating money;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [241.2715] REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTIES FOR SHORT-TERM 
1.7 	OFFENDERS.
1.8 	For each inmate sentenced under section 609.105 and serving time in a county or 
1.9 	regional jail, the commissioner of corrections must pay the county housing the inmate no 
1.10 	less than $27.50 per day and reimburse the county for all inpatient and outpatient medical 
1.11 	costs, including the cost of prescriptions, hospitalization, dental care, and mental health 
1.12 	interventions, necessary to care for the inmate.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.15 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections to 
1.16 	fund reimbursement grants required under section 1. This amount shall be added to the 
1.17 	Department of Correction's base funding and is in addition to the amount appropriated for 
1.18 	this purpose in Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.