1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying a county's payment of the cost of care 
1.3 	provided at Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2016, section 246.54, subdivision 1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 246.54, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center. (a) A county's payment of the 
1.8 	cost of care provided at Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center shall be according to the 
1.9 	following schedule:
1.10 	(1) zero percent for the first 30 days;
1.11 	(2) 20 percent for days 31 and over if the stay is determined to be clinically appropriate 
1.12 	for the client; and
1.13 	(3) 100 percent for each day during the stay, including the day of admission, when the 
1.14 	facility determines that it is clinically appropriate for the client to be discharged.
1.15 	(b) If payments received by the state under sections 246.50 to 246.53 exceed 80 percent 
1.16 	of the cost of care for days over 31 for clients who meet the criteria in paragraph (a), clause 
1.17 	(2), the county shall be responsible for paying the state only the remaining amount. The 
1.18 	county shall not be entitled to reimbursement from the client, the client's estate, or from the 
1.19 	client's relatives, except as provided in section 246.53.
1.20 	(c) A county shall be charged the competency restoration program rate regardless of the 
1.21 	facility in which the client is located if (1) a client does not meet hospital-level medical 
2.1 	necessity criteria, and (2) a client's discharge or transfer is delayed to the competency 
2.2 	restoration program because of insufficient competency restoration program resources.