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2024 Minnesota Statutes
CHAPTER 253. HOSPITALS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
| Section | Headnote |
|---|---|
| 253.01 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.014 | [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73] |
| 253.015 | Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect |
| 253.016 | [Renumbered 246.554] |
| 253.017 | Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect |
| 253.018 | [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17] |
| 253.02 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.03 | [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14] |
| 253.04 | [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14] |
| 253.05 | [Repealed, 1947 c 622 s 14] |
| 253.053 | [Repealed, 1969 c 955 s 7] |
| 253.06 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.07 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.08 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.09 | [Repealed, 1947 c 491 s 2] |
| 253.10 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.11 | [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22] |
| 253.12 | [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22] |
| 253.13 | [Renumbered 253.245] |
| 253.14 | [Repealed, 1953 c 342 s 1] |
| 253.15 | [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73] |
| 253.16 | [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73] |
| 253.17 | [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73] |
| 253.18 | [Repealed, 1967 c 638 s 22] |
| 253.19 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.195 | DEFINITIONS. |
| 253.20 | MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL. |
| 253.201 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.202 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.21 | COMMITMENT OF PRISONERS; PROCEEDINGS; RESTORATION OF MENTAL HEALTH. |
| 253.22 | PRISONER ALLOWANCES. |
| 253.23 | PRISONER TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS. |
| 253.24 | TERMS OF PRISONER SENTENCE. |
| 253.245 | NOTICE OF ESCAPE OR DEATH OF PRISONER. |
| 253.25 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.26 | TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS. |
| 253.27 | [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] |
| 253.28 | [Repealed, 2013 c 59 art 2 s 17] |
253.015
253.017
253.195 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.Scope.
For purposes of sections 253.195 to 253.26, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 3.Secure treatment facility.
"Secure treatment facility" has the meaning given in section 253B.02, subdivision 18a.
History:
253.20 MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL.
The executive board shall erect, equip, and maintain in St. Peter and other geographic locations under the control of the executive board suitable buildings to be known as the Minnesota Security Hospital, for the purpose of providing a secure treatment facility for persons who may be committed there by courts, or otherwise, or transferred there by the executive board, 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 executive board shall supervise and manage the secure treatment facility 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; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 5
253.21 COMMITMENT OF PRISONERS; PROCEEDINGS; RESTORATION OF MENTAL HEALTH.
Subdivision 1.Initiation of commitment proceedings involving prisoners.
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 of the correctional facility shall notify the executive board, which 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.
Subd. 2.Transfer of committed prisoners.
In case the prisoner is found to be mentally ill, the prisoner must 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.
Subd. 3.Return of prisoners following restoration of mental health.
If, in the judgment of the chief executive officer of the correctional facility the prisoner came from, the prisoner's mental health is restored before the period of commitment to the correctional facility has expired, upon the certificate of the chief executive officer, the executive board shall remove the prisoner from the secure treatment facility and transfer the prisoner to the correctional institution the prisoner came from 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; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 6
253.22 PRISONER ALLOWANCES.
Subdivision 1.Allowances upon discharge of a prisoner.
When any prisoner is discharged from the Minnesota Security Hospital, the prisoner must receive the same allowances in money, clothing, and otherwise that the prisoner would have received on remaining at the correctional facility the prisoner came from, and the expenditures on behalf of the prisoner must be made out of the same fund.
Subd. 2.Allowances while prisoner is committed.
While at the hospital, the prisoner must be clothed and supported as are other patients at the facility.
History:
(4530) 1907 c 338 s 3; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 32; 1986 c 444; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 7
253.23 PRISONER TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS.
When any prisoner is transferred to the Minnesota Security Hospital, the original warrant of commitment to the correctional facility must be sent with the prisoner and returned to the correctional facility upon return or discharge of the prisoner. A certified copy of the warrant of commitment to the correctional facility must be preserved at the correctional facility.
History:
(4531) 1907 c 338 s 4; 1957 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 8
253.24 TERMS OF PRISONER SENTENCE.
A prisoner who is removed from or returned to a correctional facility under sections 253.20 to 253.26 must be held in the place to which the prisoner is removed or returned in accordance with the terms of the prisoner's original sentence unless discharged sooner and the period of removal must be counted as a part of the term of the prisoner's confinement.
History:
(4532) 1907 c 338 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 67; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 9
253.245 NOTICE OF ESCAPE OR DEATH OF PRISONER.
When a prisoner from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater or the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud who has been committed to a state hospital escapes from or dies in the state hospital, the superintendent shall immediately notify the chief executive officer of the correctional facility from which the prisoner was committed of the prisoner's escape or death.
History:
(4521) RL s 1920; 1965 c 45 s 30; 1979 c 102 s 13; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 3; art 10 s 1; 2024 c 125 art 5 s 38; 2024 c 127 art 50 s 38
253.26 TRANSFERS OF PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS.
The executive board 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 executive board 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; 2024 c 79 art 4 s 10
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