27A-13-10. Determination by secretary of amount to be charged–Appeal and hearing. Upon receipt of all information desired by the secretary of social services, the secretary shall determine, based upon the financial ability of the patient or responsible person, whether the patient or responsible person shall be charged with the full amount provided in §27A-13-7 or […]
27A-13-11. Review and change of amounts to be charged. The secretary of social services may, at any time, review and change any determination for applicable charges. Source: SL 1964, ch 104, §4 (4); SDCL §27-9-8; SL 1989, ch 21, §101; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §71, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
27A-13-12. Liability restricted to statutory liability–Claim against decedent’s estate–Voluntary payments. No person is liable for the cost of the care, support, maintenance, and treatment of any patient except as provided in this title, but the amounts determined to be due under this title and unpaid at the time of the death of a patient or […]
27A-13-13. Civil suit for collection of payments–Lien on property–Claim against decedent’s estate. If a patient liable for payments due under §§27A-13-4 to 27A-13-12, inclusive, refuses or fails to make such payments, the charges are collectible by a civil suit brought in the name of the State of South Dakota. The State of South Dakota may […]
27A-13-14. Collection of delinquent accounts–Credit to general fund. If any account has been delinquent for six months or more, the Department of Social Services shall notify the attorney general which shall be responsible for collecting the delinquent moneys by any legal means available. All amounts collected shall be deposited to the credit of the general […]
27A-13-15. County appropriation for support of mentally ill. The board of county commissioners shall annually appropriate a sum sufficient to pay for the support of its mentally ill. Source: SDC 1939, §30.0214; SDCL, §27-9-25; SL 1985, ch 77, §34.
27A-13-16. Admission fee to be paid by county of residence–Amount. Effective July 1, 2010, the county of residence shall pay an admission fee of six hundred dollars to the center for each patient the county is legally responsible. The admission fee shall cover the first thirty days of care at the center. If the patient […]
27A-13-17. Procedure for determining county of residency. Sections 27A-13-18 to 27A-13-20, inclusive, shall determine patient eligibility for contributions by the county of residency under §27A-13-16, except that time spent in a state institution shall not be counted in determining the matter of residency. Source: SL 1964, ch 104, §4 (6); SDCL, §27-9-10; SL 1975, ch […]
27A-13-18. County claim that patient is improperly charged to county–Investigation and determination by attorney general–Notice to state and county officers. If the administrator of the Human Services Center has treated a patient as from a county determined to be the county of the patient’s residence by the committing board of mental illness and that county […]
27A-13-18.1. Appeal of residence determination to circuit court by county–Notice to attorney general–Trial de novo. If the administrator of the Human Services Center has treated a patient as from a county determined to be the county of the patient’s residence by the committing board of mental illness and that county has appeared before the committing […]
27A-13-18.2. Appeal of residence determination to circuit court by attorney general–Service and filing of notice–Trial de novo. If the administrator of the Human Services Center has treated a patient determined by the committing board of mental illness to be a proper charge against the state at large because the patient is not a resident of […]
27A-13-19. Charges to state for patient determined to be nonresident. If the attorney general shall find that such patient is not a proper charge against any county in the state, such patient shall thereafter be regarded as a proper charge against the state at large until returned to the state of his residence. Source: SDC […]
27A-13-19.1. Voluntary admission of non-resident–Waiver of fee. If a person who is not a resident of South Dakota presents himself for voluntary admission at the South Dakota Human Services Center, the person may be admitted for psychiatric treatment and the admission fee or amount charged against the counties to be tendered to the administrator as […]
27A-13-2. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter mean: (1)(a)”Full-time equivalent patient population in the center’s psychiatric nursing facility unit,” the total daily patient count in that unit at the South Dakota Human Services Center for the immediately preceding fiscal year divided by the number of days in that fiscal year; (b)”Full-time equivalent patient […]
27A-13-20. Appeal to circuit court from attorney general’s determination as to residence of patient. If any county is dissatisfied with the determination of residence entered by the attorney general, such county may appeal to the circuit court, by filing and serving a notice of appeal upon the attorney general and upon one of the members […]
27A-13-21. Administrator to charge expenses to county of residence despite commitment from another county. If the administrator of the Human Services Center has been advised by a county board of mental illness, the attorney general pursuant to §27A-13-18, or by a circuit court, that a patient sent to the center from one county has a […]
27A-13-22. Expenses paid by county reimbursed by county of residence. Expenses incurred by one county, on account of a mentally ill person whose residence is in another county, shall be refunded with lawful interest thereon by the county of residence. The expenses and interest shall be presented to the board of commissioners of the county […]
27A-13-22.1. Refund with interest by county of residence of expenses incurred by attorney general. Expenses incurred by the attorney general on account of a mentally ill person whose residence is in a county of the state shall be refunded with lawful interest thereon by the county of residence. Source: SL 1986, ch 227, §14.
27A-13-25. Administrator’s report to county of patients discharged–Notice to county auditor. The administrator of the Human Services Center shall furnish at once to the chairman of the county board of mental illness of the county wherein the residence is found to be, the name of each patient under involuntary commitment that is discharged. The county […]
27A-13-26. Monthly certification of charges to counties–Payment–Deposit. All charges to counties under §§27A-13-16 to 27A-13-21, inclusive, shall be certified each month by the secretary of social services, or his designee, to the county auditor. The certification shall include a listing of charges by patient name. The certification shall be sent to county auditors no later […]
