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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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) […]
