256G.01 APPLICATION; CITATION; COVERAGE. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This chapter governs the Minnesota human services system. The system includes the Department of Human Services, local social services agencies, county welfare agencies, human service boards, community mental health center boards, state hospitals, state nursing homes, and persons, agencies, institutions, organizations, and other entities under contract to any […]
256G.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Board and lodging facility. “Board and lodging facility” means a facility that serves as an alternative to institutionalization and provides a program of on-site care or supervision to persons who cannot live independently in the community because of age […]
256G.03 ESTABLISHING RESIDENCE. Subdivision 1. State residence. For purposes of this chapter, a resident of any Minnesota county is considered a state resident. Subd. 2. No durational test. Except as otherwise provided in sections 256J.75; 256B.056, subdivision 1; 256D.02, subdivision 12a, and 256J.12 for purposes of this chapter, no waiting period is required before securing […]
256G.04 DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE. Subdivision 1. Time of determination. For purposes of establishing financial responsibility, residence must be determined as of the date a local agency receives a signed request or signed application or the date of eligibility, whichever is later. This subdivision extends to cases in which the applicant may move to another county […]
256G.05 RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMERGENCIES. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1996 c 451 art 2 s 61] Subd. 2. Non-Minnesota residents. State residence is not required for receiving emergency assistance in the Minnesota supplemental aid program. The receipt of emergency assistance must not be used as a factor in determining county or state residence. History: 1987 c 363 […]
256G.06 DETOXIFICATION SERVICES. The county of financial responsibility for detoxification services is the county where the client is physically present when the need for services is identified. If that need is identified while the client is a resident of a substance use disorder facility, the provisions of section 256G.02, subdivision 4, paragraphs (c) and (d), […]
256G.07 MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTY. Subdivision 1. Effect of moving. Except as provided in subdivision 4, a person who has applied for and is receiving services or assistance under a program governed by this chapter, in any county in this state, and who moves to another county in this state, is entitled to continue to […]
256G.08 REIMBURSEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMITMENTS. Subdivision 1. Commitment proceedings. In cases of voluntary admission or commitment to state or other institutions, the committing county shall initially pay for all costs. This includes the expenses of the taking into custody, confinement, emergency holds under sections 253B.05, subdivisions 1 and 2, and 253B.07, examination, commitment, conveyance to […]
256G.09 DETERMINING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Subdivision 1. General procedures. If upon investigation the local agency decides that the application or commitment was not filed in the county of financial responsibility as defined by this chapter, but that the applicant is otherwise eligible for assistance, it shall send a copy of the application or commitment claim, together […]
256G.10 DERIVATIVE SETTLEMENT. The residence of the parent of a minor child, with whom that child last lived in a nonexcluded time setting, or guardian of a ward shall determine the residence of the child or ward for all social services governed by this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, a minor child is defined […]
256G.11 NO RETROACTIVE EFFECT. This chapter is not retroactive and does not require redetermination of financial responsibility for cases existing on January 1, 1988. This chapter applies only to applications and redeterminations of eligibility taken or routinely made after January 1, 1988. Notwithstanding this section, existing social services cases shall be treated in the same […]
256G.12 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Subdivision 1. Limitation. A submission to the department for a determination of financial responsibility must be made within three years from the date of application for the program in question. Subd. 2. Reimbursement. The obligation of the county ultimately found to be financially responsible extends only to the period immediately following […]
