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Minnesota Statutes, Title Minnesota Statutes

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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

33 sections·Filtered byTitle Minnesota Statutes✕Ch 253B✕

Minn. Stat. § 253B.01 CITATION.
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253B.01 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act." History: 1982 c 581 s 1; 1997 c 217 art 1 s 5
Minn. Stat. § 253B.02 DEFINITIONS.
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253B.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 1a.Case manager. "Case manager" has the definition given in section 245.462, subdivision 4, for persons with mental illness. § S…
Minn. Stat. § 253B.03 RIGHTS OF PATIENTS.
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253B.03 RIGHTS OF PATIENTS. § Subdivision 1.Restraints. (a) A patient has the right to be free from restraints. Restraints shall not be applied to a patient in a treatment facility or state-operated treatment program unless the head of the treatment facility, head of the state-op…
Minn. Stat. § 253B.04 VOLUNTARY TREATMENT AND ADMISSION PROCEDURES.
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253B.04 VOLUNTARY TREATMENT AND ADMISSION PROCEDURES. § Subdivision 1.Voluntary admission and treatment. (a) Voluntary admission is preferred over involuntary commitment and treatment. Any person 16 years of age or older may request to be admitted to a treatment facility or state…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.041 SERVICES FOR ENGAGEMENT IN TREATMENT.

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253B.041 SERVICES FOR ENGAGEMENT IN TREATMENT. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility. (a) The purpose of engagement services is to avoid the need for commitment and to enable the proposed patient to voluntarily engage in needed treatment. An interested person may apply to the county where …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.045 TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT.

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253B.045 TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Restriction. Except when ordered by the court pursuant to a finding of necessity to protect the life of the proposed patient or others or as provided under subdivision 1a, no person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.051 EMERGENCY ADMISSION.

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253B.051 EMERGENCY ADMISSION. § Subdivision 1.Peace officer or health officer authority. (a) If a peace officer or health officer has reason to believe, either through direct observation of the person's behavior or upon reliable information of the person's recent behavior and, if…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.06 INITIAL ASSESSMENT.

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253B.06 INITIAL ASSESSMENT. § Subdivision 1.Persons with mental illness or developmental disability. A physician must examine every patient hospitalized due to mental illness or developmental disability pursuant to section 253B.04 or 253B.051 as soon as possible but no more than …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.07 JUDICIAL COMMITMENT; PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES.

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253B.07 JUDICIAL COMMITMENT; PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES. § Subdivision 1.Prepetition screening. (a) Prior to filing a petition for commitment of a proposed patient, an interested person shall apply to the designated agency in the county of financial responsibility or the county where…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.08 JUDICIAL COMMITMENT; HEARING PROCEDURES.

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253B.08 JUDICIAL COMMITMENT; HEARING PROCEDURES. § Subdivision 1.Time for commitment hearing. (a) The hearing on the commitment petition shall be held within 14 days from the date of the filing of the petition, except that the hearing on a commitment petition pursuant to section …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.09 DECISION; STANDARD OF PROOF; DURATION.

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253B.09 DECISION; STANDARD OF PROOF; DURATION. § Subdivision 1.Standard of proof. (a) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed patient is a person who poses a risk of harm due to mental illness, or is a person who has a developmental disability or che…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.092 ADMINISTRATION OF NEUROLEPTIC MEDICATION.

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253B.092 ADMINISTRATION OF NEUROLEPTIC MEDICATION. § Subdivision 1.General. Neuroleptic medications may be administered, only as provided in this section, to patients subject to civil commitment under this chapter or chapter 253D. For purposes of this section, "patient" includes …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.0921 ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS.

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253B.0921 ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS. A treating medical practitioner who makes medical decisions regarding the prescription and administration of medication for treatment of a mental illness has access to the relevant sections of a patient's health records on past administration …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.095 RELEASE BEFORE COMMITMENT.

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253B.095 RELEASE BEFORE COMMITMENT. § Subdivision 1.Court release. (a) After the hearing and before a commitment order has been issued, the court may release a proposed patient to the custody of an individual or agency upon conditions that guarantee the care and treatment of the …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.097 COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT.

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253B.097 COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT. § Subdivision 1.Findings. In addition to the findings required under section 253B.09, subdivision 2, an order committing a person to a community-based treatment program must include: (1) a written plan for services to the patient; (2) a finding…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.10 PROCEDURES UPON COMMITMENT.

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253B.10 PROCEDURES UPON COMMITMENT. § Subdivision 1.Administrative requirements. (a) When a person is committed, the court shall issue a warrant or an order committing the patient to the custody of the head of the treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.1005 ADMISSION TIMELINES.

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253B.1005 ADMISSION TIMELINES. § Subdivision 1.Admission required within 48 hours. Unless required otherwise under this section, patients described in section 253B.10, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must be admitted to a state-operated treatment program within 48 hours. § Subd. 2.…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.12 TREATMENT REPORT; REVIEW; HEARING.

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253B.12 TREATMENT REPORT; REVIEW; HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Reports. (a) If a patient who was committed as a person who poses a risk of harm due to a mental illness, or as a person who has a developmental disability or chemical dependency, is discharged from commitment within the …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.13 DURATION OF CONTINUED COMMITMENT.

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253B.13 DURATION OF CONTINUED COMMITMENT. § Subdivision 1. Persons with mental illness or chemical dependency. (a) If at the conclusion of a review hearing the court finds that the person continues to have mental illness or chemical dependency and need treatment or supervision, t…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.14 TRANSFER OF COMMITTED PERSONS.

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253B.14 TRANSFER OF COMMITTED PERSONS. The executive board may transfer any committed person, other than a person committed as a person who has a mental illness and is dangerous to the public, a sexually dangerous person, or a sexual psychopathic personality, from one state-opera…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.141 AUTHORITY TO DETAIN AND TRANSPORT A MISSING PATIENT.

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253B.141 AUTHORITY TO DETAIN AND TRANSPORT A MISSING PATIENT. § Subdivision 1.Report of absence. (a) If a patient committed under this chapter or detained in a treatment facility or state-operated treatment program under a judicial hold is absent without authorization, and either…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.15 PROVISIONAL DISCHARGE; PARTIAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION.

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253B.15 PROVISIONAL DISCHARGE; PARTIAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION. § Subdivision 1.Provisional discharge. (a) The head of the treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program may provisionally discharge any patient without discharging the commi…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.16 DISCHARGE OF COMMITTED PERSONS.

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253B.16 DISCHARGE OF COMMITTED PERSONS. § Subdivision 1.Date. The head of a treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program shall discharge any patient admitted as a person who poses a risk of harm due to mental illness, or a person who …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.17 PETITIONS; JUDICIAL DETERMINATION.

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253B.17 PETITIONS; JUDICIAL DETERMINATION. § Subdivision 1.Petition for release from commitment. Any patient, except one committed as a sexually dangerous person or a person with a sexual psychopathic personality or as a person who has a mental illness and is dangerous to the pub…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.18 PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL AND DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC.

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253B.18 PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL AND DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC. § Subdivision 1.Procedure. (a) Upon the filing of a petition alleging that a proposed patient is a person who has a mental illness and is dangerous to the public, the court shall hear the petition as provided in se…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.185 Subdivisions renumbered, repealed, or no longer in effect

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253B.185 § Subdivision 1. MS 2012 [Paragraph (a) renumbered 253D.07, subdivision 1] [Paragraph (b) renumbered 253D.07, subd 2] [Paragraph (c) renumbered 253D.07, subd 3] [Paragraph (d) renumbered 253D.07, subd 4] § Subd. 1a. MS 2012 [Renumbered 253D.10, subdivision 1] § Subd. 1b.…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.19 JUDICIAL APPEAL PANEL; PATIENTS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL AND DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC.

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253B.19 JUDICIAL APPEAL PANEL; PATIENTS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL AND DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The supreme court shall establish an appeal panel composed of three judges and four alternate judges appointed from among the acting judges of the state. Panel memb…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.20 DISCHARGE; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

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253B.20 DISCHARGE; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Notice to court. When a committed person is discharged, provisionally discharged, or transferred to another treatment facility, state-operated treatment program, or community-based treatment program, or when the patient…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.21 COMMITMENT TO AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

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253B.21 COMMITMENT TO AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. § Subdivision 1.Administrative procedures. If the patient is entitled to care by any agency of the United States in this state, the commitment warrant shall be in triplicate, committing the patient to the joint custody of the …

Minn. Stat. § 253B.212 COMMITMENT; RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS; WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE.

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253B.212 COMMITMENT; RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS; WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE. § Subdivision 1.Cost of care; commitment by tribal court order; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. The Direct Care and Treatment executive board may contract with and receive payment from the Indi…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.22 REVIEW BOARDS.

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253B.22 REVIEW BOARDS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The executive board shall establish a review board of three or more persons for the Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center, Minnesota Security Hospital, and Minnesota Sex Offender Program to review the admission and retention o…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.23 GENERAL PROVISIONS.

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253B.23 GENERAL PROVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Costs of hearings. (a) In each proceeding under this chapter the court shall allow and order paid to each witness subpoenaed the fees and mileage prescribed by law; to each examiner a reasonable sum for services and for travel; to perso…

Minn. Stat. § 253B.24 TRANSMITTAL OF DATA TO NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

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253B.24 TRANSMITTAL OF DATA TO NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM. When a court: (1) commits a person under this chapter due to mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency, or as a person who has a mental illness and is dangerous to the public;…