2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 241 - 244 Corrections
Chapter 241 Department of Corrections
Section 241.018 241.018 PER DIEM CALCULATION.

241.018 PER DIEM CALCULATION.
Subdivision 1. State correctional facilities. (a) The commissioner of corrections shall
develop a uniform method to calculate the average department-wide per diem cost of incarcerating
offenders at state adult correctional facilities. In addition to other costs currently factored into
the per diem, it must include an appropriate percentage of capitol costs for all adult correctional
facilities and 65 percent of the department's management services budget.
(b) The commissioner also shall use this method of calculating per diem costs for offenders
in each state adult correctional facility. When calculating the per diem cost of incarcerating
offenders at a particular facility, the commissioner shall include an appropriate percentage of
capital costs for the facility and an appropriate prorated amount, given the facility's population, of
65 percent of the department's management services budget.
(c) The commissioner shall ensure that these new per diem methods are used in all future
annual performance reports to the legislature and are also reflected in the department's biennial
budget document.
Subd. 2. Local correctional facilities. (a) The commissioner of corrections shall develop a
uniform method to calculate the average per diem cost of incarcerating offenders in county
and regional jail facilities licensed by the commissioner under section 241.021, subdivision 1,
paragraph (a).
(b) Each county and regional jail in the state must annually provide the commissioner
with a per diem calculation based on the formula the commissioner promulgates pursuant to
paragraph (a).
(c) The commissioner shall include the county and regional jail per diem data collected under
paragraph (b) in the Department of Correction's annual performance report to the legislature
mandated by section 241.016.
History: 2000 c 488 art 7 s 1; 2001 c 210 s 3; 2007 c 54 art 6 s 5