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     246.511 Relative responsibility. 

    Except for chemical dependency services paid for with funds 
 provided under chapter 254B, a client's relatives shall not, 
 pursuant to the commissioner's authority under section 246.51, 
 be ordered to pay more than ten percent of the cost of care, 
 unless they reside outside the state.  Parents of children in 
 state facilities shall have their responsibility to pay 
 determined according to section 252.27, subdivision 2, or in 
 rules adopted under chapter 254B if the cost of care is paid 
 under chapter 254B.  The commissioner may accept voluntary 
 payments in excess of ten percent.  The commissioner may require 
 full payment of the full per capita cost of care in state 
 facilities for clients whose parent, parents, spouse, guardian, 
 or conservator do not reside in Minnesota.  

    HIST: 1Sp1981 c 2 s 17; 1982 c 641 art 1 s 7; 1984 c 530 s 1; 
 1985 c 21 s 15; 1987 c 299 s 2; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 52; 1989 c 
 282 art 2 s 218 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.