2006 Session Laws Chapter 148

ENTITLED, An Act to revise the minimum monthly fee charged for care at the Human Services Center.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

Section 1. That § 27A-13-16 be amended to read as follows:

27A-13-16. The minimum charge for care in the center is two hundred dollars per month. If the charge against the patient is less than two hundred dollars for each month of patient status at the South Dakota Human Services Center, the county of residence shall be charged with the difference between the applicable charge against the patient and two hundred dollars for each month of patient status and a pro rata amount of two hundred dollars for each partial month of patient status. Effective January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008, the county of residence shall pay an admission fee of four hundred dollars to the center for each patient the county is legally responsible. The admission fee shall cover the first thirty days of care at the center. If the patient remains at the center for longer than thirty days, the minimum charge paid by the county of residence shall be a pro rata amount of the admission fee multiplied by twelve months and divided by three hundred sixty-five days. Effective January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the county of residence shall pay an admission fee of five hundred dollars to the center for each patient the county is legally responsible. The admission fee shall cover the first thirty days of care at the center. If the patient remains at the center for longer than thirty days, the minimum charge paid by the county of residence shall be a pro rata amount of the admission fee multiplied by twelve months and divided by three hundred sixty-five days. Effective January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, the county of residence shall pay an admission fee of six hundred dollars to the center for each patient the county is legally responsible. The admission fee shall cover the first thirty days of care at the center. If the patient remains at the center for longer than thirty days, the minimum charge paid by the county of residence shall be a pro rata amount of the admission fee multiplied by twelve months and divided by three hundred sixty-five days.