Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 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 Indian Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the care and treatment of those members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians who have been committed by tribal court order to the Indian Health Service for care and treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. The contract shall provide that the Indian Health Service may not transfer any person for admission to a state-operated treatment program unless the commitment procedure utilized by the tribal court provided due process protections similar to those afforded bysections 253B.051to253B.10.

Subd. 1a. Cost of care; commitment by tribal court order; White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians. The Direct Care and Treatment executive board may contract with and receive payment from the Indian Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the care and treatment of those members of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians who have been committed by tribal court order to the Indian Health Service for care and treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. The tribe may also contract directly with the executive board for treatment of those members of the White Earth Band who have been committed by tribal court order to the White Earth Department of Health for care and treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. The contract shall provide that the Indian Health Service and the White Earth Band shall not transfer any person for admission to a state-operated treatment program unless the commitment procedure utilized by the tribal court provided due process protections similar to those afforded bysections 253B.051to253B.10.

Subd. 1b. Cost of care; commitment by tribal court order; any federally recognized Indian tribe within the state of Minnesota. The Direct Care and Treatment executive board may contract with and receive payment from the Indian Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the care and treatment of those members of any federally recognized Indian tribe within the state, who have been committed by tribal court order to the Indian Health Service for care and treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. The tribe may also contract directly with the executive board for treatment of those members of any federally recognized Indian tribe within the state who have been committed by tribal court order to the respective tribal Department of Health for care and treatment of mental illness, developmental disability, or chemical dependency. The contract shall provide that the Indian Health Service and any federally recognized Indian tribe within the state shall not transfer any person for admission to a state-operated treatment program unless the commitment procedure utilized by the tribal court provided due process protections similar to those afforded bysections 253B.051to253B.10.