Section 241.0222 Contracts with Newly Constructed Jail Facilities That Provide Access to Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs

241.0222 CONTRACTS WITH NEWLY CONSTRUCTED JAIL FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

Notwithstanding section 16C.05, subdivision 2, the commissioner may enter into contracts, up to five years in duration, with a county or group of counties to house inmates committed to the custody of the commissioner in newly constructed county or regional jail facilities that provide inmates access to chemical dependency treatment programs licensed by the Department of Human Services. A contract entered into under this section may contain an option to renew the contract for a term of up to five years.

History:

2006 c 260 art 4 s 4; 2006 c 258 s 37; 2007 c 13 art 2 s 21