53-1-402. Residents subject to per diem and ancillary charges. (1) The department shall assess and collect per diem and ancillary charges for the care of residents in the following institutions:
     (a) Montana state hospital;
     (b) Montana developmental center;
     (c) Montana veterans' home;
     (d) eastern Montana veterans' home;
     (e) Montana mental health nursing care center;
     (f) Eastmont human services center; and
     (g) Montana chemical dependency treatment center.
     (2) This section does not apply to the eastern Montana veterans' home if the department contracts with a private vendor to operate the facility as provided for in 10-2-416.
     (3) This section does not apply to residents of the Montana state hospital or to the Montana mental health nursing center to the extent that either of these institutions assesses and collects charges through an all-inclusive rate rather than per diem and ancillary charges.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 199, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 320, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 276, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 120, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 450, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 80-1601; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 132, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 361, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 363, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 151, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 14, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 283, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 683, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 305, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 579, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 35, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 94, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 590, L. 1995.