The provisions of law with respect to the costs of commitment and the costs of support, including methods of determination of the persons liable for the costs, and all provisions of law enabling the state to secure reimbursement for any such items of cost, applicable to the commitment and support of mentally ill persons in state hospitals shall apply with equal force in respect to each item of expense incurred by the state in connection with the commitment, care, custody and treatment of any person committed to the substance abuse bureau of the division or to any institution maintained by the state. Voluntary patients may be required to pay the cost of their subsistence, care and treatment.
History: 1941 Comp., § 61-1212, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 114, § 12; 1953 Comp., § 46-12-12; Laws 1967, ch. 78, § 3; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 9, § 11; 1983, ch. 177, § 10; 1989, ch. 47, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, substituted "for the costs" for "therefor" and "substance abuse bureau" for "alcoholism bureau" in the first sentence.
Responsibility for hospital expenses. — Individuals committed to private or county-operated facilities under statutory involuntary commitment procedures are responsible for their hospital expenses, and eligible hospitals treating indigent patients may look to the applicable county for reimbursement under the Indigent Hospital Claims Act. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-35.