53-1-410. Nonpayment not grounds for discharge, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS

Part 4. Per Diem Payments for Institutional Care

Nonpayment Not Grounds For Discharge

53-1-410. Nonpayment not grounds for discharge. A resident of an institution listed in 53-1-402 may not be discharged by reason of the nonpayment of the resident's cost of care unless, by certification of a physician consulted by the superintendent of the institution, the discharge is medically advisable.

History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 199, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 240, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 120, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 336, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 37, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 450, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 80-1603(8); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 190, L. 1997.