§ 27a-13-21

27A-13-21. Administrator to charge expenses to county of residence despite commitment from another county.If the administrator of the Human Services Center has been advised by a county board of mental illness, the attorney general pursuant to §27A-13-18, or by a circuit court, that a patient sent to the center from one county has a residency in another county, he shall thereafter hold and keep such patient as from the latter county, and such holding shall apply to expenses already incurred in behalf of such patient and remaining unadjusted. Source: SDC 1939, §30.0213; SDCL, §27-9-21; SL 1976, ch 173, §32; SL 1986, ch 227, §12.