§333F-13  Payments for care and treatment of
persons receiving services; liability.  A parent, conservator, or other
person liable for the support of any person receiving services under this
chapter shall be required to pay for the care and treatment of the person.  The
parent or conservator of a minor receiving services under this chapter shall be
liable for the care and treatment until the person has reached the age of
majority.  The liability of a conservator of a person under this section shall
be limited to the estate of the ward and shall not be recoverable out of the
individual assets of the conservator.  Every person receiving services under
this chapter and any property of the person's estate not exempt from execution
shall be liable for the expense of the person's care and treatment.  The
attorney general, whenever requested by the director, shall take any steps that
may be appropriate, by civil action if necessary, to enforce any liability
established by this section.  The attorney general may designate any
appropriate county attorney to act in the attorney general's behalf in any
enforcement proceeding.



The department, with the approval of the
governor and from the funds appropriated to the department for the care and
treatment of persons with developmental disabilities or mental retardation, may
transfer from time to time to the department of human services any amounts that
may be requested by the department of human services to match federal funds
available under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to assist any indigent or
medically indigent persons to pay for the care and treatment of any person
receiving services under this chapter.  The department may expend federal funds
so received for the purposes of this chapter. [L 1987, c 341, pt of §2; am L
1988, c 141, §26; am L 1995, c 189, §9; am L 2004, c 161, §6]