If a county makes a contribution of at least one dollar per capita to the support of a mental health center in accordance with § 27A-5-9, no charge may be levied against the county for persons provided treatment by such mental health center until the cumulative total of such charges reaches seventy-five percent of the total county contribution. Thereafter, such county shall be charged at a rate of seventy-five percent of the rate at which it would normally be charged in accordance with the fee schedule prescribed by the Department of Social Services.

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Source: SL 1974, ch 183, § 5; SL 1975, ch 181, § 71; SDCL Supp, § 27-5-11; SL 1989, ch 21, § 86; SL 1991, ch 220, § 29; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 163, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.