Minn. Stat. § 242.21: COOPERATION; STATE INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS.

The commissioner of corrections may enter into agreement with the Direct Care and Treatment executive board; the commissioner of children, youth, and families; the commissioner of human services; local probation officers or other public officials; and public or private agencies, schools, or institutions for custody, separate care, special treatment, training, or diagnostic services of persons committed to the care or subject to the control of the commissioner of corrections. The commissioner of corrections may pay any costs incurred by such agreements to the extent that funds for such purposes are made available to the commissioner by the legislature.