(1) The department shall establish, maintain and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding ss. 301.02 , 301.03 and 301.36 (1) , the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (15m) . The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in s. 50.33 (2) , an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10) , a state treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (15) , or a treatment facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (19) . The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other secured correctional facilities and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health and family services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a secured correctional facility under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183 , 938.34 (4h) or (4m) or 938.357 (4) or (5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other secured correctional facilities.
(2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba) , the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,379,300 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $1,379,300 in fiscal year 2004-05 and, from the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (hm) , the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,086,700 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $2,155,600 in fiscal year 2004-05 for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health and family services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.