Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2016/cite/268A/full
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268A.02 COMMISSIONER; REHABILITATION COUNCIL; INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL.
268A.085 COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROVIDER GOVERNING BOARDS.
268A.16 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFBLIND, OR HARD-OF-HEARING.
"Vocational rehabilitation services" means those services and goods so defined in the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and section 268A.03, clause (2).
Subd. 6.Community rehabilitation provider.
"Community rehabilitation provider" means an entity which meets the definition of community rehabilitation program in the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. However, for the purposes of sections 268A.03, clause (1), 268A.06, 268A.085, and 268A.15, community rehabilitation provider means a nonprofit or public entity that provides at least one extended employment subprogram for persons with the most significant disabilities.
"Extended employment program" means noncompetitive employment and supported employment subprograms.
Affirmative business enterprise employment is considered community employment for purposes of funding under Minnesota Rules, parts 3300.2005 to 3300.2055, provided that the wages for individuals reported must be at or above customary wages for the same employer. The employer must also provide one benefit package that is available to all employees at the specific site certified as an affirmative business enterprise.
Subd. 15.Noncompetitive employment.
"Noncompetitive employment" means paid work:
(1) that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis, including self-employment, for which the person is compensated at a rate that is less than the higher rate specified in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, United States Code, title 29, section 206, subsection (a)(1), or the rate specified in the applicable state or local minimum wage law; and
(2)(i) for which the person is paid less than the customary rate paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by other nondisabled employees who are similarly situated in similar occupations by the same employer and who have similar training, experience, and skills; or
(ii) which is performed at a location where the employee does not interact with nondisabled persons, not including supervisory personnel or persons who are providing services to the employee, to the same extent that nondisabled persons who are in comparable positions interact with other persons.
1976 c 332 s 1; 1977 c 430 s 9; 1984 c 627 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1987 c 369 s 1; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 16-18,268; 1989 c 106 s 1; 1990 c 363 s 1-3; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 224 s 80-84; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 67; 2004 c 206 s 48,52; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 27,28; 2014 c 312 art 3 s 13; 1Sp2015 c 1 art 2 s 14-16; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 152
No communication or statement furnished by a physician or other professional person to the department or any other agency of the state for use in connection with an agreement or contractual relationship as contemplated in section 268A.03, clause (4), shall be made the subject of any slander, libel or defamation action.
A community rehabilitation provider must, as a condition for receiving program certification, provide employees in noncompetitive employment with personnel benefits prescribed in rules adopted by the commissioner of employment and economic development.
A community rehabilitation provider must, as a condition for receiving program certification, provide to employees in noncompetitive employment subprograms, a grievance procedure which has as its final step provisions for final and binding arbitration.
1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 224 s 87; 2004 c 206 s 52; 1Sp2015 c 1 art 2 s 19
Every city, town, county, nonprofit corporation, or combination thereof establishing an extended employment program shall appoint a governing board of no fewer than seven voting members before becoming eligible for the assistance provided by sections 268A.06 to 268A.15. When any city, town, or county singly establishes an extended employment program, the governing board shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the city or the chair of the governing board of the county or town. When any combination of cities, towns, counties, or nonprofit corporations establishes an extended employment program, the chief executive officers of the cities, nonprofit corporations, and the chairs of the governing bodies of the counties or towns shall appoint the board. If a nonprofit corporation singly establishes an extended employment program, the corporation shall appoint the board of directors. Membership on a board shall be representative of the community served and shall include a person with a disability. If a county establishes an extended employment program and manages the program with county employees, the governing board shall be the county board of commissioners, and other provisions of this chapter pertaining to membership on the governing board do not apply.
Subject to the provisions of sections 268A.06 to 268A.15 and the rules of the department, each governing board shall:
(1) review and evaluate the need for extended employment programs provided under sections 268A.06 to 268A.15;
(4) when an extended employment program is certified, act as its administrator for purposes of this chapter.
2004 c 206 s 49; 2007 c 135 art 2 s 29; 1Sp2015 c 1 art 2 s 20
The commissioner of employment and economic development, in cooperation with the commissioner of human services, shall develop a statewide program of grants as outlined in section 268A.14 to provide services for persons with mental illness who want to work in supported employment. Projects funded under this section must: (1) assist persons with mental illness in obtaining and retaining competitive employment; (2) emphasize individual client preferences; (3) ensure interagency collaboration at the local level between vocational rehabilitation field offices, county service agencies, community support programs operating under the authority of section 245.4712, and community rehabilitation providers, in assisting clients; (4) ensure services are integrated with mental health treatment; (5) provide benefits counseling; (6) conduct rapid job search; and (7) involve clients in the planning, development, oversight, and delivery of support services. Project funds may not be used to provide services in segregated settings such as the center-based employment subprograms as defined in section 268A.01.
The commissioner of employment and economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, shall develop a request for proposals which is consistent with the requirements of this section and section 268A.14 and which specifies the types of services that must be provided by grantees. Priority for funding shall be given to organizations carrying out evidence-based practices. Each applicant for funds under this section shall submit an evaluation protocol as part of the grant application.
1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 71; 1995 c 224 s 90; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 40; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2013 c 85 art 3 s 20
Subdivision 1.Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing grants.
(a) The commissioner shall develop and implement a specialized statewide grant program to provide long-term supported employment services for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Programs and services eligible for grants under this section must:
(1) assist persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing in retaining and advancing in employment;
(2) provide services with staff who must possess fluency in all forms of manual communication, including American Sign Language; knowledge of hearing loss and psychosocial implications; sensitivity to cultural issues; familiarity with community services and communication strategies for people who are hard-of-hearing and do not sign; and awareness of adaptive technology options;
(3) provide specialized employment support services for individuals who have a combined hearing and vision loss that address the individual's unique ongoing visual and auditory communication needs; and
(4) involve clients in the planning, development, oversight, and delivery of long-term ongoing support services.
(b) Priority for funding shall be given to organizations with experience in developing innovative employment support services for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Each applicant for funds under this section shall submit an evaluation protocol as part of the grant application.
Subd. 2.Employment services for transition-aged youth who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing.
(a) The commissioner shall develop statewide or regional grant programs to provide school-based communication, access, and employment services for youth who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Services must include staff who have the skills addressed in subdivision 1, clauses (2) and (3), and expertise in serving transition-aged youth.
(b) Priority for funding shall be given to organizations with experience in providing innovative employment support services and readiness for postsecondary training for transition-aged youths who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Each applicant for funds under this section shall submit an evaluation protocol as part of the grant application.
Up to five percent of the biennial appropriation for the purpose of this section is available to the commissioner for administration of the program.
2014 c 312 art 3 s 14