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245.97 - 2015 Minnesota Statutes
Print 2015 Minnesota StatutesPUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIESChapter 245Section 245.97
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245.97 subd. 5 has been amended by Chapter 189, Article 1, Section 25
2015 Table of Chapters2015 Statutes New, Amended or Repealed2015 Statutes Topics (Index)Chapter 245
Full Chapter TextSection 245.97
2016 Subd. 5 Amended 2016 c 189 art 1 s 25
2014 Subd. 7 Repealed 2014 c 286 art 8 s 40
2008 Subd. 5 Amended 2008 c 219 s 6
2007 Subd. 7 New 2007 c 133 art 2 s 9
1996 Subd. 6 Amended 1996 c 451 art 6 s 5
245.97 OMBUDSMAN COMMITTEE.
The Ombudsman Committee consists of 15 members appointed by the governor to three-year terms. Members shall be appointed on the basis of their knowledge of and interest in the health and human services system subject to the ombudsman's authority. In making the appointments, the governor shall try to ensure that the overall membership of the committee adequately reflects the agencies, facilities, and programs within the ombudsman's authority and that members include consumer representatives, including clients, former clients, and relatives of present or former clients; representatives of advocacy organizations for clients and other individuals served by an agency, facility, or program; human services and health care professionals, including specialists in psychiatry, psychology, internal medicine, and forensic pathology; and other providers of services or treatment to clients.
Members do not receive compensation, but are entitled to receive reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred. The governor shall designate one member of the committee to serve as its chair at the pleasure of the governor.
The committee shall meet at least four times a year at the request of its chair or the ombudsman.
The committee shall advise and assist the ombudsman in selecting matters for attention; developing policies, plans, and programs to carry out the ombudsman's functions and powers; and making reports and recommendations for changes designed to improve standards of competence, efficiency, justice, and protection of rights. The committee shall function as an advisory body.
Subd. 5.Medical Review Subcommittee.
At least five members of the committee, including at least three physicians, one of whom is a psychiatrist, must be designated by the governor to serve as a Medical Review Subcommittee. Terms of service, vacancies, and compensation are governed by subdivision 2. The governor shall designate one of the members to serve as chair of the subcommittee. The Medical Review Subcommittee may have access to private and confidential data collected or created by the ombudsman that are necessary to fulfill the duties of the Medical Review Subcommittee under this section and may:
(1) make a preliminary determination of whether the death of a client that has been brought to its attention is unusual or reasonably appears to have resulted from causes other than natural causes and warrants investigation;
(2) review the causes of and circumstances surrounding the death;
(3) request the county coroner or medical examiner to conduct an autopsy;
(4) assist an agency in its investigations of unusual deaths and deaths from causes other than natural causes; and
(5) submit a report regarding the death of a client to the committee, the ombudsman, the client's next-of-kin, and the facility where the death occurred and, where appropriate, make recommendations to prevent recurrence of similar deaths to the head of each affected agency or facility.
Subd. 6.Terms, compensation, and removal.
The membership terms, compensation, and removal of members of the committee and the filling of membership vacancies are governed by section 15.0575.
[Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 8 s 40]
History: 1987 c 352 s 8; 1988 c 543 s 10; 1988 c 629 s 46; 1993 c 286 s 26; 1996 c 451 art 6 s 5; 2007 c 133 art 2 s 9; 2008 c 219 s 6