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136A.902 SPINAL CORD AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
The commissioner shall appoint a 14-member advisory council consisting of:
(1) one member representing the University of Minnesota Medical School;
(2) one member representing the Mayo Medical School;
(3) one member representing the Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Center;
(4) one member representing Hennepin County Medical Center;
(5) one member who is a neurosurgeon;
(6) one member who has a spinal cord injury;
(7) one member who is a family member of a person with a spinal cord injury;
(8) one member who has a traumatic brain injury;
(9) one member who is a veteran who has a spinal cord injury;
(10) one member who is a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury;
(11) one member who is a family member of a person with a traumatic brain injury;
(12) one member who is a physician specializing in the treatment of spinal cord injury;
(13) one member who is a physician specializing in the treatment of traumatic brain injury; and
(14) one member representing Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.
The advisory council shall be organized and administered under section 15.059, except that subdivision 2 shall not apply. Except as provided in subdivision 4, the commissioner shall appoint council members to two-year terms and appoint one member as chair. The advisory council does not expire.
The commissioner shall appoint the first members of the council by September 1, 2015. The chair shall convene the first meeting by November 1, 2015.
The commissioner shall designate six of the initial council members to serve one-year terms and six to serve two-year terms.
Council members must disclose in a written statement any financial interest in any organization that the council recommends to receive a grant. The written statement must accompany the grant recommendations and must explain the nature of the conflict. The council is not subject to policies developed by the commissioner of administration under section 16B.98.
The advisory council shall:
(1) develop criteria for evaluating and awarding the research grants under section 136A.901;
(2) review research proposals and make recommendations by January 15 of each year to the commissioner for purposes of awarding grants under section 136A.901; and
(3) perform other duties as authorized by the commissioner.
136A.91 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT GRANTS.
(a) The Office of Higher Education must establish a competitive grant program for postsecondary institutions to expand concurrent enrollment opportunities. To the extent that there are qualified applicants, the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education shall distribute grant funds to ensure:
(1) eligible students throughout the state have access to concurrent enrollment programs; and
(2) preference for grants that expand programs is given to programs already at capacity.
(b) The commissioner may award grants under this section to postsecondary institutions for any of the following purposes:
(1) to develop new concurrent enrollment courses under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, that satisfy the elective standard for career and technical education; or
(2) to expand the existing concurrent enrollment programs already offered by the postsecondary institution and support the preparation, recruitment, and success of students who are underrepresented in concurrent enrollment classrooms by:
(i) creating new sections within the same high school; or
(ii) offering the existing course in new high schools.
The commissioner shall develop a grant application process. A grant applicant must:
(1) specify the purpose under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), for which the institution is applying;
(2) specify both program and student outcome goals;
(3) include student feedback in the development of new programs or the expansion of existing programs; and
(4) demonstrate a commitment to equitable access to concurrent enrollment coursework for all eligible high school students.
By December 1 of each year, the office shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education regarding:
(1) the amount of funds granted under each clause of subdivision 1, paragraph (b);
(2) the courses developed by grant recipients and the number of students who enrolled in the courses under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1); and
(3) the programs expanded and the number of students who enrolled in programs under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (2).
136G.13 ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Qualified distributions may be made:
(1) directly to participating eligible educational institutions on behalf of the beneficiary;
(2) directly to the account owner or beneficiary; or
(3) to any other third party as requested by the account owner.
(b) Qualified distributions must be withdrawn proportionally from contributions and earnings in an account owner's account on the date of distribution as provided in section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Matching grant account funds may be used as part or all of a qualified distribution.
An account owner may request a taxable distribution from an account at any time. Taxable distributions are based on the total account balances in an account owner's account and must be withdrawn proportionally from contributions and earnings as provided in section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subdivision, "earnings portion" means the ratio of the earnings in the account to the total account balance, immediately prior to the distribution, multiplied by the distribution.
(a) If an account owner requests a taxable distribution from an account that has a matching grant account, the total account balance of the matching grant account, if any, is reduced.
(b) After the taxable distribution is withdrawn from the account, the account owner forfeits matching grant amounts in the same proportion as the taxable distribution is to the total account balance of the account.
An account owner may request a distribution due to the death or disability of, or scholarship to, or attendance at a United States military academy by, a beneficiary from an account by submitting a completed request to the plan. The plan shall apprise the account owner that the account owner is responsible for obtaining and retaining records and other documentation adequate to substantiate a distribution under this section.
136G.11 MATCHING GRANTS.
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The state retains ownership of all matching grants and earnings on matching grants until a qualified distribution is made to a beneficiary, an account owner, an eligible educational institution, or any other third party as requested by an account owner.
(a) The plan administrator will attempt to locate the account owner or the beneficiary of an inactive account with a matching grant to determine the disposition of the account. No fee will be charged for this service. The matching grants and matching grant earnings in the account must be returned to the office, unless the account owner applies for a deferment or the beneficiary begins attending an eligible educational institution within one year of the date of notification.
(b) The account owner may apply to the plan administrator for a deferment of inactive account time limits. Upon application, the plan administrator shall grant a onetime deferment of two years. In addition, the plan administrator shall grant a deferment for the beneficiary's initial enlistment for active duty in the armed forces of the United States, or for the period of active military duty required as part of the beneficiary's obligation as a member in a reserve military unit of the armed forces of the United States.
(a) Matching grants are forfeited if:
(1) the account owner transfers the total account balance of an account to another account or to another qualified tuition program;
(2) any of the exceptions under section 530(d)(4)(B)(i) to (iv) of the Internal Revenue Code apply to the beneficiary, and the exceptions cover 100 percent of the beneficiary's qualified higher education expenses, unless the account owner requests the matching grant funds be used to make a qualified education loan repayment as defined in section 529(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(3) the account owner changes the beneficiary of the account; or
(4) the account owner closes the account with a taxable distribution.
(b) Matching grants must be proportionally forfeited if:
(1) the account owner transfers a portion of an account to another account or to another qualified tuition program; or
(2) the account owner takes a partial taxable distribution.
(c) If the account owner makes a misrepresentation in a participation agreement or an application for a matching grant that results in a matching grant, the matching grant associated with the misrepresentation is forfeited. The office and the board must instruct the plan administrator as to the amount to be forfeited from the matching grant account. The office and the board must withdraw the matching grant or the proportion of the matching grant that is related to the misrepresentation.
136G.14 MINOR TRUST ACCOUNTS.
(a) This section applies to a plan account in which funds of a minor trust account are invested.
(b) The account owner may not be changed to any person other than a successor custodian or the beneficiary unless a court order directing the change of ownership is provided to the plan administrator. The custodian must sign all forms and requests submitted to the plan administrator in the custodian's representative capacity. The custodian must notify the plan administrator in writing when the beneficiary becomes legally entitled to be the account owner. An account owner under this section may not select a contingent account owner.
(c) The beneficiary of an account under this section may not be changed. If the beneficiary dies, assets in a plan account become the property of the beneficiary's estate. Funds in an account must not be transferred or rolled over to another account owner or to an account for another beneficiary. A taxable distribution from an account, or a distribution that qualifies as an exception under section 530(d)(4)(B)(ii) to (iv) of the Internal Revenue Code, must be used for the benefit of the beneficiary.
(d) Funds in an account for a beneficiary under this section may be rolled over into an ABLE account under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the limits and requirements of section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.
137.02 POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF REGENTS.
[Repealed, 2014 c 149 s 75]
The regents of the university shall have authority to indemnify the officers or the employees of the university against liability arising out of the operation of motor vehicles or other equipment by them while engaged in the performance of their duties as such public officials or employees and to pay out of the public funds the premiums on the indemnity insurance policies insuring such governmental agency against such liability. The regents may defend any such officer or employee, in the name and on behalf of the officer or employee, in any suit brought against the officer or employee to enforce a claim, whether groundless or otherwise, arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle or other equipment in the performance of official duties, and may compromise and settle such claim or suit and pay out of public funds the amount of such settlement or compromise, or the amount of any judgment against such officer or employee based on any such claim without first requiring such officer or employee to settle or pay any such claim. The regents may, in their discretion, pay the premiums of the indemnity insurance policies referred to in this subdivision, insuring such officers or employees against liability for or injury to persons or property, within the limits of this subdivision, and such payment of insurance premiums out of public funds shall in no way impose on the regents any liability.
The Board of Regents may use any money not specifically appropriated for other purposes for acquiring land by purchase or condemnation. In case it is desired to use the fund for the acquisition of land by eminent domain, the power of eminent domain shall be exercised in accordance with chapter 117.
Land must not be purchased and a building must not be purchased, constructed, or erected on land of the University of Minnesota until the regents have first consulted with the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and obtained their advisory recommendations.
All nonacademic employees of the University of Minnesota shall be paid salaries comparable to salaries paid to state employees in the classified civil service.
137.021 ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL MONEY.
The regents of the University of Minnesota are hereby designated the state agency empowered to accept any and all moneys provided for or made available to this state by the United States of America or any department or agency thereof for the construction and equipping of any building for university or college purposes in accordance with the provisions of federal law and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder and are further authorized to do any and all things required of this state by such federal law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in order to obtain such federal money.
137.0225 UNIVERSITY PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP.
The Board of Regents may establish a scholarship to help offset the impact of rising tuition for Minnesota students. To be eligible for a scholarship under this section, a student must be a Minnesota resident undergraduate from a family with an annual adjusted gross income not to exceed $100,000.
137.0226 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING PROGRAM.
As a condition of a license for an arena or stadium location under section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, paragraph (a), clause (3), the University of Minnesota shall deposit at least 75 percent of the net revenue generated through the existence of this license for scholarships under section 137.0225 for Minnesota resident men and women attending the University of Minnesota.
137.024 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS REPRESENTED ON BOARD OF REGENTS.
At least one member of the Board of Regents of the university shall be a resident of each congressional district.
137.023 UNIVERSITY STUDENT ON BOARD OF REGENTS.
In electing members of the Board of Regents pursuant to article 13, section 3, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, and Territorial Laws 1851, chapter 3, section 5, one member of the Board of Regents of the university shall be a person who at the time of election to the board is a student who is enrolled in a degree program at the university. This person shall represent the state at large. Upon expiration of the term or in the event of a vacancy in the office, one position shall be filled by a person having the same qualifications.
137.0246 REGENT NOMINATION AND ELECTION.
[Repealed by amendment, 2007 c 144 art 2 s 46]
(a) The joint legislative committee consists of the members of the higher education budget and policy divisions in each house of the legislature. The chairs of the divisions from each body shall be cochairs of the joint legislative committee. A majority of the members from each house is a quorum of the joint committee.
(b) By February 28 of each odd-numbered year, or at a date agreed to by concurrent resolution, the joint legislative committee shall meet to consider the advisory council's recommendations for regent of the University of Minnesota for possible presentation to a joint convention of the legislature.
(c) The joint committee may recommend to the joint convention candidates recommended by the advisory council and the other candidates nominated by the joint committee. A candidate other than those recommended by the advisory council may be nominated for consideration by the joint committee only if the nomination receives the support of at least three house of representatives members of the committee and two senate members of the committee. A candidate must receive a majority vote of members from the house of representatives and from the senate on the joint committee to be recommended to the joint convention. The joint committee may recommend no more than one candidate for each vacancy. In recommending nominees, the joint committee must consider the needs of the board of regents and the balance of the board membership with respect to gender, racial, and ethnic composition.
137.0252 APPROPRIATION; CONTRACT BUYOUT.
No appropriation from the state of Minnesota to the governing board of the University of Minnesota shall be used directly or indirectly for costs related to the early termination of a contract of a coach who reports to the director of athletics.
137.025 APPROPRIATIONS; PAYMENT; INVESTMENT.
The commissioner of management and budget shall pay 1/12 of the annual appropriation to the University of Minnesota by the 25th day of each month. If the 25th day of the month falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the monthly payment must be made by the first business day immediately following the 25th day of the month.
The commissioner of management and budget shall pay no money to the University of Minnesota pursuant to a direct appropriation for buildings until all balances separately invested, including cash, and those in the temporary investment pool attributable to all state building funds shall be reduced below $5,000,000, or any other amount specified in the act making the appropriation. Payment shall then be made upon certification of the amounts needed for construction payments, but so as not to increase the building balances in cash, separately invested, or in the temporary investment pool, to a total above the indicated level.
(a) The commissioner of management and budget shall pay no money to the University of Minnesota pursuant to a direct appropriation from the Minnesota environment and natural resources trust fund until the University of Minnesota requests reimbursement for expenditures related to the direct appropriation. The reimbursement request shall specify expenditures by appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget shall reimburse the University of Minnesota by the 25th day of the month following the reimbursement request. If the 25th day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the payment must be made by the first business day immediately following the 25th day of the month.
(b) For each year the appropriation is available, the University of Minnesota must submit an encumbrance request to the commissioner of management and budget by July 31 for the prior fiscal year. The encumbrance request shall identify the amount the university anticipates it will request for reimbursement for expenses in the prior fiscal year by appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget shall maintain this amount as an encumbrance at the state level until the university submits its final reimbursement request for that fiscal year.
(c) Final requests for reimbursement must be made within 90 days from the last day the appropriation is available to reimburse expenditures.
Money not paid to the university by reason of the foregoing requirements shall be invested by the state in those securities authorized by section 11A.25 until paid to the university. Income from investments shall be credited to the general fund in the state treasury.
137.0251 BUDGETARY INFORMATION.
The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall make available to the commissioner of management and budget all books, accounts, documents, and property that the commissioner desires to inspect.
137.027 APPROPRIATION; FRINGE BENEFITS.
(a) Direct appropriations to the University of Minnesota include money to pay the employer's share of Social Security, state retirement, and health insurance. Money provided for these purposes shall be expended only for these purposes and any amounts in excess of the employer's share shall be returned to the state treasury.
(b) Unless otherwise explicitly provided for in law, direct appropriations to the University of Minnesota do not include, and may not be used to pay, any mandatory or discretionary bonus or other performance-based incentive payment provided for in an employment contract with the president or vice-presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice-provosts, deans, or directors of individual programs.
137.028 BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
Beginning in 2013, as part of the biennial budget request submitted to the Department of Management and Budget and the legislature, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is encouraged to include a request for funding for rural primary care training by family practice residence programs to prepare doctors for the practice of primary care medicine in rural areas of the state. The funding request should provide for ongoing support of rural primary care training through the University of Minnesota's general operation and maintenance funding or through dedicated health science funding.
137.04 LIBRARY TO GET COPIES OF STATE PUBLICATIONS.
The general library of the University of Minnesota is a depository of all books, pamphlets, maps, and other works published by or under the authority of the state of Minnesota.
137.09 BOARD OF REGENTS NOT TO EXCEED APPROPRIATIONS; PENALTY.
It shall be unlawful for the Board of Regents to permit any expenditures for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated or contemplated by law and any member or agent of the board violating this provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
137.095 EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF APPROPRIATION.
Prior to the introduction of a bill proposing to appropriate money to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to benefit the University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges, the proponents of the bill are requested to submit a written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education and health and human services policy and finance setting out the information described in subdivision 2. The University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges are medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.
(a) The report requested under this section must include the following information as specifically as possible:
(1) the dollar amount requested;
(2) how the requested dollar amount was calculated;
(3) the necessity for the appropriation's purpose to be funded by public funds;
(4) University of Minnesota budgeting considerations and decisions impacting the necessity analysis required by clause (3);
(5) all goals, outcomes, and purposes of the appropriation;
(6) performance measures as defined by the University of Minnesota that the University of Minnesota will utilize to ensure the funds are dedicated to the successful achievement of the identified goals, outcomes, and purposes; and
(7) the extent to which the appropriation advances recruitment from, and training for and retention of, health professionals from and in greater Minnesota and from underserved communities in metropolitan areas.
(b) This subdivision only applies when the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota approves a legislative funding request for the University of Minnesota's health sciences schools and colleges.
A report submitted under this section must include, in addition to the information listed in subdivision 2, a certification, by the University of Minnesota Vice President and Budget Director, that:
(1) the appropriation will not be used to cover academic health clinical revenue deficits;
(2) the goals, outcomes, and purposes of the appropriation are aligned with state goals for population health improvement; and
(3) the appropriation is aligned with the University of Minnesota's strategic plan for its health sciences schools and colleges, including but not limited to shared goals and strategies for the health professional schools.
The chair of a standing committee in either house of the legislature may request and obtain the reports submitted pursuant to this section from the chair of a legislative committee with jurisdiction over higher education or health and human services policy and finance.
137.10 REFUND OF TUITION TO STUDENTS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Any student who, being a resident of the state, has enrolled to pursue any course in the University of Minnesota and paid tuition for the course, and who, prior to the termination of the school year for which the tuition was paid, enlisted or has been inducted into the military services of the United States, either voluntarily or pursuant to the present selective service law, is entitled to the refund of all tuition paid for which credit cannot properly be given.
The administrative officers of the University of Minnesota shall refund to the students any tuition so paid. Any student making application for refund of any paid tuition shall furnish to the administrative officers of the University of Minnesota a certificate from the proper officers reciting the fact of the enlistment or the induction of the student into the military service of the United States.
137.105 UNDERGRADUATE TUITION GUARANTEE PLAN.
The Board of Regents is encouraged to offer students a guaranteed tuition plan that can provide students a tuition option designed to meet the goals in this section. A Minnesota resident student who first enrolls in a degree program at the University of Minnesota beginning in the spring of 2012 or later may be offered guaranteed stable tuition for up to four consecutive academic years. Under the guaranteed plan, for an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, the tuition charged to the student for each semester of enrollment during a four-year period, beginning with the first semester of enrollment, must not exceed the amount of tuition that the student was charged for the first semester of enrollment. For a student who continues to be enrolled after four consecutive academic years, the tuition rate for each semester in excess of four years is equal to the tuition rate paid by new enrollees at the University of Minnesota. Time limits for the stable tuition plan under this section do not apply to a student in the military while the student is on active military duty.
137.12 PEACE OFFICERS; APPOINTMENT; POWER OF ARREST.
The regents of the University of Minnesota are hereby authorized to appoint, employ and fix the compensation to be paid out of funds of the regents of the University of Minnesota, persons as peace officers who shall have and may exercise throughout the state of Minnesota the same powers of arrest possessed by a sheriff, police officer, or peace officer, but said powers of arrest shall only be exercised in connection with investigations authorized to be made by the regents of the University of Minnesota, which investigations shall relate to university personnel or property.
137.16 MORRIS BRANCH.
The University of Minnesota, Morris branch, situated in whole or in part on the lands described in Laws 1909, chapter 184, shall admit Indian pupils qualified for admission at all times free of charge for tuition and on terms of equality with white pupils.
Subdivision 1 is a substitute for the provisions of Laws 1909, chapter 184, section 2, which reads: The said lands and buildings described in section 1 hereof shall be held and maintained by the state of Minnesota as an agricultural school, and Indian pupils shall at all times be admitted to said school free of charge for tuition and on terms of equality with white pupils.
137.17 ROCHESTER BRANCH.
The Board of Regents may establish a branch campus of the University of Minnesota in Rochester, to serve the educational needs of and to foster the economic goals of the region and the state. The University of Minnesota should expand higher education offerings in Rochester that it is uniquely qualified to provide. To the extent possible, the Board of Regents should provide its offerings in partnership with higher education institutions that already serve Rochester and the southeastern region of Minnesota, and should avoid unnecessary duplicative offerings of courses and programs, particularly in nursing and allied health programs.
[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 8 s 10]
The legislature intends that the mission of the expanded education offerings in Rochester be congruent with the university's unique core mission of teaching, research, and outreach in order to support the educational needs and economic development of this region and the state. The legislature recognizes that the distinctiveness of each of the higher education institutions in Rochester must be maintained to achieve success in serving the higher education needs of the community and the economic goals of the state.
[Repealed, 2006 c 282 art 8 s 10]
137.22 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965; RECEIPTS.
In order to enable the state to match the cost of any program under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, any receipts accruing to any state department or agency by reason of service performed for the University of Minnesota in connection with the program shall be deposited in the state treasury. The receipts are appropriated to the department or agency making the deposit, to be used as part of the state's 25 percent share of the cost of the programs. The balance of the state's share of the cost of the programs is payable by the participating departments or agencies from any moneys appropriated for salaries, supplies and expenses.
137.32 MINNESOTA COUPLES ON THE BRINK PROJECT.
Within the limits of available appropriations, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to develop and implement a Minnesota couples on the brink project, as provided for in this section. The regents may administer the project with federal grants, state appropriations, and in-kind services received for this purpose.
The purpose of the project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate best practices for promoting successful reconciliation between married persons who are considering or have commenced a marriage dissolution proceeding and who choose to pursue reconciliation.
The regents shall:
(1) enter into contracts or manage a grant process for implementation of the project; and
(2) develop and implement an evaluation component for the project.
137.31 PROCUREMENT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES.
Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the regents of the University of Minnesota shall designate and set aside for awarding to small businesses approximately 20 percent of the value of procurement contracts which are to be awarded during that fiscal year and which are to be paid in total or in part from funds appropriated to the university by the legislature. The regents shall designate specific procurement contracts to be set aside, or may authorize the university administration to divide the amount set aside into procurement contracts of economically feasible size, in order to facilitate offers or bids from small businesses. In making the annual designation, the regents shall attempt to vary the procurement contracts included in the set-aside program so that a variety of goods and services produced by different small businesses can be included in the university set-aside program over a period of years. For the purposes of this section, (a) "procurement contract" means any agreement, written or oral, by which the university obtains needed goods or services, including the construction of capital improvements; and (b) "small business" has the meaning given that term by state law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent small businesses from seeking awards of procurement contracts not included in the set-aside program.
The regents shall establish procurement rules to govern the university set aside program. The rules shall include guidelines and procedures for negotiating price or securing bids, reasonable limitations on the amount by which a contract price under the set-aside program may exceed the estimated cost of obtaining comparable goods or services on the open market, uniform procedures for providing security for performance under procurement contracts, criteria for evaluating the financial and technical capabilities of participating small businesses, and any other matter deemed necessary or desirable for the proper operation of the university small business set-aside program.
[Repealed, 1989 c 352 s 25]
[Repealed, 1990 c 541 s 31]
If a procurement contract designated for the set-aside program cannot be awarded to a small business under the conditions prescribed in subdivisions 1 and 2, the award shall be placed in accordance with the regular procurement policies of the university. In this event, the university shall designate as a replacement a procurement contract of comparable value to be included in the university set-aside program during that fiscal year if practicable.
The regents and the administration of the University of Minnesota shall publicize the provisions of the university small business set-aside program, attempt to locate small businesses able to perform set aside procurement contracts, and encourage participation by small businesses in the University of Minnesota small business set-aside program.
[Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22]
137.341 FARM SAFETY SPECIALIST POSITION.
The Minnesota legislature finds that because the Extension Service has unique opportunities for delivering health and safety messages to farm families, the Extension Service is urged to retain and, to the extent practicable, keep filled at all times, the staff position of farm safety specialist.
137.34 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
The Minnesota Extension Service is instructed to develop and implement an ongoing program for rural health and safety.
[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
The rural health and safety program in the Minnesota Extension Service has the following ongoing responsibilities:
(1) to develop programs and materials related to farm accident prevention;
(2) to develop and implement educational programs that will enable rural residents to understand and comply with safety standards and good health practices;
(3) to maintain cooperation and effective working relationships with health and safety agencies and organizations in Minnesota, other states, and the United States government; and
(4) to seek and efficiently utilize grant money made available for programs relating to rural and farm safety.
Money for support of the rural health and safety program in the Minnesota Extension Service may be accepted from the following sources:
(1) legislative appropriations from the general fund;
(2) funds from other sources within the University of Minnesota and the Extension Service to the extent not precluded by other law; and
(3) gifts or grants from individuals, organizations, governmental units, foundations, corporations, or other sources except that no restrictions may be placed by the giver with respect to the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the program.
137.342 RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
There is created within the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and under its direction an interagency, interdisciplinary research center for agricultural health and safety. The center shall coordinate funding for, and the findings of, research projects designed to reduce injury and death from farm accidents, reduce long-term exposure to potentially hazardous agricultural agents, and make health care services more available to persons who suffer from health problems related to agriculture.
[Repealed, 2001 c 161 s 58]
137.35 TARGETED BUSINESSES.
(a) The regents may award up to a six percent preference in the amount bid for specified goods and services to small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16, subdivision 5.
(b) The regents may designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16, subdivision 5, if the regents determine that at least three small targeted group businesses are likely to bid.
(c) The regents, as a condition of awarding a construction contract or approving a contract for consultant, professional, or technical services, may set goals that require the prime contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to small targeted group businesses. The regents must establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not reasonably available. The regents may establish financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of subcontractors and financial penalties for prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The subcontracting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses. At least 75 percent of the value of the subcontracts awarded to small targeted group businesses under this paragraph must be performed by the business to which the subcontract is awarded or by another small targeted group business.
(d) The regents may award up to a four percent preference in the amount bid on university procurement to small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged area as defined in section 16C.16, subdivision 7.
(e) The regents may delegate responsibility under this section to university employees.
The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for participation in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section.
The regents are encouraged to purchase from small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16 when making purchases that are not subject to competitive bidding procedures.
[Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22]
137.36 PROMPT PAYMENT TO SUBCONTRACTORS.
Each university contract must require the prime contractor to pay any subcontractor within ten days of the prime contractor's receipt of payment from the university for undisputed services provided by the subcontractor. The contract must require the prime contractor to pay interest of 1-1/2 percent per month or any part of a month to the subcontractor on any undisputed amount not paid on time to the subcontractor. The minimum monthly interest penalty payment for an unpaid balance of $100 or more is $10. For an unpaid balance of less than $100, the prime contractor shall pay the actual penalty due to the subcontractor. A subcontractor who prevails in a civil action to collect interest penalties from a prime contractor must be awarded its costs and disbursements, including attorney fees, incurred in bringing the action.
137.37 OFF-CAMPUS SITES AND CENTERS.
The Board of Regents and the university campuses are requested to not establish any off-campus centers or other permanent sites located off university campuses to provide academic programs, courses, or student services without authorizing legislation. This section does not apply to sites set up specifically for the delivery of courses and programs through telecommunications.
137.375 DISABLED VETERANS; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM.
(a) For purposes of this section, "disabled veteran" means a veteran as defined in section 197.447 who is certified as disabled. "Certified as disabled" means certified in writing by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the state commissioner of veterans affairs as having a permanent service-connected disability.
(b) The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is requested to provide a disabled veteran unlimited access to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum located in the city of Chaska free of charge. The disabled veteran must provide a veteran photo identification card with the term "service-connected" on the identification card, verifying that the disabled veteran has a service-connected disability.
137.38 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 70 art 5 s 16]
For purposes of sections 137.38 to 137.40, "primary care" means a type of medical care delivery that assumes ongoing responsibility for the patient in both health maintenance and illness treatment. It is personal care involving a unique interaction and communication between the patient and the physician. It is comprehensive in scope, and includes all the overall coordination of the care of the patient's health care problems including biological, behavioral, and social problems. The appropriate use of consultants and community resources is an important aspect of effective primary care. Primary care physicians include family practitioners, general pediatricians, and general internists.
The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, through the University of Minnesota Medical School, is requested to implement the initiatives required by sections 137.38 to 137.40 in order to increase the number of graduates of residency programs of the medical school who practice primary care by 20 percent over an eight-year period. The initiatives must be designed to encourage newly graduated primary care physicians to establish practices in areas of rural and urban Minnesota that are medically underserved.
The Board of Regents is requested to seek grants from private foundations and other nonstate sources, including community provider organizations, for the medical school initiatives outlined in sections 137.38 to 137.40.
[Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22; 1995 c 263 s 16]
137.44 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET PLAN.
The Board of Regents is requested to adopt a biennial budget plan for making expenditures from the funds dedicated for the instructional costs of health professional programs at publicly funded academic health centers and affiliated teaching institutions. The budget plan may be submitted as part of the University of Minnesota's biennial budget request.
137.42 GRANTS FOR AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAMS.
The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, through the Academic Health Center and the University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine, is requested to apply for a federal Area Health Education Center Program grant. If awarded a grant, the University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine, in cooperation with public or private, nonprofit area health education centers, is requested to plan, develop, and operate area health education center programs. The University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine is requested to develop cooperative arrangements with two area health education centers in year two of the grant, and develop cooperative arrangements with an additional two centers in year three of the grant.
Each program must:
(1) provide preceptorship educational experiences for health science students;
(2) maintain community-based primary care residency programs or be affiliated with such programs;
(3) maintain continuing education programs for health professionals or coordinate its activities with such programs;
(4) maintain learning resources and dissemination systems;
(5) have agreements with community-based organizations for educating and training health professionals;
(6) train health professionals, including nurses and allied health professionals; and
(7) carry out recruitment and health career awareness programs among minority and other students in medically underserved areas of the state.
137.40 RESIDENCY AND OTHER INITIATIVES.
The University of Minnesota Medical School is requested to increase the opportunities for general medicine, pediatrics, and family practice residents to serve rotations in primary care settings. These settings must include community clinics, health maintenance organizations, and practices in rural communities.
The medical school is requested to establish a rural residency training program in family practice. The program shall provide an initial year of training in a metropolitan-based hospital and family practice clinic. The second and third years of the residency program shall be based in rural communities, utilizing local clinics and community hospitals, with specialty rotations in nearby regional medical centers.
The medical school is requested to develop continuing medical education programs for primary care physicians that are comprehensive, community-based, accessible to primary care physicians in all areas of the state, and which enhance primary care skills.
137.39 MEDICAL SCHOOL INITIATIVES.
The University of Minnesota Medical School is requested to study the demographic characteristics of students that are associated with a primary care career choice. The medical school is requested to modify the selection process for medical students based on the results of this study, in order to increase the number of medical school graduates choosing careers in primary care.
The medical school is requested to ensure that its curriculum provides students with early exposure to primary care physicians and primary care practice, and to address other primary care curriculum issues such as public health, preventive medicine, and health care delivery. The medical school is requested to also support premedical school educational initiatives that provide students with greater exposure to primary care physicians and practices.
The medical school is requested to develop a program to provide students with clinical experiences in primary care settings in internal medicine and pediatrics. The program must provide training experiences in medical clinics in rural Minnesota communities, as well as in community clinics and health maintenance organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
137.43 SUBSTITUTE PHYSICIAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
The Board of Regents, through the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, is requested to establish and administer a substitute physician (locum tenens and emergency room coverage) demonstration project at up to four rural demonstration sites within the state. The Academic Health Center is requested to coordinate the administration of the project with the commissioner of health and the Office of Rural Health and Primary Health Care.
The project must:
(1) encourage physicians to serve as substitute physicians for the demonstration sites;
(2) provide a central register of physicians interested in serving as substitute physicians at the demonstration sites;
(3) provide a referral service for requests from demonstration sites for substitute physicians; and
(4) provide substitute physician services at rates that reflect the administrative savings resulting from centralized referral and credentialing.
The Academic Health Center is requested to credential persons desiring to serve as substitute physicians. The Academic Health Center may employ substitute physicians serving in the demonstration project as temporary clinical faculty and may provide substitute physicians with additional opportunities for professional education and interaction.
The Academic Health Center is requested to designate up to four rural communities as demonstration sites for the project. The Academic Health Center is requested to choose sites based on a community's need for substitute physician services and the willingness of the community to work cooperatively with the Academic Health Center and participate in the demonstration project evaluation.