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MN Stat § 260E.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260E — Reporting Of Maltreatment Of Minors|Section 260E.34 — Immunity.

260E.34 IMMUNITY. (a) The following persons are immune from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise might result from the person's actions if the person is acting in good faith: (1) a person making a voluntary or mandated report under this chapter or assisting in an assessment under this chapter; (2) a person with responsibility for performing duties under this section or supervisor employed by a local welfare agency, the commissioner of an agency responsible for operating or supervising a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to be licensed or certified under sections 144.50 to 144.58; 241.021; 245A.01 to 245A.16; or chapter 245B or 245H; or a school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and chapter 124E; or a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a, complying with sections 260E.23, subdivisions 2 and 3, and 260E.30; and (3) a public or private school, facility as defined in section 260E.03, or the employee of any public or private school or facility who permits access by a local welfare agency, the Department of Education, or a local law enforcement agency and assists in an investigation or assessment pursuant to this chapter. (b) A person who is a supervisor or person with responsibility for performing duties under this chapter employed by a local welfare agency, the commissioner of human services, or the commissioner of education complying with this chapter or any related rule or provision of law is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from the person's actions if the person is (1) acting in good faith and exercising due care, or (2) acting in good faith and following the information collection procedures established under section 260E.20, subdivision 3. (c) Any physician or other medical personnel administering a toxicology test under section 260E.32 to determine the presence of a controlled substance in a pregnant woman, in a woman within eight hours after delivery, or in a child at birth or during the first month of life is immune from civil or criminal liability arising from administration of the test if the physician ordering the test believes in good faith that the test is required under this section and the test is administered in accordance with an established protocol and reasonable medical practice. (d) This section does not provide immunity to any person for failure to make a required report or for committing maltreatment. (e) If a person who makes a voluntary or mandatory report under section 260E.06 prevails in a civil action from which the person has been granted immunity under this section, the court may award the person attorney fees and costs. History:   1Sp2020 c 2 art 7 s 34
MN Stat § 260E.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260E — Reporting Of Maltreatment Of Minors|Section 260E.37 — Child Protection Workers; Training.

260E.37 CHILD PROTECTION WORKERS; TRAINING. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given unless the specific context indicates otherwise. (b) "Advanced training" means training provided to a local child protection worker after the person has performed an initial six months of employment as a child protection worker. (c) "Child protection agency" means an agency authorized to receive reports, conduct assessments and investigations, and make determinations pursuant to this chapter. (d) "Child protection services" means the receipt and assessment of reports of maltreatment and the provision of services to families and children when maltreatment has occurred or when there is risk of maltreatment. These services include: (1) the assessment of risk to a child alleged to have been maltreated; (2) interviews of any person alleged to have maltreated a child and the child or children involved in the report, and interviews with persons having facts or knowledge necessary to assess the level of risk to a child and the need for protective intervention; (3) the gathering of written or evidentiary materials; (4) the recording of case findings and determinations; and (5) other actions required by this chapter, administrative rule, or agency policy. (e) "Competency-based training" means a course of instruction that provides both information and skills practice which is based upon clearly stated and measurable instructional objectives and which requires demonstration of the achievement of a particular standard of skills and knowledge for satisfactory completion. (f) "Foundation training" means training provided to a local child protection worker after the person has begun to perform child protection duties but before the expiration of six months of employment as a child protection worker. This foundation training must occur during the performance of job duties and must include an evaluation of the employee's application of skills and knowledge. Subd. 2. Training program; development. The commissioner of human services shall develop a program of competency-based foundation and advanced training for child protection workers if funds are appropriated to the commissioner for this purpose. History:   1Sp2020 c 2 art 7 s 37
MN Stat § 260E.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 260E — Reporting Of Maltreatment Of Minors|Section 260E.38 — Audit.

260E.38 AUDIT. Subdivision 1. Audit required. The commissioner shall regularly audit for accuracy the data reported by counties on maltreatment of children. Subd. 2. Audit procedure. The commissioner shall develop a plan to perform quality assurance reviews of local welfare agency screening practices and decisions. The commissioner shall provide oversight and guidance to counties to ensure consistent application of screening guidelines, thorough and appropriate screening decisions, and correct documentation and maintenance of reports. Subd. 3. Report required. The commissioner shall produce an annual report of the summary results of the reviews. The report must only contain aggregate data and may not include any data that could be used to personally identify any subject whose data is included in the report. The report is public information and must be provided to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over child protection issues. History:   1Sp2020 c 2 art 7 s 38
MN Stat § 261.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.001 — Abolition Of Town System Of Poor Relief.

261.001 ABOLITION OF TOWN SYSTEM OF POOR RELIEF. Subdivision 1. Abolition. The town system for caring for the poor is hereby abolished; hereafter, the local social services agency of each county shall administer poor relief. Subd. 2. Local social services agencies takeover. All local social services agencies affected by Laws 1973, chapter 380, are hereby authorized to take over for the county as of January 1, 1974, the ownership of all case records relating to the administration of poor relief in the several municipalities and towns in the county. History:  1973 c 380 s 1; 1994 c 631 s 31
MN Stat § 261.003 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.003 — Eligibility Standards, Rules.

261.003 ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS, RULES. The commissioner of human services shall promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 14, prescribing minimum standards of eligibility and payment for poor relief, which shall recognize cost of living differences in the various counties of the state. History:  1973 c 380 s 4; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 261.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.035 — Cremation, Burial, And Funerals At Expense Of County.

261.035 CREMATION, BURIAL, AND FUNERALS AT EXPENSE OF COUNTY. When a person dies in any county without apparent means to provide for that person's funeral or final disposition, the county board shall first investigate to determine whether that person had contracted for any prepaid funeral arrangements. If prepaid arrangements have been made, the county shall authorize arrangements to be implemented in accord with the instructions of the deceased. If it is determined that the person did not leave sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a funeral and final disposition, nor any spouse of sufficient ability to procure the burial, the county board shall pay for cremation of the person's remains and the person's burial or interment if the spouse or next of kin does not want to take possession of the ashes. If it is determined that cremation is not in accordance with the decedent's personal preferences or the known practices of the decedent's faith tradition or the personal preferences of the decedent's spouse or the decedent's next of kin, the county board shall provide for a burial and funeral. Any burial, funeral, and final disposition provided at the expense of the county shall be in accordance with personal preferences or known practices of the decedent's faith tradition or the personal preferences of the decedent's spouse or the decedent's next of kin. If neither the wishes of the decedent nor the practices of the decedent's faith tradition are known, and the county has no information about the existence of or location of any next of kin, the county may provide for cremation of the person's remains and burial or interment. History:  (3176) RL s 1503; 1984 c 534 s 28; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292 art 3 s 32; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 50; 2009 c 174 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 261.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.04 — Liability Of Estate.

261.04 LIABILITY OF ESTATE. Subdivision 1. Support, maintenance, care, or burial. When any person is furnished or provided with support, maintenance, care, including care at the University of Minnesota hospitals, or burial as a poor person the county so furnishing such aid shall have a claim therefor against the person or the person's estate for the reasonable value thereof, which claim may be presented and prosecuted by such county at its option upon discovery of any property belonging to the poor person or to the estate. Subd. 2. Claims filed in district court. Such claims, when against the estate of a deceased person, shall be filed in district court and acted upon as in the case of other claims. History:  (3159-1, 3159-2) 1925 c 60 s 1,2; 1969 c 247 s 1; 1973 c 380 s 8; 1973 c 650 art 21 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
MN Stat § 261.062 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.062 — Tax For Support Of Poor.

261.062 TAX FOR SUPPORT OF POOR. The county board may levy a tax annually sufficient to defray the estimated expenses of supporting and relieving the poor therein during the succeeding year, and to make up any deficiency in the fund raised for that purpose during the preceding year. History:  (3177) RL s 1504; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 60; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
MN Stat § 261.063 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.063 — Tax Levy For Social Services; Board Duty; Penalty.

261.063 TAX LEVY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES; BOARD DUTY; PENALTY. (a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall annually levy taxes and fix a rate sufficient to produce the full amount required for poor relief, general assistance, Minnesota family investment program, diversionary work program, county share of county and state supplemental aid to Supplemental Security Income applicants or recipients, and any other Social Security measures wherein there is now or may hereafter be county participation, sufficient to produce the full amount necessary for each such item, including administrative expenses, for the ensuing year, within the time fixed by law in addition to all other tax levies and tax rates, however fixed or determined, and any commissioner who shall fail to comply herewith shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be immediately removed from office by the governor. For the purposes of this paragraph, "poor relief" means county services provided under sections 261.035 and 261.21 to 261.231. (b) Nothing within the provisions of this section shall be construed as requiring a county agency to provide income support or cash assistance to needy persons when they are no longer eligible for assistance under general assistance, chapter 256J, or Minnesota supplemental aid. History:  (3177-1) 1937 c 304 s 1; 1973 c 380 s 9; 1973 c 650 art 21 s 24; 1973 c 717 s 23; 1974 c 487 s 9; 1999 c 159 s 116; 2002 c 375 art 3 s 10; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 103
MN Stat § 261.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.21 — Hospitalization For Indigent Persons.

261.21 HOSPITALIZATION FOR INDIGENT PERSONS. Subdivision 1. In county or elsewhere. The county board of any county in this state is hereby authorized to provide for the hospitalization in hospitals within the county or elsewhere of indigent residents of such county who are afflicted with a malady, injury, deformity, or ailment of a nature which can probably be remedied by hospitalization and who are unable financially to secure and pay for such hospitalization or, in the case of an unemancipated minor, whose parent, guardian, trustee, or other person having lawful custody of the minor, as the case may be, is unable to secure or provide such hospitalization. Subd. 2. Free choice of hospital. An indigent person eligible to receive care under this section shall have free choice in the selection of a hospital for the delivery of medical care. History:  (3164-19) 1935 c 359 s 1; 1941 c 473 s 1; 1971 c 257 s 1; 1975 c 437 art 2 s 9; 1976 c 186 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 261.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.23 — Costs Of Hospitalization.

261.23 COSTS OF HOSPITALIZATION. The costs of hospitalization of such indigent persons exclusive of medical and surgical care and treatment shall not exceed in amount the full rates fixed and charged by the Minnesota general hospital for the hospitalization of such indigent patients. For indigent persons hospitalized pursuant to sections 261.21 to 261.232, the state shall pay 90 percent of the cost allowable under the medical assistance program and ten percent of the allowable cost of hospitalization shall be paid by the county of the residence of the indigent persons at the times provided for in the contract; and in case of an injury or emergency requiring immediate surgical or medical treatment, for a period not to exceed 72 hours, 90 percent of the cost allowable under the medical assistance program shall be paid by the state and ten percent of the cost shall be paid by the county from which the patient, if indigent, is certified. State payments for services rendered pursuant to this section shall be ratably reduced to the same extent and during the same time period as payments are reduced under medical assistance. If the county of residence of the patient is not the county in which the patient has legal settlement for the purposes of poor relief, then the county of residence may seek reimbursement from the county in which the patient has settlement for the purposes of poor relief for all costs it has necessarily incurred and paid in connection with the hospitalization of said patient. History:  (3164-21) 1935 c 359 s 3; 1941 c 473 s 3; 1943 c 31 s 5; 1975 c 437 art 2 s 11; 1983 c 312 art 5 s 36; 2015 c 69 art 2 s 45; 2016 c 158 art 2 s 115
MN Stat § 261.231 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.231 — County Board May Delegate Certain Powers.

261.231 COUNTY BOARD MAY DELEGATE CERTAIN POWERS. The county board of any county in this state is hereby authorized to delegate to the local social services agency of such county all the rights, powers, and duties conferred upon it by Laws 1941, chapter 473, with reference to the hospitalization of indigent persons. History:  1943 c 31 s 7; 1994 c 631 s 31
MN Stat § 261.232 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.232 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Human Services.

261.232 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES. The commissioner of human services shall promulgate rules to establish administrative and fiscal procedures for payment of the state share of the costs incurred by the counties under sections 261.21 to 261.231. The rules may include: (a) procedures by which state liability for the costs of hospitalization of indigent persons may be deducted from county liability to the state under any other public assistance program authorized by law; (b) procedures for processing claims of counties for reimbursement by the state for expenditures made by the counties for the hospitalization of indigent persons; and (c) standards for eligibility and utilization of medical care. History:  1975 c 437 art 2 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 261.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.25 — Uniform Transfer Of Dependents Act.

261.25 UNIFORM TRANSFER OF DEPENDENTS ACT. Subject to the approval of the attorney general, as to form and legality, the commissioner of human services may enter into reciprocal agreements with agencies of other states regarding the interstate transportation of poor and indigent persons, and may arrange with the proper officials in this state for the acceptance, transfer, and support within this state of persons receiving public aid in other states in accordance with the terms of these agreements, provided that this state shall not, nor shall any county or other political subdivision of this state, be committed to the support of persons who are not in the opinion of the commissioner of human services entitled to public support by the laws of this state; provided further that determination of legal settlement in a county or other political subdivision of this state shall be made before authorization is granted for the return of an indigent person to this state. History:  1955 c 250 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
MN Stat § 261.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 261 — County And Local Social Services, Generally|Section 261.28 — Subsidy For Abortions Prohibited.

261.28 SUBSIDY FOR ABORTIONS PROHIBITED. No funds of this state or any subdivision thereof administered under this chapter shall be authorized for or in connection with any abortion that is not eligible for funding pursuant to sections 256B.02, subdivision 8, and 256B.0625. History: 1978 c 508 s 4; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268 NOTE: This section was found unconstitutional with regard to public funding for medical services related to therapeutic abortions. Women of State of Minn. by Doe v. Gomez, 542 N.W.2d 17 (Minn. 1995).
MN Stat § 268.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.001 — Citation; Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law.

268.001 CITATION; MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW. This chapter will be known and may be cited as the "Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law." History:  1987 c 385 s 47; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 38; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 2
MN Stat § 268.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.03 — Public Purpose Of The Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program.

268.03 PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Statement. The public purpose of this chapter is: Economic insecurity because of involuntary unemployment of workers in Minnesota is a subject of general concern that requires appropriate action by the legislature. The public good is promoted by providing workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own a temporary partial wage replacement to assist the unemployed worker to become reemployed. This program is the "Minnesota unemployment insurance program." Subd. 2.  MS 2006 [Renumbered 268.031] History:  (4337-21) Ex1936 c 2 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 105; 1998 c 265 s 3; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 1; 2001 c 175 s 2,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 1; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 3,4; 2008 c 300 s 51
MN Stat § 268.031 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.031 — Standard Of Proof; Statutory Interpretation And Application.

268.031 STANDARD OF PROOF; STATUTORY INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION. Subdivision 1. Standard of proof. All issues under the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are determined by a preponderance of the evidence. Subd. 2. Statutory application. This chapter is remedial in nature and must be applied in favor of awarding unemployment benefits. Any legal conclusion that results in an applicant being ineligible for unemployment benefits must be fully supported by the facts. In determining eligibility or ineligibility for benefits, any statutory provision that would preclude an applicant from receiving benefits must be narrowly construed. History:  (4337-21) Ex1936 c 2 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 105; 1998 c 265 s 3; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 1; 2001 c 175 s 2,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 1; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 3,4; 2008 c 300 s 51; 2009 c 78 art 4 s 1; 2017 c 35 art 3 s 1