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MN Stat § 246.0136 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.0136 — Establishing Enterprise Activities In State-operated Services.

246.0136 ESTABLISHING ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES IN STATE-OPERATED SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Planning for enterprise activities. The commissioner of human services is directed to study and make recommendations to the legislature on establishing enterprise activities within state-operated services. Before implementing an enterprise activity, the commissioner must obtain statutory authorization for its implementation, except that the commissioner has authority to implement enterprise activities for adult mental health, adolescent services, and to establish a public group practice without statutory authorization. Enterprise activities are defined as the range of services, which are delivered by state employees, needed by people with disabilities and are fully funded by public or private third-party health insurance or other revenue sources available to clients that provide reimbursement for the services provided. Enterprise activities within state-operated services shall specialize in caring for vulnerable people for whom no other providers are available or for whom state-operated services may be the provider selected by the payer. In subsequent biennia after an enterprise activity is established within a state-operated service, the base state appropriation for that state-operated service shall be reduced proportionate to the size of the enterprise activity. Subd. 2. Required components of any proposal; considerations. In any proposal for an enterprise activity brought to the legislature by the commissioner, the commissioner must demonstrate that there is public or private third-party health insurance or other revenue available to the people served, that the anticipated revenues to be collected will fully fund the services, that there will be sufficient funds for cash flow purposes, and that access to services by vulnerable populations served by state-operated services will not be limited by implementation of an enterprise activity. In studying the feasibility of establishing an enterprise activity, the commissioner must consider: (1) creating public or private partnerships to facilitate client access to needed services; (2) administrative simplification and efficiencies throughout the state-operated services system; (3) converting or disposing of buildings not utilized and surplus lands; and (4) exploring the efficiencies and benefits of establishing state-operated services as an independent state agency. History:  1999 c 245 art 5 s 9; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 5 s 10
MN Stat § 246.014 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.014 — Services.

246.014 SERVICES. The measure of services are: (a) The commissioner of human services shall develop and maintain state-operated services in a manner consistent with sections 245.461 and 245.487 and chapters 252, 254A, and 254B. State-operated services shall be provided in coordination with counties and other vendors. State-operated services shall include regional treatment centers, specialized inpatient or outpatient treatment programs, enterprise services, community-based services and programs, community preparation services, consultative services, and other services consistent with the mission of the Department of Human Services. These services shall include crisis beds, waivered homes, intermediate care facilities, and day training and habilitation facilities. The administrative structure of state-operated services must be statewide in character. The state-operated services staff may deliver services at any location throughout the state. (b) The commissioner of human services shall create and maintain forensic services programs. Forensic services shall be provided in coordination with counties and other vendors. Forensic services shall include specialized inpatient programs at secure treatment facilities as defined in sections 253B.02, subdivision 18a, and 253D.02, subdivision 13, consultative services, aftercare services, community-based services and programs, transition services, nursing home services, or other services consistent with the mission of the Department of Human Services. (c) Community preparation services as identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) are defined as specialized inpatient or outpatient services or programs operated outside of a secure environment but are administered by a secured treatment facility. (d) The commissioner of human services may establish policies and procedures which govern the operation of the services and programs under the direct administrative authority of the commissioner. History:  1949 c 512 s 3; 1953 c 561 s 1; 1967 c 839 s 4; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1980 c 357 s 16; 1980 c 614 s 126; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1994 c 1 art 2 s 23; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 21; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 36; 2013 c 49 s 22; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 3; 2014 c 262 art 3 s 18; art 5 s 6
MN Stat § 246.0141 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.0141 — Tobacco Use Prohibited.

246.0141 TOBACCO USE PROHIBITED. No patient, staff, guest, or visitor on the grounds or in a state regional treatment center, the Minnesota Security Hospital, or the Minnesota Sex Offender Program may possess or use tobacco or a tobacco-related device. For the purposes of this section, "tobacco" and "tobacco-related device" have the meanings given in section 609.685, subdivision 1. This section does not prohibit the possession or use of tobacco or a tobacco-related device by an adult as part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes of this section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12. History:  1Sp2003 c 14 art 7 s 67; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 246.015 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.015 — Consultative Services; Aftercare Of Patients.

246.015 CONSULTATIVE SERVICES; AFTERCARE OF PATIENTS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1953 c 608 s 1] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1953 c 608 s 1] Subd. 3. Authorization. The commissioner of human services may authorize state-operated services to provide consultative services for courts, state welfare agencies, and supervise the placement and aftercare of patients, on a fee-for-service basis as defined in section 246.50, provisionally or otherwise discharged from a state-operated services facility. State-operated services may also promote and conduct programs of education relating to mental health. The commissioner shall administer, expend, and distribute federal funds which may be made available to the state and other funds not appropriated by the legislature, which may be made available to the state for mental health purposes. History:  1949 c 512 s 4; 1953 c 608 s 1,2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 22
MN Stat § 246.018 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.018 — Office Of Medical Director.

246.018 OFFICE OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR. Subdivision 1. Established. The Office of Medical Director within the Department of Human Services is established. Subd. 2. Medical director. The commissioner of human services shall appoint, and unless otherwise established by law, set the salary of a licensed physician to serve as medical director to assist in establishing and maintaining the medical policies of the Department of Human Services. The commissioner may place the medical director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria of section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. The medical director must be a psychiatrist certified by the Board of Psychiatry. Subd. 3. Duties. The medical director shall: (1) oversee the clinical provision of inpatient mental health services provided in the state's regional treatment centers; (2) recruit and retain psychiatrists to serve on the state medical staff established in subdivision 4; (3) consult with the commissioner of human services, community mental health center directors, and the state-operated services governing body to develop standards for treatment and care of patients in state-operated service programs; (4) develop and oversee a continuing education program for members of the medical staff; and (5) participate and cooperate in the development and maintenance of a quality assurance program for state-operated services that assures that residents receive quality inpatient care and continuous quality care once they are discharged or transferred to an outpatient setting. Subd. 4. State-operated services medical staff. (a) The medical director shall establish a state-operated services medical staff which shall be under the clinical direction of the Office of Medical Director. (b) The medical director, in conjunction with the medical staff, shall: (1) establish standards and define qualifications for physicians who care for residents in state-operated services; (2) monitor the performance of physicians who care for residents in state-operated services; and (3) recommend to the commissioner changes in procedures for operating state-operated service facilities that are needed to improve the provision of medical care in those facilities. History:  1989 c 282 art 4 s 62; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 23-25
MN Stat § 246.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.12 — Biennial Estimates; Suggestions For Legislation.

246.12 BIENNIAL ESTIMATES; SUGGESTIONS FOR LEGISLATION. The commissioner of human services shall prepare, for the use of the legislature, biennial estimates of appropriations necessary or expedient to be made for the support of the institutions and for extraordinary and special expenditures for buildings and other improvements. The commissioner shall, in connection therewith, make suggestions relative to legislation for the benefit of the institutions. The commissioner shall report the estimates and suggestions to the legislature on or before November 15 in each even-numbered year. The commissioner of human services on request shall appear before any legislative committee and furnish any required information in regard to the condition of any such institution. History:  (4427) RL s 1883; 1969 c 540 s 11; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 246.128 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.128 — Notification To Legislature Required.

246.128 NOTIFICATION TO LEGISLATURE REQUIRED. The commissioner shall notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the relevant legislative committees regarding the redesign, closure, or relocation of state-operated services programs. History:  1Sp2010 c 1 art 19 s 5; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 246.129 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.129 — Legislative Approval Required.

246.129 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED. If the closure of a state-operated facility is proposed, and the department and respective bargaining units fail to arrive at a mutually agreed upon solution to transfer affected state employees to other state jobs, the closure of the facility requires legislative approval. This does not apply to state-operated enterprise services. History:   1Sp2010 c 1 art 19 s 6
MN Stat § 246.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.131 — Report On Anoka-metro Regional Treatment Center (amrtc), Minnesota Security Hospital (msh), And Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (cbhh).

246.131 REPORT ON ANOKA-METRO REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER (AMRTC), MINNESOTA SECURITY HOSPITAL (MSH), AND COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITALS (CBHH). The commissioner of human services shall issue a public quarterly report to the chairs and ranking minority leaders of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over health and human services issues on the AMRTC, MSH, and CBHH. The report shall contain information on the number of licensed beds, budgeted capacity, occupancy rate, number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable injuries and the number of OSHA recordable injuries due to patient aggression or restraint, number of clinical positions budgeted, the percentage of those positions that are filled, the number of direct care positions budgeted, and the percentage of those positions that are filled. History:   2016 c 189 art 17 s 5
MN Stat § 246.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.14 — Use Of Space In Institutions.

246.14 USE OF SPACE IN INSTITUTIONS. The commissioner of human services may use available space in any institution under jurisdiction of the commissioner, or in any institution under the jurisdiction of another department or agency of the state in which space is proffered the commissioner, by executive or legislative action, for the care and custody of persons, patients, or inmates of the institutions under exclusive control of the commissioner for whom other, more suitable, space is not available. All laws relating to the commitment and care of such persons who may be so committed and institutionalized shall be applicable to such persons. History:  (4438) RL s 1890; 1953 c 515 s 1; 1957 c 261 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 14 subd 1; 1967 c 839 s 5; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 246.141 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.141 — Project Labor.

246.141 PROJECT LABOR. Wages for project labor may be paid by the commissioner out of repairs and betterments money if the individual is to be engaged in a construction project or a repair project of short-term and nonrecurring nature. Compensation for project labor shall be based on the prevailing wage rates, as defined in section 177.42, subdivision 6. Project laborers are excluded from the provisions of sections 43A.22 to 43A.30, and shall not be eligible for state-paid insurance and benefits. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 17 s 16; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113
MN Stat § 246.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.151 — Compensation Paid To Patient.

246.151 COMPENSATION PAID TO PATIENT. Subdivision 1. Compensation. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioners of human services and veterans affairs are authorized to provide for the payment to patients or residents of state institutions under their management and control of such pecuniary compensation as required by the United States Department of Labor. Payment of subminimum wages shall meet all requirements of United States Department of Labor Regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part 525. The amount of compensation depends upon the quality and character of the work performed as determined by the commissioner and the chief executive officer pursuant to section 177.24. Subd. 2. Imprest cash fund. The commissioners of human services and veterans affairs may establish an imprest cash fund at each of the state-operated residential facilities to be utilized for payment to residents participating in on-campus work programs. History:  1978 c 560 s 1; 1981 c 360 art 1 s 21; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 355 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 26
MN Stat § 246.234 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.234 — Reciprocal Exchange Of Certain Persons.

246.234 RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN PERSONS. The commissioner of human services is hereby authorized and empowered with the approval of the governor to enter into reciprocal agreements with any other state or states, through the duly authorized authorities thereof, regarding the mutual exchange, return, and transportation of persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities who are within the confines of one state but have legal residence or legal settlement for the purposes of relief in another state. Such agreements shall contain no provisions conflicting with any law of this state. History:  1945 c 228 s 1; 1965 c 45 s 20; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 12; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 246.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.24 — Compromise Of Claims.

246.24 COMPROMISE OF CLAIMS. In case of any disagreement between the commissioner of human services and any person concerning a claim of such person to any right interest or estate in or lien upon lands occupied by or used in connection with any state institution under exclusive or partial control of the person, or of any claim by a person for damages to any such land, or the improvements thereon, the commissioner, with the approval of the governor and the commissioner of management and budget, may compromise and settle such claim; and in so doing may make any necessary conveyance of land. All moneys received by the commissioner upon any such settlement shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. History:  (4449) RL s 1900; 1969 c 399 s 49; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 246.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.27 — Physical Examinations For Employment Required.

246.27 PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT REQUIRED. No new employee shall be given employment in any state institution under the direction of the Department of Human Services, whether certified for such employment by the state Department of Management and Budget, or otherwise selected, unless such person presents to the appointing officer of such institution a certificate showing that the employee has undergone the physical examination hereinafter provided for and has been found to be free of tuberculosis. History:  1941 c 479 s 1; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 246.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.325 — Garden Of Remembrance.

246.325 GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE. The cemetery located on the grounds of the Cambridge State Hospital shall be known as the Garden of Remembrance. History:  2005 c 29 s 1; 2014 c 262 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 246.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.33 — Cemetery.

246.33 CEMETERY. Subdivision 1. Cemetery and burial for individual in a state institution. The commissioner of human services may establish and maintain a cemetery for the burial of any patient, inmate or person admitted to any state institution under control of the commissioner upon the public grounds of such institution in the manner set forth in the following subdivisions. Subd. 2. Land surveyance required. The land shall be surveyed and a plat thereof made. Subd. 3. Marking cemetery boundary. A stone or other monument shall be established to mark each corner of such cemetery, and its location shown on the plat. Subd. 4. Plots in cemetery. The cemetery shall be platted into lots, which shall be numbered; it shall have streets and walks, and the same shall be shown on the plat. All containing graves shall be indicated by an appropriate marker of permanent nature for identification purposes. Notwithstanding section 13.46, the commissioner of human services may share private data on individuals for purposes of placing a marker on each grave. Subd. 5. Surveyor certification. The surveyor shall certify as to the correctness of the plat by endorsement. Subd. 6. County recording. The plat with the surveyor's endorsement thereon shall be filed for record with the county recorder in the county wherein the cemetery is located. A copy of the plat shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of the institution, together with a register showing the name of the persons buried in the cemetery and the lot in which they are buried. History:  1949 c 155 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 59 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 246.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.34 — Reburial.

246.34 REBURIAL. Subdivision 1. Requirements for reburial. The commissioner of human services may remove the body of any person now buried in a cemetery situated upon the land belonging to the state for public institution purposes and rebury it in a cemetery created under the provisions of section 246.33, by complying with the provisions set forth in the following subdivisions of this section. Subd. 2. District court approval needed. The commissioner shall petition the district court of the county wherein the present cemetery is situated setting forth the reasons for such removal, the place to which the body is to be removed, and praying for an order of the court authorizing such removal. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court shall make its order setting the time, which shall not be less than 60 days from the date of the order, and the place for hearing the same. The commissioner shall serve the nearest relative or, if the commissioner cannot locate any relative, some friend of the person whose body is to be removed by mailing a copy of the petition and court's order 30 days before the date of hearing and file the affidavit of mailing with the court administrator of district court. If the commissioner is unable to locate a relative or friend, the commissioner shall make an affidavit to that effect and file the same with the court administrator of district court. Subd. 3. Court order. Upon the hearing of such petition, if the court determines that it is for the best interests of the public, the relatives and friends that such body be removed and that the same will be conducted in a manner commensurate with the methods commonly employed for the reburial of the dead in the community, the court shall make its order authorizing such removal, setting forth the time within which such removal shall be accomplished and the place to which the body is to be removed. Upon completion of such removal, the director shall cause the name of the person so removed to be entered in the register, together with the number of the lot in the cemetery and file an affidavit thereof with the court administrator of district court. History:  1949 c 155 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 246.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 246 — State-operated Services|Section 246.35 — Abandonment Of Cemetery; Court Order.

246.35 ABANDONMENT OF CEMETERY; COURT ORDER. If the court makes its order under the provisions of section 246.34 authorizing the removal of bodies from a cemetery and the same is accomplished in accordance with such order and the commissioner files affidavits of such removal as hereinbefore provided, together with an affidavit that the commissioner has caused a thorough search to be made, and there are no more dead bodies remaining in such cemetery to the best of the commissioner's knowledge, information and belief, the court may make its order authorizing the abandonment of such cemetery and thereby discontinue its use as such. History:  1949 c 155 s 3; 1986 c 444