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MN Stat § 197.609 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.609 — Education Program.

197.609 EDUCATION PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An education program for county veterans service officers is established to be administered by the commissioner of veterans affairs, with assistance and advice from the Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers. Subd. 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for the program in this section, a person must currently be employed as a county veterans service officer or assistant county veterans service officer, as authorized by sections 197.60 to 197.606, and be certified to serve in that position by the commissioner of veterans affairs or be serving a probationary period as authorized by section 197.60, subdivision 2. Subd. 3. Program content. The program in this section must include but is not limited to informing county veterans service officers of the federal, state, and private benefits and services available to veterans, training them in procedures for applying for these benefits, updating them on the changes in these benefits and the eligibility criteria and application procedures, informing them of judicial and regulatory decisions involving veterans programs, training them in the legal procedures for appealing decisions disallowing benefits to veterans, and providing education, information, and training for any other aspects of the county veterans service officer position. History:  1993 c 192 s 80; 2010 c 333 art 2 s 19,20; 2011 c 76 art 1 s 78
MN Stat § 197.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.63 — Vital Records, Certified Copies.

197.63 VITAL RECORDS, CERTIFIED COPIES. Subdivision 1. Issuance without charge. A certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage record, or certified copy of veteran's discharge recorded pursuant to section 386.20, shall be issued promptly by the officer charged with the keeping of the records upon the request of, and without any charge to, any veteran, the surviving spouse or next of kin of the veteran, service officers of any veterans organization chartered by the Congress of the United States, or the Department of Veterans Affairs, for use in the presentation of claims to the United States Veterans Administration or in connection with any veterans organization or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The word "veteran" as used in this section means any man or woman who is a veteran as defined in section 197.447, and who is a citizen of the United States or resident alien. Subd. 2. Payment of fees. When the salary of the officer issuing a certified copy under this section consists in whole or in part of fees authorized by law, the officer's governmental subdivision shall pay the officer the legal fee therefor, and the governing body thereof is authorized and directed to order such payment made from the general revenue funds thereof. History:  1945 c 19 s 1,2; 1947 c 169 s 1; 1953 c 699 s 9; 1976 c 2 s 73; 1984 c 609 s 17; 1986 c 444; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 197.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.65 — Renewal Of Professional License, Motor Vehicle Registration And Driver's License.

197.65 RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) The renewal of a license or certificate of registration for a person who is serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from active military service and who is required by law to be licensed or registered in order to carry on or practice a trade, employment, occupation, or profession in the state is governed under sections 326.55 and 326.56. (b) The renewal of a driver's license for a person who is serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from active military service is governed under section 171.27. (c) The renewal and payment of the motor vehicle registration tax for a vehicle of a person who is serving in or has recently been separated or discharged from active military service is governed under section 168.031. History:  2004 c 279 art 1 s 26; 1Sp2005 c 6 art 3 s 84
MN Stat § 197.752 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.752 — Educational Assistance To Pow/mia Dependents.

197.752 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO POW/MIA DEPENDENTS. Any dependent of a prisoner of war or a person missing in action, upon being duly accepted for enrollment in any Minnesota public postsecondary institution, shall be allowed to attend the institution to obtain a bachelor's degree or certificate of completion, while eligible, free of tuition or charge. A dependent who enrolls as an undergraduate in any private Minnesota postsecondary institution shall be entitled to payment by the state of tuition and fees at a rate not to exceed $250 per year for so long as the dependent is eligible to attend the institution and is working toward a bachelor's degree or certificate of completion. "Prisoner of war" and "persons missing in action" for purposes of this section mean any person who was a resident of the state at the time the person entered service of the United States armed forces, or whose official residence is within the state, and who, while serving in the United States armed forces has been declared to be a prisoner of war, or to be a person missing in action as established by the Secretary of Defense after August 1, 1958. "Dependent" for purposes of this section means the spouse of a prisoner of war or person missing in action, or any child born before or during the period of time the child's parent served as a prisoner of war or was declared a person missing in action, or any child legally adopted or in the legal custody of the parent prior to and during the time the parent served as a prisoner of war or was declared to be a person missing in action. Once a person qualifies as a dependent under the terms and provisions of this section there shall be no situation such as the return of the spouse or parent or the reported death of the spouse or parent that will remove the dependent from provisions or benefits of this section. History:  1983 c 335 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 197.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.78 — State Educational Programs Unavailable Through Federal Programs.

197.78 STATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UNAVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's duties. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall foster and support educational programs for the benefit of veterans to assure that no Minnesotan shall be deprived of earned veterans benefits by virtue of the unavailability of programs for which the veteran is entitled to enroll and receive subsistence, tuition, and other benefits under federal programs. It shall be the responsibility of the commissioner to measure the demand for veterans service educational programs based on the criteria mandated by federal veterans benefits laws and to authorize, promote, and make grants within appropriated amounts to assure such program availability. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1979 c 335 s 18] History:  1973 c 580 s 1; 1977 c 449 s 19; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2004 c 256 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 197.781 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.781 — Veterans Training Program.

197.781 VETERANS TRAINING PROGRAM. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall administer the veterans training program. Money in the veterans training revolving fund for the veterans training program is appropriated to the commissioner to pay the necessary expenses of operating the program. The department must act as the state agency for approving educational institutions for purposes of United States Code, title 38, chapter 36, relating to educational benefits for veterans and other persons and it may adopt rules to fulfill its obligations as the state approving agency. All federal money received for purposes of the veterans training program must be deposited in the veterans training revolving fund. History:   2004 c 256 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 197.988 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.988 — Purple Heart County; Purple Heart City.

197.988 PURPLE HEART COUNTY; PURPLE HEART CITY. A county or statutory or home rule charter city may by resolution designate the county or city as a Purple Heart County or Purple Heart City to honor United States military personnel who have received the Purple Heart. A Purple Heart city or county may designate a prominent parking space at city hall or the county government center as a "Reserved for a Purple Heart Recipient" parking space. A Purple Heart city or county may accept donations to pay for a sign that states that the city or county is a Purple Heart city or county, and to pay for a plaque to be displayed on public property. A Purple Heart city or county may honor Purple Heart recipients by resolution proclaiming August 7 as Purple Heart Day. History:   2018 c 139 s 1
MN Stat § 197.991 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.991 — Korean War Armistice Day.

197.991 KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE DAY. Subdivision 1. Purpose. When communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, the United States took immediate action to defend the freedom of a people unjustly attacked. Leading a coalition of 20 other nations, American and South Korean troops fought to advance liberty and opportunity, and to overcome cruelty and repression. More than 1.7 million members of the United States armed forces faced forbidding terrain, harsh weather, and brutal combat while demonstrating extraordinary honor, skill, and courage to beat back the invading enemy forces. More than 34,000 American men and women, including over 700 Minnesotans, sacrificed their lives in battle during that war. Another 92,000 American troops were wounded, and more than 8,000 have been listed as missing in action or taken prisoner. The Military Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended the three years of bitter warfare stopping the spread of communism on the Korean Peninsula and signaling to the world America's resolve to stand against tyrannical and totalitarian regimes. Today, South Korea stands as a shining example of the economic and social benefits of democracy. The purpose of this section is to perpetually honor the brave men and women, living and dead, who comprise America's Korean War veterans. Subd. 2. Designation. July 27 of each year is designated as Korean War Armistice Day in Minnesota. History:   2008 c 265 s 1
MN Stat § 197.995 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.995 — Vietnam Veterans Day.

197.995 VIETNAM VETERANS DAY. Subdivision 1. Purpose. 1,072 of the people whose names are listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., were from the state of Minnesota. Many other Minnesotans are surviving Vietnam veterans. This section is enacted as a way for Minnesotans to show their pride and gratitude, recall the veterans' accomplishments, and thank Minnesota's Vietnam veterans for their unselfish devotion to duty. Subd. 2. Designation. March 29 is Vietnam Veterans Day in Minnesota. History:   2008 c 164 s 1
MN Stat § 197.996 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.996 — American Legion Day.

197.996 AMERICAN LEGION DAY. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The American Legion was chartered by Congress on September 16, 1919. This section is enacted to recognize the millions of American Legion veterans who have dedicated and continue to dedicate themselves to service of community, state, and nation. This section expresses the appreciation of Minnesotans for that service, on the occasion of the Legion's 90th year of existence and each year thereafter on the anniversary of its charter date. Subd. 2. Dedication. September 16 is American Legion Day in Minnesota. History:   2010 c 185 s 1
MN Stat § 197.9961 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges|Section 197.9961 — Veterans Of Foreign Wars.

197.9961 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1899 and was federally chartered by the Congress of the United States of America on May 28, 1936. This section is a way for Minnesotans to recognize and express their appreciation for the millions of veterans of foreign wars who have dedicated themselves, and continue to dedicate themselves, to serving their community, state, and nation, on the occasion of the 111th year of existence of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and every year hereafter on its anniversary date. Subd. 2. Dedication. May 28 is Veterans of Foreign Wars Day in Minnesota. History:   2010 c 244 s 1
MN Stat § 198.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.001 — Definitions.

198.001 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Resident. "Resident" means a person admitted to any of the Minnesota veterans homes. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1975 c 61 s 26] Subd. 4. Administrator. "Administrator" means an administrator of any of the Minnesota veterans homes. Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of veterans affairs. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2008 c 297 art 2 s 30] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2004 c 219 s 7] Subd. 8. Home. "Home" means any of the Minnesota veterans homes. Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 2008 c 297 art 2 s 30] History:  1965 c 643 s 1; 1967 c 148 s 2; 1971 c 619 s 1; 1975 c 61 s 14,15; 1988 c 699 s 5; 2004 c 219 s 2
MN Stat § 198.003 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.003 — Powers And Duties.

198.003 POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Policy; rules. The commissioner shall determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the governance of the homes. With respect to residents' administrative appeal time periods that are not established by statute, the commissioner may create by rule reasonable time periods within which a resident must appeal an administrative determination to the next administrative level. If the determination is not appealed within the time set by rule, the determination becomes final. The commissioner shall take other action as provided by law. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2004 c 219 s 7] Subd. 3. Use of campus. The commissioner may allow veterans organizations or public or private social service, educational, or rehabilitation agencies or organizations and their clients to use surplus space on a home's campus, staff, and other resources of the commissioner and may require the participating agencies or organizations to pay for that use. Subd. 4. Veterans homes resources account. Money received by the commissioner under subdivision 3 must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a veterans homes resources account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner to operate, maintain, and make repairs at the campus used under subdivision 3, including payment of associated legal fees and expenses. Subd. 4a. Federal funding. The commissioner is authorized to apply for and accept federal funding for purposes of this section. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2008 c 297 art 2 s 30] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2008 c 297 art 2 s 30] Subd. 7. Use of Medicare Part D for pharmacy costs. (a) The commissioner shall maximize the use of Medicare Part D to pay pharmacy costs for eligible veterans residing at the veterans homes. (b) The commissioner shall encourage eligible veterans to participate in the Medicare Part D program and assist veterans in obtaining Medicare Part D coverage. (c) The commissioner shall take any necessary steps to prevent an eligible veteran participating in Medicare Part D from receiving fewer benefits under Medicare Part D than they would have received under their existing Veterans Administration benefits. History:  1988 c 699 s 7; 1989 c 84 s 1; 1991 c 24 s 1; 1991 c 186 s 1; 1995 c 207 art 7 s 20,21; 1996 c 292 s 2; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 36; 1999 c 245 art 1 s 15; 2006 c 198 s 1; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29; 2009 c 94 art 3 s 17,18
MN Stat § 198.005 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.005 — Administrators.

198.005 ADMINISTRATORS. The commissioner shall appoint an administrator for each of the veterans homes. The administrators act as the administrative head for their respective veterans homes. The administrators shall have a current Minnesota nursing home administrator's license and shall serve in the unclassified service. The salaries of the administrators are not subject to section 43A.17, subdivision 1. The administrators serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and report directly to the commissioner. History:  1988 c 699 s 9; 1991 c 24 s 2; 2004 c 219 s 4; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 198.006 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.006 — Supplemental Programs.

198.006 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS. (a) The commissioner must work with federal, state, local, and private agencies to develop alternative institutional and noninstitutional care programs for veterans to supplement the mission of the homes. Veterans shall be afforded the least restrictive, most appropriate level of care available. (b) The commissioner may work with federal, state, local, and private entities to make available appropriate dental services for veterans homes residents. The commissioner may engage with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to support the dental benefits program authorized under this paragraph. (c) The commissioner may provide adult day care center programs that offer therapeutic and rehabilitation health care services to veterans and support services for caregivers of veterans. If the commissioner provides adult day care center programs, the commissioner may collect fees from program participants. The commissioner is authorized to apply for and accept federal funding for purposes of this paragraph. History:  1988 c 699 s 10; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29; 1Sp2021 c 12 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 198.007 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.007 — Quality Assurance.

198.007 QUALITY ASSURANCE. Each home shall have a utilization review committee comprised of the appropriate professionals employed by or under contract to the home. The committee shall use a patient classification system approved by the commissioner to assess the appropriateness and quality of care and services provided residents of the homes. Each home shall have an admissions committee comprised of the appropriate professionals employed by or under contract to each home and adopt a preadmission screening program for all applicants for admission to the homes who may require nursing or boarding care, taking into account the eligibility requirements in section 198.022, the admissions criteria established by rules adopted under this chapter, and the availability of space in the homes. History:  1988 c 699 s 11; 1989 c 84 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 7 s 3; 2004 c 219 s 5; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 198.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.01 — Veterans Home; Eligibility Of Veterans.

198.01 VETERANS HOME; ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS. The Minnesota veterans homes shall provide nursing care and related health and social services for veterans and their spouses who meet eligibility and admission requirements of the Minnesota veterans homes. The commissioner may not close a veterans home unless closure of the home is specifically authorized or required by a law enacted after July 1, 2015. The word "veteran" as used in this section has the meaning provided in section 197.447. History:  (4344) RL s 1835; 1931 c 176 s 1; 1943 c 54 s 1; 1951 c 71 s 1; 1957 c 150 s 1; 1967 c 52 s 1; 1967 c 148 s 1; 1971 c 619 s 2; 1973 c 572 s 11; 1975 c 61 s 16; 1980 c 414 s 6; 1984 c 609 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 699 s 12; 2015 c 77 art 3 s 8
MN Stat § 198.022 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.022 — Eligibility Of Spouses And Surviving Spouses.

198.022 ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND SURVIVING SPOUSES. (a) The commissioner is authorized to admit eligible spouses of those veterans who are or if living would be, eligible for admission to the homes. (b) Except as provided in section 198.03, all applicants for admission to one of the Minnesota veterans homes must be without adequate means of support and unable by reason of wounds, disease, old age, or infirmity to properly maintain themselves. (c) Veterans must have served in a Minnesota regiment or have been credited to the state of Minnesota, or have been a resident of the state in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter preceding the date of application for admission. (d) Spouses and surviving spouses of eligible veterans must be at least 55 years of age, have been residents of the state of Minnesota in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter preceding the date of application for admission, and meet the criteria for admission to a home established in the rules of the home in accordance with this chapter and the applicable statutes and rules of the Department of Health. History:  1971 c 619 s 3; 1975 c 61 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 699 s 13; 1989 c 84 s 3; 1993 c 103 s 1; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 198.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.045 — Removal.

198.045 REMOVAL. If a resident who is ordered discharged from a home refuses to leave the home, the administrator of the home may apply to the district court for an order enforcing the administrative order of discharge. The district court shall order the sheriff of the county in which the home is located to remove the resident from the home and authorize the administrator to remove the resident's property from the resident's room and hold it until it can be returned to the resident. History:   1989 c 84 s 5
MN Stat § 198.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.05 — New Buildings.

198.05 NEW BUILDINGS. The Department of Administration shall have and exercise full authority in the erection and construction of new buildings at the veterans homes. When new buildings are to be erected and constructed by authority of the state or old buildings to be remodeled it shall be the duty of the Department of Administration to cause to be prepared plans and specifications for the same, but in so doing it shall consult with the commissioner in respect to these plans and specifications and shall adopt and carry out, so far as it deems practicable, their requests and desires in the matter. History:  (4348) 1913 c 88 s 1; 1967 c 148 s 2; 1975 c 61 s 19; 1988 c 699 s 15; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 198.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 196 - 198 — Veterans|Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes|Section 198.065 — Chiropractic Care Availability.

198.065 CHIROPRACTIC CARE AVAILABILITY. In addition to the other services now provided to residents of the Minnesota veterans homes, the commissioner shall provide chiropractic services. The services shall be provided, as appropriations permit, without charge to residents by a licensed chiropractor who is either employed by the commissioner for the purpose or who has contracted with the commissioner to provide the services. History:  1982 c 503 s 1; 1988 c 699 s 16; 2008 c 297 art 2 s 29