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MN Stat § 248.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation|Section 248.10 — Rehabilitation Council For The Blind.

248.10 REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND. (a) The commissioner shall establish a Rehabilitation Council for the Blind consistent with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, as amended. Council members shall be compensated as provided in section 15.059, subdivision 3. The council shall advise the commissioner about programs of the Division of State Services for the Blind. (b) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, the Rehabilitation Council for the Blind may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met: (1) all members of the council participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony; (2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the council can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the council; (3) at least one member of the council is physically present at the regular meeting location; and (4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded. (c) Each member of the council participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings. (d) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the council to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The council may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the council incurs as a result of the additional connection. (e) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the council shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (d). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04. History:  1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 14; 1988 c 629 s 48; 1989 c 106 s 2; 1992 c 470 s 4; 1993 c 97 s 1; 1995 c 82 s 10,16; 2001 c 161 s 43; 2003 c 128 art 12 s 1
MN Stat § 248.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation|Section 248.11 — Recoupment Of Services And Equipment.

248.11 RECOUPMENT OF SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT. Subdivision 1. Erroneous payments. If a recipient receives monetary assistance as a rehabilitation service from services for the blind in excess of that to which the recipient is entitled by law, State Services for the Blind shall, as soon as it discovers the amount of the erroneous payment, notify the recipient to return the same in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. Unless the recipient files an appeal under section 248.07, subdivision 15, within 15 days after the notice to return is personally delivered to the recipient or mailed to the recipient's last known address, the determination of overpayment shall be considered final. If the recipient files a timely appeal, the determination shall not be considered final until the recipient's administrative appeal remedies are exhausted. State Services for the Blind may recoup overpayments considered final under this subdivision by deducting the amount or a part of the overpayment from future monetary assistance payments to the recipient or by civil action in the name of the commissioner. Overpayments made more than three years prior to discovery of the error are not recoverable under this subdivision. Subd. 2. Recovery of equipment. If a recipient retains equipment to which State Services for the Blind has title after the recipient's right to possess the equipment has expired, State Services for the Blind shall notify the recipient to return the same or execute a new lease to the equipment if the equipment is still necessary to the recipient's rehabilitation. Unless the recipient returns the equipment, executes and complies with a new lease to the equipment or appeals under section 248.07, subdivision 15, within 15 days after the notice to return is personally delivered to the recipient or mailed to the recipient's last known address, State Services for the Blind may institute a civil action to recover the equipment or the reasonable value of the equipment. History:  1986 c 337 s 13; 1995 c 82 s 11
MN Stat § 251.012 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.012 — Provision Of Nursing Home Services.

251.012 PROVISION OF NURSING HOME SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Nursing home care. (a) The commissioner shall provide nursing home care to a person requiring and eligible for that level of care when the person: (1) is medically fragile or clinically challenging; (2) exhibits severe or challenging behaviors; or (3) requires treatment for an underlying mental illness. (b) A person may be accepted for admission only after nursing home preadmission screening by the county. Subd. 2. Technical assistance. Within the limits of appropriations, the commissioner may expand the provision of technical assistance to community providers in handling the behavior problems of their residents, and with community placements for younger persons who have heavy nursing needs and behavior problems. Technical assistance may include site visits, consultation with providers, or provider training. Subd. 3. Auxiliary services. The nursing homes may enter into agreements according to section 246.57 to provide other services needed in the region that build on the services provided by the regional nursing homes and that are offered in conjunction with a community or community group. Subd. 4. Respite care. Respite care may be offered when space is available if payment for the cost of care is guaranteed by the person, the person's family or legal representative, or a source other than a direct state appropriation to the nursing home, and if the individual meets the facility's admission criteria. History:   1989 c 282 art 6 s 13
MN Stat § 251.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.013 — Ah-gwah-ching, Willmar, And Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Centers.

251.013 AH-GWAH-CHING, WILLMAR, AND FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS. Subdivision 1. Ah-Gwah-Ching. It is the intent of the legislature that the Ah-Gwah-Ching Center continue operation in Walker, Minnesota, as a provider of nursing care to geriatric and other residents whose aggressive or difficult to manage behavioral needs cannot be met in their home community. Subd. 2. Admissions criteria. An individual who has a documented history of behavioral patterns that pose a substantial risk of harm to the individual, other vulnerable adults, staff, or visitors is eligible for placement at the Ah-Gwah-Ching Center if the individual meets all other admissions criteria. Subd. 3. Geriatric rapid assessment stabilization program. The Ah-Gwah-Ching Center shall provide information on the geriatric rapid assessment stabilization program (GRASP) or emergency admittance programs to nursing facilities throughout the state and shall promote and encourage the use of these programs by these facilities. Subd. 4. Willmar. It is the intent of the legislature that the Willmar Regional Treatment Center continue operation in Willmar as a provider of mental health and chemical dependency treatment, and also as an operator of community-based programs for persons with developmental disabilities. Subd. 5. Fergus Falls. It is the intent of the legislature to continue operation as a downsized regional treatment center in Fergus Falls and use state employees to operate and maintain the downsized facility. History:  2000 c 310 s 1; 2002 c 220 art 16 s 2
MN Stat § 251.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.041 — Employees Contracting Tuberculosis To Receive Medical Care And Compensation.

251.041 EMPLOYEES CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION. Any sanitarium, medical laboratories or institutional employee of the state or of any county or other subdivision of the state, or any duly licensed nurse employed by the state or by any county, city, nursing district or other subdivision of the state, whose duties in connection with such employment bring or have brought the employee or nurse in contact with patients or persons who are afflicted with tuberculosis, or with tuberculosis contaminated material, who contracts tuberculosis, shall be entitled to the medical care and compensation provided by sections 251.041 to 251.044. "Contracts tuberculosis" shall be construed to mean the development of demonstrable lesions of tuberculosis or the demonstration of the germs of tuberculosis in that person's secretions or excretions. History:  1947 c 616 s 1; 1949 c 558 s 2; 1957 c 31 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 262 art 3 s 18; art 5 s 6
MN Stat § 251.042 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.042 — Report Of Illness Of Employee, Hearing On Claim.

251.042 REPORT OF ILLNESS OF EMPLOYEE, HEARING ON CLAIM. Whenever the superintendent of any state, county or city sanitarium, medical laboratories or other institution, or the head of any department of the state or of any county, city, nursing district or other subdivision of the state employing licensed nurses, learns that any employee of such institution or department whose duties bring the employee in contact with patients or inmates therein or who works in and around any tuberculosis contaminated material, has contracted tuberculosis while employed in such institution or department, such superintendent or department head shall report such illness to the Workers' Compensation Division. Copies of such report shall be sent to the commissioner of human services if a state institution; to the head of the department if a department of the state; to the county board if a county institution or department; or to the governing body of the city or other subdivision of the state which employs the afflicted person. The commissioner of the department of labor and industry upon receiving such report, shall mail to the superintendent of such institution or the head of such department blank forms to be filled out by such employee claiming the medical and sanitarium treatment and compensation hereinafter provided for. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall thereupon set the claim on for hearing and determination in the same manner as claims of other public employees under the workers' compensation law are heard and determined. History:  1947 c 616 s 2; 1949 c 558 s 3; 1957 c 31 s 2; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 166; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 251.043 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.043 — Findings, Payment Of Medical Care And Compensation.

251.043 FINDINGS, PAYMENT OF MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION. Subdivision 1. Duty to seek treatment. If upon the evidence mentioned in the preceding section, the workers' compensation division finds that an employee is suffering from tuberculosis contracted in the institution or department by contact with inmates or patients therein or by contact with tuberculosis contaminated material therein, it shall order the employee to seek the services of a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or medical care facility. There shall be paid to the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or facility where the employee may be received, the same fee for the maintenance and care of the person as is received by the institution for the maintenance and care of a nonresident patient. If the employee worked in a state hospital or nursing home, payment for the care shall be made by the commissioner of human services. If employed in any other institution or department the payment shall be made from funds allocated or appropriated for the operation of the institution or department. If the employee dies from the effects of the disease of tuberculosis and if the tuberculosis was the primary infection and the authentic cause of death, the workers' compensation division shall order payment to dependents as provided for under the general provisions of the workers' compensation law. Subd. 2. Presumption of risk. Whenever it appears that any employee subject to the provisions of sections 251.041 to 251.044 has come into contact with persons who are afflicted with tuberculosis or with tuberculosis contaminated material in connection with the employment and has subsequently contracted tuberculosis it shall be presumed that such employee contracted tuberculosis by such contact and while working within the scope of employment. Subd. 3. Date of contracting tuberculosis. When an employee has contracted tuberculosis within the meaning of subdivision 1, the periods of time specified in section 176.141 shall be computed from the date that a confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis is first communicated to the employee. History:  1947 c 616 s 3; 1949 c 558 s 4; 1957 c 31 s 3-5; 1957 c 287 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 167; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 2 s 88; 1980 c 357 s 18; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 262 art 3 s 18; art 5 s 6; 2020 c 115 art 4 s 96
MN Stat § 251.044 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.044 — Application.

251.044 APPLICATION. Laws 1949, chapter 558, shall not be construed to apply in the case of employees known to have had tuberculosis as demonstrated by tuberculous lesions of the adult type or by demonstration of the germs of tuberculosis in such employee's secretions or excretions previous to or at the time of employment in said institutions. Laws 1949, chapter 558, shall apply in the case of employees known to have only an allergic reaction to tuberculin or only evidence of a healed primary infection if they contract tuberculosis while employed in said institutions. Laws 1949, chapter 558, shall apply to all employees of said institutions who sustain an accidental inoculation of the germs of tuberculosis through the skin and become disabled thereby. History:   1949 c 558 s 5
MN Stat § 251.051 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.051 — Police Officers Contracting Tuberculosis.

251.051 POLICE OFFICERS CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS. Any police officer of the state or of any county or municipal subdivision of the state whose duties within the scope of employment as a police officer bring or did bring the officer in contact with persons afflicted with tuberculosis, which said police officer contracts or becomes ill from tuberculosis, shall be entitled to the medical care and compensation provided for by sections 251.051 to 251.053. "Contracts tuberculosis" shall be construed to mean the development of demonstrable tuberculosis in the police officer. History:  1955 c 340 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 251.052 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.052 — Report Of Illness.

251.052 REPORT OF ILLNESS. Whenever the head of any state, county or city police department learns that any police officer employed by such department whose duties bring or did bring the employee in contact with any person suffering from tuberculosis while said police officer was in discharge of duties within the scope of employment, has contracted or become ill from tuberculosis while employed in such department, such head of the police department shall report such illness to the workers' compensation division. Copies of such report shall be sent to the commissioner of the Department of Human Services if a state police officer, to the county board if a county police officer, and to the governing body of the city if a municipal officer. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, upon receiving such report shall mail to the head of the department blank forms to be filled out by such employee claiming the medical and sanitarium treatment and compensation hereinafter provided for. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall thereupon set the claim on for hearing and determination in the same manner as claims of other public employees under the workers' compensation law are heard and determined. History:  1953 c 593 s 2; 1955 c 340 s 2; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 168; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 251.053 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.053 — Officers Admitted To Hospital; Payments.

251.053 OFFICERS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL; PAYMENTS. If upon the evidence mentioned in section 251.052, the Workers' Compensation Division finds that a police officer is suffering from tuberculosis contracted by contact with persons suffering from tuberculosis while the police officer was working within the scope of the officer's employment, it shall require the police officer to seek the services of a physician or a medical care facility. There shall be paid to the physician or facility where the employee may be received the same fee for the maintenance and care of the employee as is received by the facility for the maintenance and care of a nonresident patient, and the fees shall be paid by the state, county or city in whose employment the police officer was hired and working at the time the police officer contracted the tuberculosis. The police officer shall receive full hospital care and medical care without cost for the duration of the infection of tuberculosis or any recurrence thereof or any disability resulting therefrom. Further, the Workers' Compensation Division shall order payment to the police officer by the state, county or city concerned, of the compensation provided for under the general provisions of the workers' compensation law, including benefits to dependents as defined by the workers' compensation law, if the police officer dies from the effects of the disease of tuberculosis and if the tuberculosis was the primary infection and the authentic cause of death. History:  1955 c 340 s 3; 1957 c 287 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 388 s 169; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1980 c 357 s 19
MN Stat § 251.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.15 — Hospital Employee Contracting Tuberculosis.

251.15 HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS. Subdivision 1. County-provided care and treatment. Any student nurse, medical student, or physician in training, who contracts tuberculosis as a result of direct contact with tuberculosis patients during the course of training, or internship in a public tax-supported hospital in this state, may be given care and treatment in a public tax-supported hospital operated and controlled by the county in which the public tax-supported hospital is located, and at the expense of the county in which the public hospital is located. Subd. 2. Time within which application must be made. Application for such care and treatment shall be made by such student nurse, medical student, or medical intern at any time during the course of training or internship, and after the termination thereof, application shall be made within 12 months after the termination of said training or internship. History:  1947 c 569 s 1,2; 1980 c 357 s 20; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 251.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 251 — Care Of Tuberculous Persons|Section 251.17 — Indians, Facilities For Treatment.

251.17 INDIANS, FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT. The governor and the commissioner of human services are authorized to negotiate for and to accept a conveyance from the United States of America of the following described land in Cass County, to-wit: Beginning at a point 463.7 feet west and 56.0 feet south of the Northeast corner of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 35, Township 142 North, Range 31 West of the 5th P.M. thence south 25 degrees 30 minutes west at no variation, for a distance of 350 feet, thence north 64 degrees 30 minutes west for a distance of 350 feet, thence north 25 degrees 30 minutes east for a distance of 350 feet, thence south 64 degrees 30 minutes east for a distance of 350 feet to point of beginning, containing 2.81 acres, the buildings on which are used in conjunction with the Minnesota State Sanitarium, agreeing as a consideration therefor to maintain the buildings for 20 years, and to provide there or elsewhere adequate treatment facilities for tubercular Indians who are residents of Minnesota, for poor relief purposes. History:  1961 c 122 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58
MN Stat § 252.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Section 252.021 — Definition.

252.021 DEFINITION. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "related condition" has the meaning given in section 252.27, subdivision 1a. History:  1985 c 21 s 21; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 55; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 46
MN Stat § 252.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Section 252.025 — State Hospitals For Persons With Developmental Disabilities.

252.025 STATE HOSPITALS FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1975 c 242 s 3] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 68] Subd. 7. Minnesota extended treatment options. The commissioner shall develop by July 1, 1997, the Minnesota extended treatment options to serve Minnesotans who have developmental disabilities and exhibit severe behaviors which present a risk to public safety. This program is statewide and must provide specialized residential services in Cambridge and an array of community-based services with sufficient levels of care and a sufficient number of specialists to ensure that individuals referred to the program receive the appropriate care. The individuals working in the community-based services under this section are state employees supervised by the commissioner of human services. No layoffs shall occur as a result of restructuring under this section. History:  1961 c 137 s 1; 1967 c 6 s 1,2; 1976 c 289 s 1; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 22; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 27; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 49; 1989 c 282 art 6 s 14; 1992 c 513 art 9 s 20; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 7 s 31-33; 1997 c 203 art 7 s 7-9; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 37; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2009 c 79 art 3 s 17