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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 246C — Department Of Direct Care And Treatment › Section 246C.04 — Transfer Of Duties.

246C.04 TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
(a) Section 15.039 applies to the transfer of duties required by this chapter.
(b) The commissioner of administration, with the governor's approval, shall issue reorganization orders under section 16B.37 as necessary to carry out the transfer of duties required by section 246C.03. The provision of section 16B.37, subdivision 1, stating that transfers under section 16B.37 may only be to an agency that has existed for at least one year does not apply to transfers to an agency created by this chapter.
(c) The initial salary for the health systems chief executive officer of the Department of Direct Care and Treatment is the same as the salary for the health systems chief executive officer of direct care and treatment at the Department of Human Services immediately before July 1, 2024.
History:
2023 c 61 art 8 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.011 — Reporting Of Newly Blinded Individual.

248.011 REPORTING OF NEWLY BLINDED INDIVIDUAL.
Subdivision 1.
Duty to report.
Whenever an ophthalmologist or optometrist makes an initial diagnosis of legal blindness as defined in section 256D.35, subdivision 4a, the ophthalmologist or optometrist shall advise the client that services are available through Minnesota State Services for the Blind. After obtaining client consent, the ophthalmologist or optometrist shall report the name of the legally blind client to Minnesota State Services for the Blind. The report must be filed with Minnesota state services for the blind within 30 days following a diagnosis of legal blindness after obtaining client consent.
Subd. 2.
Duties of Minnesota State Services for the Blind.
Upon receipt of the name of a legally blind individual, Minnesota State Services for the Blind shall contact the newly blind individual within 30 days and provide a complete summary of available services to the blind individual, in media accessible to the individual.
History:
1992 c 470 s 1; 1995 c 82 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.03 — Free Tuition At State University.

248.03 FREE TUITION AT STATE UNIVERSITY.
Any resident of the state graduated from the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, upon compliance with all other requirements, shall be entitled to pursue any course of study in the state university without expense for tuition; and the Board of Regents shall receive the resident into any department thereof.
History:
(4612) RL s 1935; 1941 c 332; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.04 — Blind Student To Receive Expenses While At Certain Schools.

248.04 BLIND STUDENT TO RECEIVE EXPENSES WHILE AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
Any blind person who is, and for five years immediately preceding the making of an application for aid under this chapter has been, a resident of this state, who is a regularly enrolled student pursuing any course of study, profession, art, or science in any university, college, or conservatory of music approved by the board of directors of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, in the discretion and under direction of the board, may receive a sum or sums of money, not exceeding $300 in any one year, for the purpose of defraying necessary expenses, including those of a reader, while in attendance upon such university, college, or conservatory, such expenditures to be made from the appropriations for the current expenses of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind. Not more than ten such blind persons shall receive such aid in any one year.
History:
(4613) 1915 c 307 s 1; 1929 c 367 s 1; 1941 c 332; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.061 — Definitions.

248.061 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The definitions in this section apply to sections 248.061 and 248.062.
Subd. 2.
Accessible electronic information service.
"Accessible electronic information service" means news and other timely information, including newspapers, provided to eligible individuals from a service center, using high-speed computers and telecommunications technology for acquisition of content and rapid distribution in a form appropriate for use by those individuals.
Subd. 3.
Eligible individual.
"Eligible individual" means an individual who is eligible for library loan services through the Library of Congress and the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library under Code of Federal Regulations, title 36, section 701.10, subsection (b).
Subd. 4.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
Subd. 5.
Qualified entity.
"Qualified entity" means an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state or a nonprofit organization that:
(1) provides access for an eligible individual to read daily newspapers through producing audio or Braille editions by computer; or
(2) provides a means of program administration and reader registration on the Internet.
History:
2005 c 81 s 3,7; 2008 c 171 s 1; 2009 c 78 art 2 s 34
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.062 — Duties Of Commissioner.

248.062 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
The commissioner must enter into agreements with qualified entities to provide an accessible electronic information service for eligible individuals. This service must be planned for continuation from year to year.
History:
2005 c 81 s 4,7; 2008 c 171 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 248 — Blind; Education, Rehabilitation › Section 248.075 — Blind-made Goods And Services, Use By Governmental Agencies.

248.075 BLIND-MADE GOODS AND SERVICES, USE BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
Any board, commission, officer, or employee of the state or a state agency, or of any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district of the state, who purchases materials, supplies, goods, wares, merchandise, or produce, or procures services in behalf of the state or such state agency, political subdivision, or taxing district, shall purchase blind-made articles and products and procure blind labor, as each term is defined in section 325F.47, whenever they are available on terms at least as advantageous to the purchaser as are articles, products, and services available from other sources.
History:
1967 c 414 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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 substance use disorder 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; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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, physician assistant, or medical care facility. There shall be paid to the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, 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; 2022 c 58 s 118
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.06 — Sheriff To Transport Persons.

252.06 SHERIFF TO TRANSPORT PERSONS.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff of any county, upon the request of the commissioner of human services, to take charge of, transport, and deliver any person who has been committed by the district court of any county to the care and custody of the commissioner of human services to a state-operated services facility as may be designated by the commissioner of human services.
History:
(4503) 1921 c 76 s 1; Ex1936 c 57 s 1; 1947 c 212 s 1; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1965 c 45 s 23; 1983 c 10 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 24; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.08 — District Court To Audit Expense Accounts.

252.08 DISTRICT COURT TO AUDIT EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
The fees and expenses of any sheriff or other person performing the service under the provisions of sections 252.06 to 252.08 shall be audited by a district court judge of the county and paid by the county auditor and county treasurer upon the written order of the judge without other or further allowance.
History:
(4505) 1921 c 76 s 3; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.293 — Emergency Relocations.

252.293 EMERGENCY RELOCATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Emergency transfers.
In emergency situations, the commissioner of human services may order the relocation of existing intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities beds, transfer residents, and establish an interim payment rate under the procedures contained in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0075, for up to two years, as necessary to ensure the replacement of the original services for the residents. The payment rate must be based on projected costs and is subject to settle up. An emergency situation exists when it appears to the commissioner of human services that the health, safety, or welfare of residents may be in jeopardy due to imminent or actual loss of use of the physical plant or damage to the physical plant making it temporarily or permanently uninhabitable. The subsequent rate for a facility providing services for the same resident following the temporary emergency situation must be based upon the costs incurred during the interim period if the residents are permanently placed in the same facility. If the residents need to be relocated for permanent placements, the temporary emergency location must close and the procedures for establishing rates for newly constructed or newly established facilities must be followed. This provision regarding emergency situations does not apply to facilities placed in receivership by the commissioner of human services under section 245A.12 or 245A.13, or facilities that have rates set under section 252.292, subdivision 4, or to relocations of residents to existing facilities.
Subd. 2.
Approval of temporary locations.
The commissioner of human services shall notify the commissioner of health of the existence of the emergency and the decision to order the relocation of residents. This notice shall also identify the temporary location or locations selected by the commissioner of human services for the relocation of the residents. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 252.291, the commissioner of health may license and certify the temporary location or locations as an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities if the location complies with the applicable state rules and federal regulations. The facility from which the residents were relocated shall not be used to house residents until the commissioner of human services authorizes the return of residents to the facility and the commissioner of health verifies that the facility complies with the applicable state and federal regulations. If the temporary location closes under the provisions of subdivision 1, the license and certification of the temporary location is voided. The voiding of the license and certification shall not be considered as a suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of the license or as an involuntary decertification of the facility.
History:
1991 c 292 art 6 s 38; 2005 c 56 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.294 — Criteria For Downsizing Of Facilities.

252.294 CRITERIA FOR DOWNSIZING OF FACILITIES.
The commissioner of human services shall develop a process to evaluate and rank proposals for the voluntary downsizing or closure of intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities using the following guidelines:
(1) the extent to which the option matches overall policy direction of the department;
(2) the extent to which the option demonstrates respect for individual needs and allows implementation of individual choice;
(3) the extent to which the option addresses safety, privacy, and other programmatic issues;
(4) the extent to which the option appropriately redesigns the overall community capacity; and
(5) the cost of each option.
The process shall, to the extent feasible, be modeled on the nursing home moratorium exception process, including procedures for administrative evaluation and approval of projects within the limit of appropriations made available by the legislature.
History:
1997 c 203 art 9 s 4; 2005 c 56 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.295 — Licensing Exception.

252.295 LICENSING EXCEPTION.
(a) Notwithstanding section 252.294, the commissioner may license two six-bed, level B intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF's/DD) to replace a 15-bed level A facility in Minneapolis that is not accessible to persons with disabilities. The new facilities must be accessible to persons with disabilities and must be located on a different site or sites in Hennepin County. Notwithstanding section 256B.5012, the payment rate at the new facilities is $200.47 plus any rate adjustments for ICF's/DD effective on or after July 1, 2007.
(b) Notwithstanding section 252.294, the commissioner may license one six-bed level B intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities to replace a downsized 21-bed facility attached to a day training and habilitation program in Chisholm. Notwithstanding section 256B.5012, the facility must serve persons who require substantial nursing care and are able to leave the facility to receive day training and habilitation services. The payment rate at this facility is $274.50.
(c) Notwithstanding section 256B.5012, the payment rate of a six-bed level B intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities in Hibbing, with a per diem rate of $164.13 as of March 1, 2007, for persons who require substantial nursing care and are able to leave the facility to receive day training and habilitation services shall be increased to $250.84.
(d) The payment rates in paragraphs (b) and (c) are effective October 1, 2009.
History:
2007 c 147 art 7 s 3; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.30 — Authorization To Make Grants For Community Residential Facilities.

252.30 AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.
The commissioner of human services may make grants to nonprofit organizations, municipalities or local units of government to provide up to 25 percent of the cost of constructing, purchasing or remodeling small community residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities allowing such persons to live in a homelike atmosphere near their families. Operating capital grants may also be made for up to three months of reimbursable operating costs after the facility begins processing applications for admission and prior to reimbursement for services. Repayment of the operating grants shall be made to the commissioner of human services at the end of the provider's first fiscal year, or at the conclusion of the interim rate period, whichever occurs first. No aid under this section shall be granted to a facility providing for more than 16 residents in a living unit and with more than two living units. Prior to any disbursement of funds the commissioner shall review the plans and location of any proposed facility to determine whether such a facility is needed. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules for the making of grants and for the administration of this section as the commissioner deems proper. The remaining portion of the cost of constructing, purchasing, remodeling facilities, or of operating capital shall be borne by nonstate sources including federal grants, local government funds, funds from charitable sources, gifts and mortgages.
History:
1973 c 673 s 2; 1980 c 367 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 21 s 38; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2014 c 286 art 7 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.33 — Client Advisory Committees.

252.33 CLIENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
(a) "Client advisory committee" means a group of clients who represent client interests to supervisors and employers in vocational programs.
(b) "Consumer-controlled organization" means a self-advocacy organization which is controlled by a board having a majority of people with developmental disabilities.
Subd. 2.
Committees developed.
The commissioner of employment and economic development, through the division of rehabilitation resources, shall contract with a consumer-controlled organization to develop client advisory committees in vocational settings in developmental achievement centers, and state hospitals, and to allocate resources and technical assistance to client advisory committees in rehabilitation facilities as defined in section 268A.01.
Subd. 3.
Purposes.
A client advisory committee enables clients working in vocational settings to advocate for themselves with regard to matters of common interest. A client advisory committee may address any issue related to the vocational setting, including personnel policies, wages, hours of work, kinds of work, transportation to and from the workplace, and behavior problems. A client advisory committee may also meet to develop the skills and knowledge needed to represent fellow clients, such as decision-making skills, assertiveness, and awareness of public policies affecting people with developmental disabilities.
Subd. 4.
Membership.
Members of a client advisory committee must be elected by clients who work at the vocational setting.
History:
1987 c 370 art 1 s 2; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.34 — Report By Commissioner Of Human Services.

252.34 REPORT BY COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES.
Beginning January 1, 2013, the commissioner of human services shall provide a biennial report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services policy and funding. The report must provide a summary of overarching goals and priorities for persons with disabilities, including the status of how each of the following programs administered by the commissioner is supporting the overarching goals and priorities:
(1) home and community-based services waivers for persons with disabilities under sections 256B.092 and 256B.49;
(2) home care services under section 256B.0652; and
(3) other relevant programs and services as determined by the commissioner.
History:
2012 c 216 art 9 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.42 — Service Principles.

252.42 SERVICE PRINCIPLES.
The design and delivery of services eligible for reimbursement should reflect the following principles:
(1) services must suit a person's chronological age and be provided in the least restrictive environment possible, consistent with the needs identified in the person's support plan and support plan addendum required under sections 256B.092, subdivision 1b, and 245D.02, subdivision 4, paragraphs (b) and (c), and Minnesota Rules, part 9525.0004, subpart 12;
(2) a person with a disability whose individual support plans and support plan addendums authorize employment or employment-related activities shall be given the opportunity to participate in employment and employment-related activities in which nondisabled persons participate;
(3) a person with a disability participating in work shall be paid wages commensurate with the rate for comparable work and productivity except as regional centers are governed by section 246.151;
(4) a person with a disability shall receive services which include services offered in settings used by the general public and designed to increase the person's active participation in ordinary community activities;
(5) a person with a disability shall participate in the patterns, conditions, and rhythms of everyday living and working that are consistent with the norms of the mainstream of society.
History:
1987 c 403 art 5 s 10; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2013 c 108 art 13 s 2; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 214; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 5 s 29; 2022 c 98 art 17 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.43 — Commissioner's Duties.

252.43 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES.
(a) The commissioner shall supervise lead agencies' provision of day services to adults with disabilities. The commissioner shall:
(1) determine the need for day programs under sections 256B.4914 and 252.41 to 252.46;
(2) establish payment rates as provided under section 256B.4914;
(3) adopt rules for the administration and provision of day services under sections 245A.01 to 245A.16; 252.28, subdivision 2; or 252.41 to 252.46; or Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.1200 to 9525.1330;
(4) enter into interagency agreements necessary to ensure effective coordination and provision of day services;
(5) monitor and evaluate the costs and effectiveness of day services; and
(6) provide information and technical help to lead agencies and vendors in their administration and provision of day services.
(b) A determination of need in paragraph (a), clause (1), shall not be required for a change in day service provider name or ownership.
History:
1987 c 403 art 5 s 11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 98; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2013 c 108 art 13 s 3; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 5 s 30; 2021 c 30 art 13 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.44 — Lead Agency Board Responsibilities.

252.44 LEAD AGENCY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
When the need for day services in a county or tribe has been determined under section 252.28, the board of commissioners for that lead agency shall:
(1) authorize the delivery of services according to the support plans and support plan addendums required as part of the lead agency's provision of case management services under sections 256B.0913, subdivision 8; 256B.092, subdivision 1b; 256B.49, subdivision 15; and 256S.10 and Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0004 to 9525.0036;
(2) ensure that transportation is provided or arranged by the vendor in the most efficient and reasonable way possible; and
(3) monitor and evaluate the cost and effectiveness of the services.
History:
1987 c 403 art 5 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2013 c 108 art 13 s 4; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 214; 2019 c 54 art 1 s 33; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 5 s 31; 2022 c 98 art 17 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities › Chapter 252 — Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities › Section 252.45 — Vendor's Duties.

252.45 VENDOR'S DUTIES.
A day service vendor enrolled with the commissioner is responsible for items under clauses (1), (2), and (3), and extends only to the provision of services that are reimbursable under state and federal law. A vendor providing day services shall:
(1) provide the amount and type of services authorized in the individual service plan under the support plan and support plan addendum required under sections 245D.02, subdivision 4, paragraphs (b) and (c), and 256B.092, subdivision 1b, and Minnesota Rules, part 9525.0004, subpart 12;
(2) design the services to achieve the outcomes assigned to the vendor in the support plan and support plan addendum required under sections 245D.02, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and (b), and 256B.092, subdivision 1b, and Minnesota Rules, part 9525.0004, subpart 12;
(3) provide or arrange for transportation of persons receiving services to and from service sites;
(4) enter into agreements with community-based intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to ensure compliance with applicable federal regulations; and
(5) comply with state and federal law.
History:
1987 c 403 art 5 s 13; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 2; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2013 c 108 art 13 s 5; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 214; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 5 s 32; 2022 c 98 art 17 s 26