1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/14/2012 04:42pm
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1st Engrossment | Posted on 03/14/2012 |
A bill for an act
relating to human services; establishing a statewide self-advocacy network for
persons with disabilities; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $95,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2013 to the
commissioner of human services to establish and maintain a statewide self-advocacy
network for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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(b) The self-advocacy network must focus on ensuring that persons with disabilities
are:
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(1) informed of and educated about their legal rights in the areas of education,
employment, housing, transportation, and voting; and
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(2) educated and trained to self-advocate for their rights under law.
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(c) Self-advocacy network activities under this section include but are not limited to:
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(1) education and training, including preemployment and workplace skills;
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(2) establishment and maintenance of a communication and information exchange
system for self-advocacy groups; and
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(3) financial and technical assistance to self-advocacy groups.
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