2006 Minnesota Statutes

252.51 COMMUNITY PLANNING.
Each community where there is a regional treatment center shall establish a group to work
with and advise the commissioner and the counties to:
(1) ensure community input in the development of community services for persons with
developmental disabilities;
(2) assure consideration of family concern about choice of service settings;
(3) assist counties in recruiting new providers, capitalizing, and siting new day services
and residential programs;
(4) work with the surrounding counties to coordinate development of services for persons
with developmental disabilities;
(5) facilitate community education concerning services to persons with developmental
disabilities;
(6) assist in recruiting potential supported employment opportunities;
(7) assist in developing shared services agreements among providers of service;
(8) coordinate with the development of state-operated services; and
(9) seek to resolve local transportation issues for people with developmental disabilities.
Funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services for this purpose shall be
transferred to the city in which the regional treatment center is located upon receipt of evidence
from the city that such a group has been constituted and designated. The funds shall be used to
defray the expenses of the group.
The membership of each community group must reflect a broad range of community
interests, including, at a minimum, families of persons with developmental disabilities, state
employee unions, providers, advocates, and counties.
History: 1989 c 282 art 6 s 22