1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to vocational rehabilitation; making 
  1.3             technical changes; modifying procedures for grants to 
  1.4             rehabilitation facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2000, sections 268A.06, subdivision 1; and 268A.08; 
  1.6             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268A.06, 
  1.7             subdivision 3. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268A.06, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] Any city, town, county, 
  1.12  nonprofit corporation, state regional treatment center, or any 
  1.13  combination thereof, may apply to the commissioner for 
  1.14  assistance in establishing or operating a community 
  1.15  rehabilitation facility.  Application for assistance shall be on 
  1.16  forms prescribed by the commissioner.  Each applicant shall 
  1.17  annually submit to the commissioner its plan and budget for the 
  1.18  next fiscal year.  No applicant shall be eligible for a grant 
  1.19  hereunder unless its plan and budget have been approved by the 
  1.20  commissioner.  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268A.08, is 
  1.22  amended to read: 
  1.23     268A.08 [REHABILITATION FACILITY BOARDS.] 
  1.24     Subdivision 1.  [APPOINTMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] Every city, 
  1.25  town, county, nonprofit corporation, or combination thereof 
  1.26  establishing a rehabilitation facility shall appoint a 
  2.1   rehabilitation facility board of no fewer than nine members 
  2.2   before becoming eligible for the assistance provided by sections 
  2.3   268A.06 to 268A.15.  When any city, town, or county singly 
  2.4   establishes such a rehabilitation facility, the board shall be 
  2.5   appointed by the chief executive officer of the city or the 
  2.6   chair of the governing board of the county or town.  When any 
  2.7   combination of cities, towns, counties, or nonprofit 
  2.8   corporations establishes a rehabilitation facility, the chief 
  2.9   executive officers of the cities, nonprofit corporations and the 
  2.10  chairs of the governing bodies of the counties or towns shall 
  2.11  appoint the board.  If a nonprofit corporation singly 
  2.12  establishes a rehabilitation facility, the corporation shall 
  2.13  appoint the board of directors.  Membership on a board shall be 
  2.14  representative of the community served and shall include a 
  2.15  person with a disability.  One-third to one-half of the board 
  2.16  shall be representative of industry or business.  The remaining 
  2.17  members should be representative of lay associations for persons 
  2.18  with a disability, labor, the general public, and education, 
  2.19  welfare, medical, and health professions.  Nothing in sections 
  2.20  268A.06 to 268A.15 shall be construed to preclude the 
  2.21  appointment of elected or appointed public officials or members 
  2.22  of the board of directors of the sponsoring nonprofit 
  2.23  corporation to the board, so long as representation described 
  2.24  above is preserved.  If a state regional treatment center 
  2.25  establishes an extended employment program, the chief executive 
  2.26  officer of the state regional treatment center shall perform the 
  2.27  functions of the rehabilitation facility board as prescribed in 
  2.28  subdivision 2.  The regional treatment center is not required to 
  2.29  establish a separate governing body as a board.  The state 
  2.30  regional treatment center shall establish an advisory committee 
  2.31  following the membership representation requirements of this 
  2.32  subdivision.  If a county establishes an extended employment 
  2.33  program and manages the program with county employees, the 
  2.34  governing board shall be the county board of commissioners and 
  2.35  other provisions of this chapter pertaining to membership on the 
  2.36  governing board do not apply. 
  3.1      Subd. 2.  [DUTIES.] Subject to the provisions of sections 
  3.2   268A.06 to 268A.15 and the rules of the department, each 
  3.3   rehabilitation facility board shall: 
  3.4      (a) review and evaluate the need for extended employment 
  3.5   programs offered by the rehabilitation facility provided 
  3.6   pursuant to sections 268A.06 to 268A.15 and report thereon to 
  3.7   the commissioner and, when indicated, the public, together with 
  3.8   recommendations for additional extended employment programs; 
  3.9      (b) recruit and promote local financial support for 
  3.10  extended employment programs from private sources such as 
  3.11  community chests United Ways, business, industrial and private 
  3.12  foundations, voluntary agencies and other lawful sources and 
  3.13  promote public support for municipal and county appropriations; 
  3.14     (c) promote, arrange, and implement working agreements with 
  3.15  other educational and social service agencies both public and 
  3.16  private and any other allied agencies; and 
  3.17     (d) advise the commissioner on the adoption and 
  3.18  implementation of policies to stimulate effective community 
  3.19  relations; 
  3.20     (e) review the annual plan and budget and make 
  3.21  recommendations thereon; 
  3.22     (f) when an extended employment program offered by the 
  3.23  rehabilitation facility is certified, act as the administrator 
  3.24  of the rehabilitation facility and its subprograms for purposes 
  3.25  of this chapter.  
  3.26     Sec. 3.  [GRANT PROCEDURE CHANGE.] 
  3.27     Funds appropriated before the effective date of this 
  3.28  section to the commissioner of economic security for increases 
  3.29  in grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.06, subdivision 
  3.30  3, must be used to increase rates paid to community 
  3.31  rehabilitation facility programs funded under the authority of 
  3.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.15, subdivision 3. 
  3.33     Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.34     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268A.06, subdivision 3, is 
  3.35  repealed. 
  3.36     Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  4.1      Sections 3 and 4 are effective the day following final 
  4.2   enactment.