Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                         CHAPTER 44-H.F.No. 557 
           An act relating to state departments and agencies; 
          renaming the mental retardation division of the 
          department of human services; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1986, section 245.072.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 245.072, is 
amended to read:  
    245.072 [MENTAL RETARDATION DIVISION FOR PERSONS WITH 
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.] 
    A mental retardation division for persons with 
developmental disabilities is created in the department of human 
services which shall coordinate those laws administered and 
enforced by the commissioner of human services relating to 
mental retardation and related conditions, as defined in section 
252.27, subdivision 1, which the commissioner may assign to the 
division.  The mental retardation division for persons with 
developmental disabilities shall be under the supervision of a 
director whose responsibility it shall be to maximize the 
availability of federal or private money for programs to assist 
persons with mental retardation or related conditions.  The 
commissioner shall appoint the director who shall serve in the 
classified service of the state civil service.  The commissioner 
may employ additional personnel with such qualifications and in 
such numbers as are reasonable and are necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this section. 
    Approved April 30, 1987