Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 512-S.F.No. 2243 
           An act relating to vocational rehabilitation; 
          providing employment program rights to persons with 
          disabilities; requiring inclusion of these programs in 
          county social services plans; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1987 Supplement, section 256E.09, subdivision 
          3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapter 256E. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1987 Supplement, section 
256E.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 3.  [PLAN CONTENT.] The biennial community social 
services plan published by the county shall include: 
    (a) A statement of the goals of community social service 
programs in the county; 
    (b) Methods used pursuant to subdivision 2 to encourage 
participation of citizens and providers in the development of 
the plan and the allocation of money; 
    (c) Methods used to identify persons in need of service and 
the social problems to be addressed by the community social 
service programs, including efforts the county proposes to make 
in providing for early intervention, prevention and education 
aimed at minimizing or eliminating the need for services for 
groups of persons identified in section 256E.03, subdivision 2;  
    (d) A statement describing how the county will fulfill its 
responsibilities identified in section 256E.08, subdivision 1 to 
the groups of persons described in section 256E.03, subdivision 
2, and a description of each community social service proposed 
and identification of the agency or person proposed to provide 
the service.  The plan shall specify how the county proposes to 
make the following services available for persons identified by 
the county as in need of services:  daytime developmental 
achievement services for children, day training and habilitation 
services for adults, extended employment program services for 
persons with disabilities, subacute detoxification services, 
residential services and nonresidential social support services 
as appropriate for the groups identified in section 256E.03, 
subdivision 2; 
    (e) The amount of money proposed to be allocated to each 
service; 
    (f) An inventory of public and private resources including 
associations of volunteers which are available to the county for 
social services; 
    (g) Evidence that serious consideration was given to the 
purchase of services from private and public agencies; and 
    (h) Methods whereby community social service programs will 
be monitored and evaluated by the county. 
     Sec. 2.  [256E.13] [RIGHT TO RECEIVE SERVICES IN ANOTHER 
COUNTY.] 
    A person who is eligible for extended employment services 
under this chapter has the right to request and receive services 
outside the county of financial responsibility.  The county 
shall consider the request and shall not disapprove a request 
for extended employment services solely on the basis that the 
service is located outside the county. 
    Approved April 13, 1988