Minnesota Session Laws - 1996, Regular Session

  
    
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                            CHAPTER 292-S.F.No. 2584 
                  An act relating to veterans; eliminating certain 
                  duties of the board of directors of the Minnesota 
                  veterans homes; changing certain board membership 
                  requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
                  sections 198.002, subdivision 2; and 198.003, 
                  subdivision 1. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 198.002, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The board consists of nine voting 
        members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of 
        the senate.  The members of the board shall fairly represent the 
        geographic areas of the state.  The members are:  
           (1) a chair, designated by the governor; 
           (2) three public members experienced in policy formulation 
        with professional experience in health care delivery; and 
           (3) five members experienced in policy formulation with 
        professional experience in health care delivery who are members 
        of congressionally chartered veterans organizations or their 
        auxiliaries that have a statewide organizational structure and 
        state level officers in Minnesota.  
           The commissioner of veterans affairs shall serve as an ex 
        officio, nonvoting member of the board.  The chair of the senate 
        veterans affairs committee and the chair of the house committee 
        on general legislation, veterans affairs, and gaming serve as ex 
        officio, nonvoting members of the board if they are veterans.  
        In the event that one or both of the chairs are not veterans, 
        then any member of the respective committees who is a veteran 
        may be designated by the chair to serve on the board. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 198.003, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [POLICY; RULES; REPORT.] It is the duty of 
        the board and The board has the power to: 
           (1) shall determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, 
        adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the governance of the homes, 
        and to adopt emergency rules necessary to implement this 
        chapter.  With respect to residents' administrative appeal time 
        periods that are not established by statute, the board may 
        create by rule reasonable time periods within which a resident 
        must appeal an administrative determination to the next 
        administrative level.  If the determination is not appealed 
        within the time set by rule, the determination becomes final;. 
           (2) report quarterly to the governor on the management, 
        operations, and quality of care provided at the homes; and 
           (3)  The board shall take other action as provided by law. 
        Emergency rules adopted under this section are not effective 
        after December 31, 1989. 
           Presented to the governor February 29, 1996 
           Signed by the governor March 1, 1996, 8:36 a.m.