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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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198.32 VETERANS HOME; COMPLAINTS; RESIDENT'S RIGHTS.
Subdivision 1. Resident's rights. A resident of a Minnesota veterans home has the right to
complain and otherwise exercise freedom of expression and assembly which is guaranteed by
amendment I of the United States Constitution. The administrator of the home shall inform each
resident in writing at the time of admission of the right to complain to the administrator about
home accommodations and services. A notice of the right to complain shall be posted in the
home. The administrator shall also inform each resident of the right to complain to the board or to
the commissioner of veterans affairs. Each resident of a home shall be encouraged and assisted,
throughout the period of stay in the home, to understand and exercise the rights of freedom
of expression and assembly as a resident and as a citizen, and, to this end, the resident may
voice grievances and recommend changes in policies and services to home staff, other residents,
and outside representatives of the resident's choice, free from restraint, interference, coercion,
discrimination, or reprisal, including retaliatory eviction.
Subd. 2. Retaliation prohibited. An administrator may not retaliate against any resident
who exercises the right to voice grievances by evicting the resident. There shall be a rebuttable
presumption that any eviction within 45 days of the exercise by a resident of the right to voice
grievances is retaliatory. This presumption does not apply in favor of a resident who has failed to
pay maintenance fees unless the resident pays the overdue fees.
History: 1983 c 313 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 699 s 27; 1989 c 84 s 6
Subdivision 1. Resident's rights. A resident of a Minnesota veterans home has the right to
complain and otherwise exercise freedom of expression and assembly which is guaranteed by
amendment I of the United States Constitution. The administrator of the home shall inform each
resident in writing at the time of admission of the right to complain to the administrator about
home accommodations and services. A notice of the right to complain shall be posted in the
home. The administrator shall also inform each resident of the right to complain to the board or to
the commissioner of veterans affairs. Each resident of a home shall be encouraged and assisted,
throughout the period of stay in the home, to understand and exercise the rights of freedom
of expression and assembly as a resident and as a citizen, and, to this end, the resident may
voice grievances and recommend changes in policies and services to home staff, other residents,
and outside representatives of the resident's choice, free from restraint, interference, coercion,
discrimination, or reprisal, including retaliatory eviction.
Subd. 2. Retaliation prohibited. An administrator may not retaliate against any resident
who exercises the right to voice grievances by evicting the resident. There shall be a rebuttable
presumption that any eviction within 45 days of the exercise by a resident of the right to voice
grievances is retaliatory. This presumption does not apply in favor of a resident who has failed to
pay maintenance fees unless the resident pays the overdue fees.
History: 1983 c 313 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 699 s 27; 1989 c 84 s 6
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