2007 Minnesota Statutes

252.431 SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES; DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES;
COORDINATION.
The commissioners of employment and economic development, human services, and
education shall ensure that supported employment services provided as part of a comprehensive
service system will:
(1) provide the necessary supports to assist persons with severe disabilities to obtain and
maintain employment in normalized work settings available to the general work force that:
(i) maximize community and social integration; and
(ii) provide job opportunities that meet the individual's career potential and interests;
(2) allow persons with severe disabilities to actively participate in the planning and delivery
of community-based employment services at the individual, local, and state level; and
(3) be coordinated among the Departments of Human Services, Employment and Economic
Development, and Education to:
(i) promote the most efficient and effective funding;
(ii) avoid duplication of services; and
(iii) improve access and transition to employability services.
The commissioners of employment and economic development, human services, and
education shall report to the legislature by January 1993 on the steps taken to implement this
section.
History: 1992 c 459 s 1; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2004
c 206 s 52