2025 Minnesota Statutes

352.905 COVERED CORRECTIONAL SERVICE.

Subdivision 1.Direct contact not required.

(a) For all periods of service that an employee is performing covered correctional service as defined in this subdivision, the employee is a member of the correctional employees retirement plan, whether or not the employee has any direct contact.

(b) "Covered correctional service" under this subdivision means service performed by a state employee employed at an eligible facility or in an eligible program in one of the following employment positions:

(1) corrections officer 1;

(2) corrections officer 2;

(3) corrections officer 3;

(4) corrections lieutenant;

(5) corrections captain;

(6) security counselor;

(7) security counselor lead; or

(8) corrections canine officer.

Subd. 2.Direct contact required.

(a) For all periods of service that an employee is performing covered correctional service as defined in this subdivision, the employee is a member of the correctional employees retirement plan, but only if the employee satisfies the direct contact requirement and the employee's employer has certified to the executive director, in the manner prescribed by the executive director, that the employee satisfies the direct contact requirement.

(b) "Covered correctional service" under this subdivision means service performed by a state employee employed at an eligible facility or in an eligible program in one of the employment positions specified in subdivisions 3 to 6.

Subd. 3.Employment positions A to C.

Employment positions with a title that begins with the letters "A" to "C":

(1) automotive mechanic;

(2) baker;

(3) behavior analyst 1;

(4) behavior analyst 2;

(5) behavior analyst 3;

(6) building maintenance coordinator;

(7) building maintenance lead worker;

(8) building maintenance supervisor 2;

(9) building utilities mechanic;

(10) carpenter;

(11) carpenter lead;

(12) central services administrative specialist intermediate;

(13) central services administrative specialist principal;

(14) central services administrative specialist senior;

(15) certified occupational therapy assistant 1;

(16) certified occupational therapy assistant 2;

(17) chaplain;

(18) client advocate;

(19) clinical program therapist 1;

(20) clinical program therapist 2;

(21) clinical program therapist 3;

(22) clinical program therapist 4;

(23) cook;

(24) cook coordinator;

(25) corrections chief cook;

(26) corrections discipline unit supervisor;

(27) corrections food services supervisor;

(28) corrections industries production supervisor;

(29) corrections inmate program coordinator;

(30) corrections manufacturing specialist-tool and die;

(31) corrections manufacturing specialist-engraving and drafting;

(32) corrections manufacturing specialist-graphics;

(33) corrections manufacturing specialist-light assembly;

(34) corrections manufacturing specialist-light manufacturing;

(35) corrections manufacturing specialist-mechanical;

(36) corrections manufacturing specialist-sales and service;

(37) corrections manufacturing specialist-transportation and warehouse;

(38) corrections manufacturing specialist-wood;

(39) corrections security caseworker;

(40) corrections security caseworker career;

(41) corrections teaching assistant;

(42) corrections transitions program coordinator;

(43) culinary supervisor; and

(44) customer services specialist principal.

Subd. 4.Employment positions D to M.

Employment positions with a title that begins with the letters "D" to "M":

(1) delivery van driver;

(2) dental assistant;

(3) dental hygienist;

(4) dentist;

(5) electrical/electronics specialist;

(6) electrician;

(7) electrician lead;

(8) electrician master of record;

(9) electrician supervisor;

(10) food service supervisor;

(11) food service worker;

(12) general maintenance worker;

(13) general maintenance worker lead;

(14) general repair worker;

(15) groundskeeper senior;

(16) group supervisor;

(17) group supervisor assistant;

(18) human services support specialist;

(19) institution maintenance lead worker;

(20) laborer trades and equipment;

(21) library technician;

(22) library/information resource services specialist;

(23) library/information resource services specialist supervisor;

(24) licensed alcohol/drug counselor;

(25) licensed practical nurse;

(26) machinery repair worker;

(27) maintenance machinist;

(28) management analyst 3;

(29) mason;

(30) medical assistant, certified; and

(31) music therapist.

Subd. 5.Employment positions O to R.

Employment positions with a title that begins with the letters "O" to "R":

(1) occupational therapist;

(2) occupational therapist senior;

(3) painter;

(4) painter lead;

(5) physical therapist;

(6) plant maintenance engineer;

(7) plant maintenance engineer lead;

(8) plumber;

(9) plumber chief;

(10) plumber master in charge;

(11) plumber supervisor;

(12) psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse;

(13) psychologist 1;

(14) psychologist 2;

(15) psychologist 3;

(16) recreation program assistant;

(17) recreation therapist;

(18) recreation therapist coordinator;

(19) recreation therapist senior;

(20) refrigeration mechanic;

(21) registered nurse;

(22) registered nurse advanced practice;

(23) registered nurse principal;

(24) registered nurse senior;

(25) rehabilitation counselor senior; and

(26) residential program lead.

Subd. 6.Employment positions S to W.

Employment positions with a title that begins with the letters "S" to "W":

(1) security supervisor;

(2) sentencing to service crew leader, institution community work crews;

(3) skills development specialist;

(4) social work specialist;

(5) social work specialist senior-human services;

(6) social worker senior;

(7) special education program assistant;

(8) special teacher: doctoral;

(9) special teacher: master of arts/master of science/five-year+teachers license;

(10) special teacher: five-year career technical credential;

(11) special teacher: five-year career technical credential+10 credits;

(12) special teacher: five-year career technical credential+20 credits;

(13) special teacher: five-year career technical credential+30 credits;

(14) special teacher: five-year career technical credential+40 credits;

(15) special teacher: five-year career technical credential+50 credits;

(16) special teacher: bachelor of arts/bachelor of science+teachers license;

(17) special teacher: bachelor of arts/bachelor of science+teachers license+10 credits;

(18) special teacher: bachelor of arts/bachelor of science+teachers license+20 credits;

(19) special teacher: bachelor of arts/bachelor of science+teachers license+30 credits;

(20) special teacher: bachelor of arts/bachelor of science+teachers license+40 credits;

(21) special teacher: career technical credential;

(22) special teacher: master of arts/master of science+teachers license+10 graduate credits;

(23) special teacher: master of arts/master of science+teachers license+20 graduate credits;

(24) special teacher: master of arts/master of science+teachers license+30 graduate credits;

(25) special teacher: no degree/teachers license;

(26) speech pathology clinician;

(27) sports medicine specialist;

(28) work therapy assistant;

(29) work therapy program coordinator; and

(30) work therapy technician.

Subd. 7.Former employees of Minnesota Specialty Health System-Cambridge.

A Department of Human Services or Direct Care and Treatment employee who was employed at the Minnesota Specialty Health System-Cambridge immediately preceding the 2014 conversion to community-based homes and was in covered correctional service at the time of the transition will continue to be covered by the correctional employees retirement plan while employed in the direct care and treatment of patients by and without a break in service with the Department of Human Services or Direct Care and Treatment.

History:

2025 c 37 art 5 s 6