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Chapter 256
Section 256.974
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Recent History
- 2016 256.974 Amended 2016 c 163 art 1 s 1
- 2007 256.974 Amended 2007 c 147 art 6 s 9
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256.974 OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN FOR OLDER MINNESOTANS; LOCAL
PROGRAMS.
The ombudsman for older Minnesotans serves in the classified service under section
256.01, subdivision 7, in an office within the Minnesota Board on Aging that incorporates the
long-term care ombudsman program required by the Older Americans Act, Public Law 100-75,
United States Code, title 42, section 3027(a)(12), and established within the Minnesota Board on
Aging. The Minnesota Board on Aging may make grants to and designate local programs for the
provision of ombudsman services to clients in county or multicounty areas. The local program
may not be an agency engaged in the provision of nursing home care, hospital care, or home care
services either directly or by contract, or have the responsibility for planning, coordinating,
funding, or administering nursing home care, hospital care, or home care services.
History: 1987 c 403 art 2 s 66; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 115
PROGRAMS.
The ombudsman for older Minnesotans serves in the classified service under section
256.01, subdivision 7, in an office within the Minnesota Board on Aging that incorporates the
long-term care ombudsman program required by the Older Americans Act, Public Law 100-75,
United States Code, title 42, section 3027(a)(12), and established within the Minnesota Board on
Aging. The Minnesota Board on Aging may make grants to and designate local programs for the
provision of ombudsman services to clients in county or multicounty areas. The local program
may not be an agency engaged in the provision of nursing home care, hospital care, or home care
services either directly or by contract, or have the responsibility for planning, coordinating,
funding, or administering nursing home care, hospital care, or home care services.
History: 1987 c 403 art 2 s 66; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 115
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