1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268A.08 Rehabilitation facility boards. 

    Subdivision 1.    Appointment; membership.  Every city, 
 town, county, nonprofit corporation, or combination thereof 
 establishing a rehabilitation facility shall appoint a 
 rehabilitation facility board of no fewer than nine members 
 before becoming eligible for the assistance provided by sections 
 268A.06 to 268A.15.  When any city, town, or county singly 
 establishes such a rehabilitation facility, the board shall be 
 appointed by the chief executive officer of the city or the 
 chair of the governing board of the county or town.  When any 
 combination of cities, towns, counties, or nonprofit 
 corporations establishes a rehabilitation facility, the chief 
 executive officers of the cities, nonprofit corporations and the 
 chairs of the governing bodies of the counties or towns shall 
 appoint the board.  If a nonprofit corporation singly 
 establishes a rehabilitation facility, the corporation shall 
 appoint the board of directors.  Membership on a board shall be 
 representative of the community served and shall include a 
 person with a disability.  One-third to one-half of the board 
 shall be representative of industry or business.  The remaining 
 members should be representative of lay associations for persons 
 with a disability, labor, the general public, and education, 
 welfare, medical, and health professions.  Nothing in sections 
 268A.06 to 268A.15 shall be construed to preclude the 
 appointment of elected or appointed public officials or members 
 of the board of directors of the sponsoring nonprofit 
 corporation to the board, so long as representation described 
 above is preserved.  If a state regional center establishes an 
 extended employment program, the chief executive officer of the 
 state regional center shall perform the functions of the 
 rehabilitation facility board as prescribed in subdivision 2.  
 The regional center is not required to establish a separate 
 governing body as a board.  The state regional center shall 
 establish an advisory committee following the membership 
 representation requirements of this subdivision.  If a county 
 establishes an extended employment program and manages the 
 program with county employees, the governing board shall be the 
 county board of commissioners and other provisions of this 
 chapter pertaining to membership on the governing board do not 
 apply. 

    Subd. 2.    Duties.  Subject to the provisions of 
 sections 268A.06 to 268A.15 and the rules of the department, 
 each rehabilitation facility board shall: 

    (a) review and evaluate the need for extended employment 
 programs offered by the rehabilitation facility provided 
 pursuant to sections 268A.06 to 268A.15 and report thereon to 
 the commissioner and, when indicated, the public, together with 
 recommendations for additional extended employment programs; 

    (b) recruit and promote local financial support for 
 extended employment programs from private sources such as 
 community chests, business, industrial and private foundations, 
 voluntary agencies and other lawful sources and promote public 
 support for municipal and county appropriations; 

    (c) promote, arrange, and implement working agreements with 
 other educational and social service agencies both public and 
 private and any other allied agencies; 

    (d) advise the commissioner on the adoption and 
 implementation of policies to stimulate effective community 
 relations; 

    (e) review the annual plan and budget and make 
 recommendations thereon; 

    (f) when an extended employment program offered by the 
 rehabilitation facility is certified, act as the administrator 
 of the rehabilitation facility and its subprograms for purposes 
 of this chapter. 

    HIST: 1976 c 332 s 7; 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1987 
 c 369 s 4; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 22,268; 1995 c 224 s 88,89