1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 256E Community Social Services
Section 256E.04 Biennial state plan.

256E.04 Biennial state plan.

Subdivision 1. The commissioner shall prepare a biennial social services plan and present the plan to the governor. The commissioner shall update the plan biennially. The plan shall include:

(a) a description of state social service programs and priorities;

(b) an overview of all county biennial community social services plans;

(c) identification of social services program requirements which counties have identified as unnecessarily administratively burdensome;

(d) identification of social services program requirements for which inadequate state and local funding is available; and

(e) identification of unmet needs reported by the county agencies.

The commissioner shall consult with the heads of human service related state departments and agencies in preparing the coordination statement required by this subdivision.

Subd. 2. Copies of the proposed state plan shall be made reasonably available to the public allowing sufficient time for public review and comment. Copies of the updated state social services plan shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature on July 1, after approval of county social service plans and any amendments to those plans, and shall be made available to the public.

HIST: 1979 c 324 s 4; 1981 c 355 s 4; 1991 c 94 s 12; 1994 c 529 s 12; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 46