2005 Minnesota Statutes - 245.699 — American Indian Mental Health Advisory Council.

     245.699 American Indian Mental Health Advisory Council. 


    The commissioner shall appoint an American Indian Mental 
 Health Advisory Council to help formulate policies and 
 procedures relating to Indian mental health services and 
 programs and to make recommendations regarding approval of 
 grants provided under section 245.713, subdivision 2.  The 
 council consists of 15 members appointed by the commissioner and 
 must include representatives who are authorized by tribal 
 resolution from each of the 11 Minnesota reservations; one 
 representative from the Duluth urban Indian community; two from 
 the Minneapolis urban Indian community; and one from the St.  
 Paul urban Indian community.  Representatives from the urban 
 Indian communities must be selected through an open appointments 
 process under section 15.059.  The terms, compensation, and 
 removal of American Indian Mental Health Advisory Council 
 members are governed by section 15.059. 


    HIST: 2001 c 161 s 42