2005 Minnesota Statutes - 268A.085 — Rehabilitation facility boards.

     268A.085 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 the representation 
 described above is preserved.  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: 


    (1) review and evaluate the need for extended employment 
 programs offered by the rehabilitation facility provided under 
 sections 268A.06 to 268A.15; 


    (2) recruit and promote local financial support for 
 extended employment programs from private sources including:  
 the United Way; business, industrial, and private foundations; 
 voluntary agencies; and other lawful sources, and promote public 
 support for municipal and county appropriations; 


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


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


    HIST: 2004 c 206 s 49