Section 198.31 — Veterans Home; Hastings.
198.31 VETERANS HOME; HASTINGS. Control of the state hospital facilities at Hastings is transferred to the commissioner. This transfer includes the cemetery. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home in these facilities. The veterans home shall be licensed in accordance with the boarding care rules of the Department of Health. History: 1978 c 554 s […]
Section 198.32 — Veterans Home; Complaints; Resident’s Rights.
198.32 VETERANS HOME; COMPLAINTS; RESIDENT’S RIGHTS. Subdivision 1. Resident’s rights. A resident of a Minnesota veterans home has the right to complain and otherwise exercise freedom of expression and assembly which is guaranteed by amendment I of the United States Constitution. The administrator of the home shall inform each resident in writing at the time […]
Section 198.33 — Privacy Of Residents; Search And Seizure Limited To Criminal Warrant.
198.33 PRIVACY OF RESIDENTS; SEARCH AND SEIZURE LIMITED TO CRIMINAL WARRANT. Subdivision 1. Searches prohibited. Residents of the Minnesota veterans homes have the right to a legitimate expectation of privacy in their persons and property against unreasonable searches and seizures. A search of a resident’s room or property may be conducted only when necessary to […]
Section 198.34 — Deposit Of Receipts.
198.34 DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS. Federal money received by the commissioner for the care of veterans in a veterans home must be deposited into a dedicated account in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner for the operational needs of the veterans homes and the commissioner. Money paid to the commissioner by a veteran […]
Section 198.35 — Veterans Home; Silver Bay.
198.35 VETERANS HOME; SILVER BAY. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner may establish a veterans home in Silver Bay by renovating an existing facility owned by the city of Silver Bay if the city donates the building to the commissioner at no cost. Contracts made by the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision are subject […]
Section 198.36 — Veterans Home; Fergus Falls.
198.36 VETERANS HOME; FERGUS FALLS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home in Fergus Falls to provide at least 60 beds for skilled nursing care in conformance with licensing rules of the Department of Health. Subd. 2. Funding. The home must be purchased or built with funds, 65 percent of which must […]
Section 198.37 — Transitional Housing.
198.37 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. The commissioner may establish programs to assist homeless or disabled veterans on the campuses of the veterans homes. The commissioner may use federal grant money for the Hastings veterans home to purchase single-family dwellings, make necessary repairs and improvements with the help of the Department of Administration, and operate the program. Continuation […]
Section 198.45 — Report On Veterans Homes.
198.45 REPORT ON VETERANS HOMES. No later than January 15, 2022, and biennially on January 15 thereafter, the commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs and state government finance on reserve amounts maintained in the veterans homes special revenue account. The […]
Section 198.075 — Minnesota Veterans Home Employees; Excluded From Commissary Privileges.
198.075 MINNESOTA VETERANS HOME EMPLOYEES; EXCLUDED FROM COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES. Except as provided in this section, no commissary privileges including food, laundry service, janitorial service, and household supplies shall be furnished to any employee of the Minnesota veterans homes. An employee of the Minnesota veterans homes who works a second shift that is consecutive with a […]
Section 198.16 — Planned Giving.
198.16 PLANNED GIVING. The commissioner is authorized to accept on behalf of the state any gift, grant, bequest, or devise made for the purposes of this chapter, and administer the same as directed by the donor. All proceeds therefrom including money derived from the sale of any real or personal property must be deposited in […]