Section 268A.11 — Independent Living Services.
268A.11 INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Purposes and services. The purposes of independent living services and the services that are to be provided are those that are consistent with Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, parts 365 to 367. Subd. 2. Administration. This section shall be administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development […]
Section 268A.13 — Employment Support Services For Persons With Mental Illness.
268A.13 EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. The commissioner of employment and economic development, in cooperation with the commissioner of human services, shall develop a statewide program of grants as outlined in section 268A.14 to provide services for persons with mental illness who want to work in supported employment. Projects funded under this […]
Section 268A.14 — Statewide Reimbursement System For Employment Support Services.
268A.14 STATEWIDE REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Employment support services and programs. The commissioner of employment and economic development, in cooperation with the commissioner of human services, shall operate a statewide system to reimburse providers for employment support services for persons with mental illness. The system shall be operated to support employment […]
Section 268A.15 — Extended Employment Program.
268A.15 EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Administration. The Department of Employment and Economic Development shall administer this section through rehabilitation services. The department may employ staff as required to administer this section and may accept and receive funds from nonstate sources for the purpose of implementing this section. Subd. 1a. Severe impairment to employment; definition. […]
Section 268A.16 — Employment Services For Persons Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Or Hard-of-hearing.
268A.16 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, DEAFBLIND, OR HARD-OF-HEARING. Subdivision 1. Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing grants. (a) The commissioner shall develop and implement a specialized statewide grant program to provide long-term supported employment services for persons who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Programs and services eligible for grants under this section must: (1) […]
Section 268A.02 — Commissioner; Rehabilitation Council; Independent Living Council.
268A.02 COMMISSIONER; REHABILITATION COUNCIL; INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL. Subdivision 1. Commissioner. The commissioner is the chief executive officer of the Department of Employment and Economic Development and is the successor to the powers and duties of the former assistant commissioner of vocational rehabilitation. Subd. 2. Rehabilitation council. The commissioner shall establish a State Rehabilitation Council and […]
Section 268A.03 — Powers And Duties.
268A.03 POWERS AND DUTIES. The commissioner shall: (1) certify the community rehabilitation providers to offer extended employment programs, grant funds to the extended employment programs, and perform the duties as specified in section 268A.15; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities in accordance with the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, […]
Section 268A.04 — Disability Determinations; Privileged Information.
268A.04 DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS; PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. No communication or statement furnished by a physician or other professional person to the department or any other agency of the state for use in connection with an agreement or contractual relationship as contemplated in section 268A.03, clause (4), shall be made the subject of any slander, libel or defamation […]
Section 268A.05 — Reports, Disclosure.
268A.05 REPORTS, DISCLOSURE. Subdivision 1. Public records; access. The employees of the department specifically authorized by the commissioner shall have the right to receive from any public records the names, addresses and information pertinent to their vocational rehabilitation of persons injured or otherwise disabled. Except as provided in subdivision 2, no information obtained from these […]
Section 268.19 — Data Privacy.
268.19 DATA PRIVACY. Subdivision 1. Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except […]