Section 402A.20 Council

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

402A.20 COUNCIL.

Subdivision 1.Council.

(a) The State-County Results, Accountability, and Service Delivery Redesign Council is established. Appointed council members must be appointed by their respective agencies, associations, or governmental units by November 1, 2009. The council shall be cochaired by the commissioner of human services, or designee, and a county representative from paragraph (b), clause (4) or (5), appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties. Recommendations of the council must be approved by a majority of the council members. The provisions of section 15.059 do not apply to this council, and this council does not expire.

(b) The council must consist of the following members:

(1) two legislators appointed by the speaker of the house, one from the minority and one from the majority;

(2) two legislators appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, one from the majority and one from the minority;

(3) the commissioner of human services, or designee, and three employees from the department;

(4) two county commissioners appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties;

(5) two county representatives appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators;

(6) one representative appointed by AFSCME as a nonvoting member; and

(7) one representative appointed by the Teamsters as a nonvoting member.

(d) Member agencies and associations are responsible for initial and subsequent appointments to the council.

Subd. 2.Council duties.

The council shall:

(1) provide review of the redesign process;

(2) certify, in accordance with section 402A.30, subdivision 4, the formation of a service delivery authority, including the memorandum of understanding in section 402A.30, subdivision 2, paragraph (b);

(3) ensure the consistency of the memorandum of understanding entered into under section 402A.30, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), with the performance standards recommended by the steering committee and enacted by the legislature;

(4) ensure the consistency of the memorandum of understanding, to the extent appropriate, or other memorandum of understanding entered into by other service delivery authorities;

(5) establish a process to take public input on the service delivery framework specified in the memorandum of understanding in section 402A.30, subdivision 2, paragraph (b);

(6) form work groups as necessary to carry out the duties of the council under the redesign;

(7) serve as a forum for resolving conflicts among participating counties or between participating counties and the commissioner of human services, provided nothing in this section is intended to create a formal binding legal process;

(8) engage in the program improvement process established in section 402A.18, subdivision 3; and

(9) identify and recommend incentives for counties to participate in human services authorities.