144A.33 RESIDENT AND FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL EDUCATION.

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Subdivision 1.Educational program.

Each resident and family council authorized under section 144.651, subdivision 27, shall be educated and informed about the following:

(1) care in the nursing home or board and care home;

(2) resident rights and responsibilities;

(3) resident and family council organization and maintenance;

(4) laws and rules that apply to homes and residents;

(5) human relations; and

(6) resident and family self-help methods to increase quality of care and quality of life in a nursing home or board and care home. §

Subd. 2.Providing educational services.

The Minnesota Board on Aging shall provide educational services to councils. §

Subd. 3.Funding of advisory council education.

A license application or renewal fee for nursing homes and boarding care homes under section 144.53 or 144A.07 must be increased by $5 per bed to fund the development and education of resident and family advisory councils. §

Subd. 4.Special account.

All money collected by the commissioner of health under subdivision 3 must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special account called the nursing home advisory council fund. Money credited to the fund is appropriated to the Minnesota Board on Aging for the purposes of this section. §

Subd. 5.Evaluation.

Each year the Minnesota Board on Aging shall evaluate the programs and funding sources established under this section.

History:

1985 c 267 s 1; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 13,14; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 19; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 16; 2014 c 312 art 27 s 4

History: History: 1985 c 267 s 1; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 13,14; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 19; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 16; 2014 c 312 art 27 s 4