1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to veterans; eliminating certain duties of 
  1.3             the board of directors of the Minnesota veterans 
  1.4             homes; changing certain board membership requirements; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 198.002, 
  1.6             subdivision 2; and 198.003, subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 198.002, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The board consists of nine voting 
  1.11  members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of 
  1.12  the senate.  The members of the board shall fairly represent the 
  1.13  geographic areas of the state.  The members are:  
  1.14     (1) a chair, designated by the governor; 
  1.15     (2) three public members experienced in policy formulation 
  1.16  with professional experience in health care delivery; and 
  1.17     (3) five members experienced in policy formulation with 
  1.18  professional experience in health care delivery who are members 
  1.19  of congressionally chartered veterans organizations or their 
  1.20  auxiliaries that have a statewide organizational structure and 
  1.21  state level officers in Minnesota.  
  1.22     The commissioner of veterans affairs shall serve as an ex 
  1.23  officio, nonvoting member of the board.  The chair of the senate 
  1.24  veterans affairs committee and the chair of the house committee 
  1.25  on general legislation, veterans affairs, and gaming serve as ex 
  1.26  officio, nonvoting members of the board ~~if they are veterans.~~  
  2.1   ~~In the event that one or both of the chairs are not veterans,~~ 
  2.2   ~~then any member of the respective committees who is a veteran~~ 
  2.3   ~~may be designated by the chair to serve on the board~~. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 198.003, 
  2.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.6      Subdivision 1.  [POLICY; RULES~~; REPORT~~.] ~~It is the duty of~~ 
  2.7   ~~the board and~~ The board ~~has the power to:~~ 
  2.8      ~~(1)~~ shall determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, 
  2.9   adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the governance of the homes~~,~~ 
  2.10  and ~~to adopt emergency~~ rules necessary to implement this 
  2.11  chapter.  With respect to residents' administrative appeal time 
  2.12  periods that are not established by statute, the board may 
  2.13  create by rule reasonable time periods within which a resident 
  2.14  must appeal an administrative determination to the next 
  2.15  administrative level.  If the determination is not appealed 
  2.16  within the time set by rule, the determination becomes final~~;~~. 
  2.17     ~~(2) report quarterly to the governor on the management,~~ 
  2.18  ~~operations, and quality of care provided at the homes; and~~ 
  2.19     ~~(3)~~  The board shall take other action as provided by law. 
  2.20  ~~Emergency rules adopted under this section are not effective~~ 
  2.21  ~~after December 31, 1989.~~