RESIDENT AND FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL EDUCATION.

144A.33 RESIDENT AND FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL EDUCATION. § 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