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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of July 5, 2023
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This weekly digest is a new method to communicate updates, initiatives and policy changes from the Aging and Adult Services Division (AASD) and Disability Services Division (DSD) in a simplified way. We will send this announcement every week on Tuesdays. For more information about this digest, refer to the March 10, 2023, eList announcement.
In this edition
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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DSD messages
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Training and event information
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience:?HCBS providers
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Summary:?DHS will email reporting notifications for the 2023 HCBS Labor Market Survey on July 10, 2023. HCBS providers that receive a notification must use the online survey to submit labor market data, as outlined in Minn. Stat. ?256B.4912, subd. 1a.
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DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agency staff, contracted case management providers, case managers and other interested parties
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Effective date: July 1, 2023
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Summary: Effective July 1, 2023, disability waiver case managers must complete 20 hours of education and disability-related training each year. They also must offer all working-age people with disabilities benefits-planning assistance and support to understand work incentive programs available to them and the impact of work on their benefits.
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Audience:?Lead agencies and CL providers
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Effective date: July 1, 2023
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Summary:?Effective July 1, 2023, MMIS claims edit 801 will post to deny payment for BI and CADI CL services to people younger than age 55 authorized in CL settings subject to the age limitation. This change ensures ongoing compliance with the federally approved HCBS waiver plans.
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Training and event information
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Audience:?Lead agency staff, case managers, providers and other interested parties
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Event date:?July 13, 2023
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Summary:?Make sure to attend the next session of the Odyssey webinar series, 2023 Legislative Updates. Sign up for this free webinar before 7 p.m. Thursday, July 6, 2023.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcements in the past week:
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