Week of Dec. 12, 2023





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Dec. 12, 2023*






This weekly digest is a 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 send this announcement every week on Tuesdays.

In this edition





Joint AASD/DSD messages

* New manual page about personal care assistance (PCA) services in home and community-based services (HCBS) settings [ #PCA_HCBS ]
* 2023 provider legislative update posted [ #Provider_update ]

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AASD messages

* Updates to the Alternative Care (AC) and Essential Community Supports (ECS) eligibility worksheets [ #AC_ECS ]



DSD messages

* Operating payment rate increase for intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD) providers [ #ICFDD ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

New manual page about PCA services in HCBS settings [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency assessors and case managers
* *Summary:* DHS posted a new manual page that clarifies the policies for receiving PCA services in HCBS settings to address lead agencies? frequently asked questions about this topic.

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2023 provider legislative update posted [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Providers and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS posted a summary of key provisions passed during the 2023 Minnesota Legislative Regular Session that may affect providers and other interested parties.





AASD messages

Updates to the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:*?AC and ECS program assessors and case managers
* *Effective date:*?Jan. 1, 2024
* *Summary:*?DHS updated the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets because of annual updates to the federal income and eligibility standards.





DSD messages

Operating payment rate increase for ICF/DD providers [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:*?ICF/DD providers, lead agency staff and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Jan. 1, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS will increase the operating payment rate for ICF/DD providers due to the 2023 Minnesota Legislature rate and policy changes that affect ICFs/DD.





Other messages

Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:


* Dec. 6, 2023: All clear to enter and change MMIS service agreements (joint AASD/DSD message) [ [link removed] ]





AASD ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ]

Visit CBSM ? What?s new [ [link removed] ] often for a list of policies/pages we?ve recently updated
in the Community-Based Services Manual [ [link removed] ].








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