Week of Aug. 20, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Aug. 20, 2024*






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

* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]

 

DSD messages

* Policy change for Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver maltreatment materials [ #DD_Waiver ]
* DHS to begin compensation threshold tracking [ #Comp_threshold_tracking ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Recent CBSM updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies and all interested parties
* *Summary:* This announcement provides a summary of updates DHS made to the CBSM in July 2024.





DSD messages

Policy change for DD Waiver maltreatment materials [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, providers, people who receive services and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Aug. 26, 2024
* *Summary:* Effective Aug. 26, 2024, all people age 18 and older using the DD Waiver must receive materials about how to recognize and report maltreatment at each MnCHOICES assessment or reassessment.

 

DHS to begin compensation threshold tracking [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Disability waiver service providers
* *Effective date:* Jan. 1, 2025
* *Summary:* During the 2023 session, the Legislature passed a new requirement that providers must pay a minimum portion of Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) revenues as compensation to direct care workers. This new requirement takes effect Jan. 1, 2025. DHS will begin tracking required compensation thresholds via DWRS cost reporting during the 2026 reporting period.





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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