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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Dec. 16, 2025
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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
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DSD messages
Other messages
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agency staff, service providers and other interested parties
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Effective date: 6 to 8 p.m., Dec. 17, 2025
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Summary: Select online forms will be offline during a software upgrade from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
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Audience: Counties, tribal nations, managed care organizations and other interested parties
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Effective date: Jan. 1, 2026
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Summary: DHS created new interactive modules on conversational interviewing as part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen MnCHOICES certified assessors’ skills.
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Audience: People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) and CFSS services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
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Summary: DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates throughout the transition.
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Audience: Waiver service providers, lead agency staff and other interested parties
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Summary: As of Sept. 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) determined that DHS meets all requirements outlined in the Minnesota HCBS settings rule CAP after more than a decade of collaboration and dedicated work.
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DSD messages
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Audience: Providers, including anyone involved in preparing or submitting cost reports (e.g., cost reporting consultants), who did cost reporting between 2021 and 2025 for residential services, unit-based services, day programs and customized living services
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Survey closes: Dec. 19, 2025
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Summary: The deadline to complete a survey on how to improve the DWRS cost reporting system is Dec. 19, 2025.
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Audience: ICF/DD providers, lead agency staff and other interested parties
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Effective date: Jan. 1, 2026
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Summary: Effective Jan. 1, 2026, DHS will increase the operating payment rate floor for ICF/DD providers.
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Audience: EIDBI providers, people receiving services and other interested parties
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Effective date: Jan. 1, 2026
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Summary: Effective Jan. 1, 2026, EIDBI providers must not deliver or bill for select direct intervention services during homeschool or online/virtual school instruction.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:
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