HF 3671 Summary

• Requires residential care service providers to comply with home and community-based services licensing standards under Minnesota Statutes chapter 245D, effective upon federal approval.

• Adds residential care services as defined under community alternatives for disabled individuals, brain injury, and elderly waiver plans to the list of services governed by chapter 245D licensing standards.

• Directs the commissioner of human services to submit waiver amendments to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by October 1, 2016, adding chapter 245D licensing standards to residential care service provider qualifications.

• Prohibits discontinuation of residential care service authorizations under brain injury, community alternatives for disabled individuals, and elderly waivers unless federal waiver amendment approval is denied; establishes March 17, 2019, as deadline for all residential care settings to meet home and community-based setting requirements.