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MN HF27

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/12/2020

Primary Sponsor

Debra Kiel

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st Legislature 2020 3rd Special Session

AI Summary

  • Modifies customized living quality improvement grants for elderly waiver and brain injury/community access for disability inclusion providers, expanding eligibility requirements and extending the grant program with new criteria effective July 1, 2021.

  • Extends 15 specified COVID-19 emergency waivers and modifications through June 30, 2021, including telemedicine services, remote service delivery, and flexible licensing requirements, with certain portions limited to specific public health measures.

  • Appropriates $20,305,000 from the coronavirus relief fund for retention grants to eligible home and community-based service providers to address COVID-19 business interruption costs, available until December 5, 2020.

  • Appropriates $10,125,000 from the coronavirus relief fund for COVID-19-related public health grants to disability services providers implementing social distancing measures, with maximum grants of $200,000 per provider and applications due by November 15, 2020.

  • Authorizes the commissioner of human services to request federal waivers to provide emergency funding to home and community-based providers to address COVID-19 effects.

Legislative Description

COVID-19; customized living quality improvement grants modified, peacetime emergency modification portions extended to economic assistance program application requirements, retention and public health grants established, and money appropriated.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Finance Division

8/12/2020

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services Finance8/12/2020

Full Bill Text

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