MN HF3199

Increases the maximum hours of personal assistance services that parents and spouses can provide under medical assistance consumer-directed community supports, effective January 1, 2023, or upon federal approval.

Allows each parent to provide up to 40 hours per seven-day period when multiple parents serve their minor child, with a combined maximum of 80 hours per seven-day period across all parents.

Permits a single parent to provide up to 60 hours per seven-day period, and allows spouses to provide up to 60 hours per seven-day period.

Requires service plans to include clearly identified measures to prevent social isolation when parents or spouses are the only support workers, and to recruit additional staff if the situation is temporary and due to staffing crisis.

Applies to seven Medicaid waiver and program options: alternative care program, brain injury waiver, community alternative care waiver, community access for disability inclusion waiver, developmental disabilities waiver, elderly waiver, and Minnesota senior health option.