HF 1812 Summary

• Increases the cap on supportive housing units in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties from 226 to 500 beds for homeless adults with disabilities.

• Requires at least 70 percent of supportive housing units to serve homeless adults with mental illness, substance abuse, or HIV/AIDS who were recently discharged from treatment centers or hospitals.

• Requires appropriations for supportive housing to include administrative funding equal to the cost of two full-time equivalent employees to process eligibility, with the commissioner disbursing funds to the fiscal agent for counties.

• Allows agencies to add beds with rates exceeding the MSA equivalent rate only as replacements for closed or downsized facilities, with bed transfers between agencies requiring mutual agreement.