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SF2740 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Certain customized living providers exemption from the community living setting licensing moratorium and the commissioner's authority to manage statewide community living setting capacity establishment provision

AI Generated Summary

Purpose of the Bill

The bill aims to exempt specific customized living providers from the moratorium on community living setting licenses in Minnesota. It also exempts these providers from certain regulatory controls on the capacity of such settings.

Main Provisions

  • Exemption from Licensing Moratorium: This bill establishes an exemption for certain customized living settings from the existing moratorium on the licensing of community residential settings.
  • License Issuance Criteria: To qualify for the exemption, the setting must have been operational as a customized living service on June 30, 2025. The services should cater to individuals under the brain injury or community access for disability inclusion waiver plans and be located in a single-family home.
  • Licensed Capacity: Licenses will be issued, maintaining the capacity as of June 30, 2025, not exceeding five residents.
  • Application Timeline: Eligible applicants must submit their applications for community residential setting licenses by June 30, 2027.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

  • The bill adds a subdivision to Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 245A.03, allowing certain customized living providers to bypass the licensing and capacity management restrictions currently in place.
  • This means that the Commissioner of Human Services will not apply state-imposed limits on the number of licenses or adjustments to the licensed capacities for these specific settings.

Relevant Terms

  • Customized living providers
  • Licensing moratorium
  • Community residential settings
  • Brain injury waiver
  • Disability inclusion waiver
  • Licensed capacity

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 19, 2025SenateFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
March 19, 2025SenateFloorActionReferred toHuman Services

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "A new exception is added for former customized living service settings serving individuals under specific waiver plans."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill adds an new exception to the licensing moratorium for community residential settings in section 245A.03.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "245A.03",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 7"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill references section 256B.493 concerning the management of statewide capacity for community residential settings.",
      "modified": [
        "Clarifies exemption from capacity management authority by the commissioner for certain settings."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256B.493",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Section 256B.49 is referenced for defining 'Operational' as it pertains to the waiver plans.",
      "modified": [
        "References the definition of 'Operational' as per the specified subdivision for determining eligibility."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "256B.49",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 28"
  }
]

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