Federally approved Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Elderly Waiver (EW) waiver plans, federally approved Alternative Care (AC) 1115 demonstration, Minn. Stat. §256B.0913, Minn. R. 9525.3015, subp. 16

This page includes CDCS unbundled service category policy. When a person transitions to the unbundled CDCS service categories, they will use the policy on this page.

For information about who must use this new policy, refer to the Dec. 10, 2024, eList announcement.

Treatment and training: CDCS service category that promotes the person’s health and ability to live and participate in the community.

Specialized therapies and behavioral supports: Services a Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) medical provider prescribes to relieve the person’s disability (all waivers and AC) and/or health condition (AC/EW).

Training and education for paid and unpaid caregivers: Services that pay for training and education to support the caregiver’s ability to care for the person.

Training and education for the person: Services that pay for training and education to increase the person’s ability to manage their CDCS services.

Class: A single training.

Course: A series of classes.

Conference: A single or multi-day workshop or training, annual conference or symposium.

This page includes policy and procedure about the CDCS treatment and training service category that covers:

For information about other CDCS service categories, refer to CDCS Manual – Unbundled service categories.

Covered services

Specialized therapies and behavioral supports cover services that meet all the following criteria:

Additional documentation

The person’s medical provider must complete and sign CDCS Specialized Therapy Request Form, DHS-5788C and/or CDCS Behavioral Support Request Form, DHS-5788B. The lead agency reviews the form(s) with the person’s assessment and CDCS community support plan to determine whether the requested specialized therapy or behavioral support meets all required criteria listed above.

Non-covered services

Specialized therapies and supports do not cover:

Covered services

Training and education for paid and unpaid caregivers covers the cost of training registration fees and materials for paid and unpaid caregivers to support their ability to care for the person. The training and education must meet all the following criteria:

Non-covered services

Training and education for paid and unpaid caregivers does not cover:

Note: The person pays for the time a paid caregiver spends attending training from the personal assistance or community integration service categories.

Covered services

Training and education for the person covers the cost of training registration fees and materials for the person to increase their ability to manage their CDCS services. The focus of the training must be at least one of the following topics:

The training and education must follow the policies on CDCS Manual – Allowable and unallowable goods and services under CDCS.

Non-covered services

Training and education for the person does not cover:

CDCS treatment and training can be delivered through remote support. Services delivered through remote support must meet all the requirements listed on CBSM – Remote support.

Specialized therapies and behavioral supports

Specialized therapies or behavioral supports providers must:

Training and education for paid and non-paid caregivers and the person

Training and education providers must hold relevant professional licenses, credentials or certifications as required by state law.

For training and education that does not require professional licenses, credentials or certifications, the person can define provider qualifications in their CDCS community support plan.

Before the person receives services, the case manager must:

If state law does not require the provider of the service to hold a license, credential or certification, the case manager is responsible to verify the provider meets the qualifications defined in the CDCS community support plan. The person must maintain documentation of provider qualifications.