AASD and DSD eList announcement

Date: Sept. 26 and Oct. 24, 2023
To: People who use personal care assistance (PCA), their families and other interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To share a reminder about the end of the exception that allows spouses and parents of minors to get paid for providing PCA services
Effective: Nov. 12, 2023
Contact: dhs.hcsd@state.mn.us

Reminder: Exception allowing PCA provider agencies to bill for services provided by spouses and parents of minors ends in November

As mentioned in the May 12, 2023, eList announcement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will end the exception that allowed DHS to pay PCA provider agencies for services provided by spouses and parents (including stepparents and legal guardians) of minors. This is effective Nov. 12, 2023. CMS began the exception during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, PCA provider agencies could not bill DHS or a person’s managed care organization for services provided by these specific family members.

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DHS first announced this exception in an Aug. 11, 2021, eList announcement.

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