Minnesota LTSS Advisory Council meeting agenda

Date: Feb. 19, 2026
Time: 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Zoom webinar; in-person at the Elmer Andersen Building, Room 2360, 540 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55101
Facilitator: Michele Craig, Public Consulting Group

Agenda topics

1-1:15 p.m.

· Welcome, housekeeping and introduction

· Agenda review

1:15-1:30 p.m.

· Council action:

Review of Dec. 28, 2025, meeting minutes

Review of charter updates

Action: Adoption of Dec. 18, 2025, meeting minutes and charter

1:30-1:40 p.m.

· 2026 Legislative session and council’s work

1:40-2:10 p.m.

· Workgroup updates

2:10-2:30 p.m.

· Competitive Workforce Factor and County Share

2:30-2:40 p.m.

· Break and public comment sign-up

2:40-3 p.m.

· National trends in long-term services and supports

3-3:40 p.m.

· Financial analysis

3:40-4 p.m.

· Community partner survey update

· Legislative progress report update

· Summary and next steps

4-4:30 p.m.

· Public comment period

Public comment process

· People who wish to provide public testimony either in-person or virtually at an LTSS Advisory Council meeting must sign up to do so when requested by the facilitator during the meeting at the appointed time on the agenda, 2:30 p.m.

Virtual attendees enter name and organization (if applicable) in the Zoom chat.

In-person attendees enter name and organization (if applicable) on form provided in physical meeting room.

· The facilitator will call on people to provide public comment in the order they have signed up on the day of the meeting.

· The facilitator will ask speakers to identify themselves by name and whom they represent (as applicable) when they speak.

· Speakers are limited to three minutes when providing their comment.