DSD E-List Announcement

Date: July 1. 2013
To: Lead agency staff
From: BI, CAC, CADI, DD, EW and AC policy staff
Effective Date: July 1, 2013
Subject: Information session on 245D home and community-based services licensure
Purpose of E-mail: Announce new 245D licensing page and upcoming information session on new 245D foster care licensure
Contact Information: Contact the MHCP Provider Call Center at 651-431-2700 or 1-800-366-5411 with questions about new and emerging HCBS provider standards, review processes and this information session

In the upcoming months, many waiver service providers will need to apply for a 245D Home and Community-Based Service license, effective Jan. 1, 2014. This will include the providers of 12 waiver services that do not currently require a license. The application process will look a little different for providers who currently have a 245B license. Please see and share the newly launched home and community-based services licensing webpage.

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245D HCBS and Foster Care: County and Provider Changes Information Session
Monday July 22, 2013, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Sponsored by DHS Licensing, in partnership with the DHS Minnesota Health Care Program Provider Relations Unit.

An information session for county licensing staff and foster care providers about the new 245D HCBS license requirements and its impact on foster care licenses, foster care services and county licensing functions related to the new 245D-Community Residential Setting license. The 245D-CRS license will replace the adult foster care license in corporate adult foster care homes where all residents receive crisis respite, supported living services or foster care services (excluding foster care services under the Elderly Waiver.)

Registration information will soon be available on DHS MHCP Provider Record Review and 245D HCBS training page.