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DSD eList announcement

Date: July 30, 2024
To: Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) providers, people who receive services, lead agencies and other interested parties
From: DHS Disability Services Division
Purpose: To announce legislative updates related to EIDBI services
Contact: ASD Contact Form

EIDBI legislative updates

The Minnesota Legislature made updates during the 2024 legislative session that impact EIDBI providers, including:

  • · Creation of one-time emergency relief grants for rural EIDBI providers.
  • · Additional options to meet EIDBI level I provider qualifications.
  • · Board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) licensure.

    • Emergency relief grants for rural EIDBI providers

    DHS will distribute and administer emergency relief grants for rural EIDBI providers:

  • · Amount: One-time appropriation of $600,000 in fiscal year 2025.
  • · Availability: Grants will be available until June 30, 2027.
  • · Eligibility: EIDBI providers that serve communities outside the metropolitan counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester and St. Cloud.

    • DHS will share more information, including application instructions, in a future eList announcement.

    To review the complete legislation, refer to Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 46, section 38.

    EIDBI level I provider qualifications

    Effective Aug. 1, 2024, a person has additional options to meet a level I provider requirement:

  • · Be a BCBA as defined by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).
  • · Be a qualified behavior analyst as defined by the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board.

    • To review the complete legislation, refer to Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 26, section 19.

    For more information, refer to EIDBI – Level I provider qualifications, roles and responsibilities.

    BCBA licensure

    Effective Jan. 1, 2025, all BCBAs who work within the EIDBI program must have a license in Minnesota. Minnesota is the 38th state to license Applied Behavior Analysis.

    Note: The qualified supervising professional (QSP) requirements for EIDBI services remain the same. The BCBA licensure requirement did not automatically add BCBAs to the list of licensed mental health professionals who are qualified to be QSPs in Minn. Stat. §245I.04, subd. 2.

    DHS will share more information about BCBA licensure in a future eList announcement.

    To review the complete legislation, refer to Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 19.

    For more information, refer to BACB – U.S. Licensure of Behavior Analysts and Minnesota Northland Association for Behavior Analysis – Licensure.

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