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AASD eList announcement

Date: Oct. 16, 2024
To: Lead agencies, home and community-based services (HCBS) providers and other interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services Division
Purpose: To announce a 30-day public comment period about HCBS evidentiary packages
Comment period begins: 8 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2024
Comment period ends: 4 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2024
Contact: dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us

DHS requests public comment on HCBS evidentiary packages

DHS requests public comments on HCBS evidentiary packages for ongoing monitoring of HCBS compliance.

Evidentiary package

To review the evidentiary packages, refer to:

· DHS HCBS Final Rule Evidentiary Package – Benedictine Asher Haus (PDF).

· DHS HCBS Final Rule Evidentiary Package – Benedictine Assumption Court (PDF).

· DHS HCBS Final Rule Evidentiary Package – John Paul Apartments (PDF).

If you are unable to access the documents electronically, we will provide you with a copy. To request a copy, you can:

· Email dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us.

· Call DHS at 651-431-2600.

· Send a written request to:
ATTN: AASD, HCBS Unit
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Aging and Adult Services Division
P.O. Box 64976
St. Paul, MN 55164-0976

Process to submit comments

Email comments to dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us with the email subject “EP Public Comment” by 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

We also will accept comments by mail. Mail written comments to:
ATTN: AASD, HCBS Unit
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Aging and Adult Services Division
P.O. Box 64976
St. Paul, MN 55164-0976

Background information

As part of its responsibilities under the HCBS settings rule, DHS must assess adult day service, adult foster care and customized living providers who provide services in settings in or adjacent to an institution (e.g., hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities [ICF/DD], institution for mental disease [IMD]) to determine compliance with all HCBS standards through the heightened-scrutiny process. This applies to:

· New settings that enrolled or have pending enrollment with DHS on or after March 18, 2023.

· Settings that were not previously identified in the HCBS Rule Statewide Transition Plan as meeting heightened scrutiny criteria.

DHS compiles the assessment results into an “evidentiary package” and invites the public to submit feedback on the evidentiary package during the comment period.

Following the public comment period, DHS will add a summary of the comments to the evidentiary package and send the package to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) to make the final determination of HCBS compliance.

For more information, refer to DHS – Requirements for new HCBS settings.

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