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DATE: Oct. 17, 2016
TO: All interested parties
FROM: DHS Disability Services and Aging and Adult Services divisions
Comment period began: 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016
Comment period ends: 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016
Purpose: DHS
requests help publicizing public comment period on proposed changes to the HCBS settings rule statewide
transition plan
Submit comments to: HCBS.Settings@state.mn.us
DHS is asking stakeholders in the disability services and
the aging and adult services systems, including lead agencies, case managers
and advocates, to ensure that people receiving services know they have the
opportunity to comment on the revised
statewide transition plan (PDF) for the Home and Community Based Services
(HCBS) rule. We need your help in distributing this message.
The statewide transition plan communicates how Minnesota
proposes to implement the rule. The comment period is open until 4 p.m. Nov. 3,
2016. Please encourage people who receive services to provide feedback by
emailing hcbs.settings@state.mn.us.
Feedback is encouraged from
people who receive one of these disability waivers.
- Brain
Injury (BI)
- Community
Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI)
- Community
Alternative Care (CAC)
- Developmental
Disabilities (DD)
See
Letter to stakeholders from Disability
Services Division (PDF)
Feedback is encouraged from older adults who receive services
through:
- Elderly Waiver (EW)
- Alternative Care (AC)
See
Letter to stakeholders from Aging
and Adult Services Division (PDF)
More information
For more information about
the statewide transition plan, see the following:
Visit CBSM — What's New page often for a list of policies/pages we've recently updated in the DSD Community-Based Services Manual.
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