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Date: Aug. 6, 2020
To: Lead agency staff, service providers and interested stakeholders
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To inform lead agencies of the extension of the COVID-19 national public health emergency period
Effective: July 25, 2020
Contact: For aging programs, email dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us; for disability services, email dsd.responsecenter@state.mn.us
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar renewed the national COVID-19 public health emergency period, effective July 25, 2020.
DHS will ensure that people who receive long-term services and supports (LTSS) continue to have coverage and remain eligible for state public programs throughout the COVID-19 national public health emergency period.
Lead agencies must continue to follow the policies and procedures outlined in DHS Bulletin #20-56-06: COVID-19: Participation in LTSS Programs Cannot be Terminated (PDF) until further notice. The bulletin applies to the following LTSS programs:
- Alternative Care (AC)
- Brain Injury (BI-NB and BI-NF) Waiver
- Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver
- Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver
- Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver
- Elderly Waiver (EW).
Visit CBSM – What's new often for a list of policies/pages we've recently updated
in the Community-Based Services Manual.
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