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MN SF476

MN SF476
Omnibus Human Services policy bill


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Introduced
01/21/2025
In Committee
05/04/2026
Crossed Over
04/27/2026
Passed
05/15/2026
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/15/2026

Introduced Session

94th Legislature 2025-2026

Bill Summary

A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying provisions relating to Direct Care and Treatment, the Department of Health, aging and disability services, behavioral health services, housing and support services, maltreatment of vulnerable adults, and continuity of care; removing housing stabilization supports provisions; requiring release of Optum report; prohibiting Optum from disseminating private data; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.7381; 13.04, subdivision 4a; 13.384, subdivision 3; 13.43, subdivision 5a; 13.46, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 15.43, subdivision 3; 97B.001, subdivision 4; 144.121, subdivision 9; 144.56, subdivision 2b; 144.586, subdivision 2; 144.6502, subdivision 1; 144.6512, subdivision 6; 144A.161, subdivisions 1a, 8; 144A.472, subdivision 5; 144A.72, subdivision 2; 144G.08, by adding subdivisions; 144G.19, by adding a subdivision; 144G.31, subdivision 6; 144G.40, subdivision 2; 144G.41, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 144G.60, subdivision 4; 144G.61, subdivision 2; 144G.92, subdivision 5; 152.137, subdivision 6; 157.17, subdivisions 2, 5; 182.6545; 245.991, subdivision 3; 245.992, subdivisions 1, 2; 245A.03, by adding subdivisions; 245A.11, subdivision 2a; 245D.04, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 245D.09, subdivision 5; 245D.10, subdivision 3; 245F.02, subdivision 17; 245F.15, subdivision 7; 245G.04, by adding a subdivision; 245G.06, subdivision 4; 245G.11, subdivision 8; 245I.10, subdivision 6; 253B.03, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, by adding a subdivision; 253B.18, subdivision 14; 253D.19, subdivision 1; 254B.052, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 256.9752, as amended; 256B.04, subdivision 24, by adding subdivisions; 256B.057, subdivision 9; 256B.0623, subdivision 6; 256B.0624, subdivisions 6b, 7; 256B.0625, subdivisions 4, 47, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0658; 256B.0759, subdivision 3; 256B.0911, subdivision 32; 256B.0924, subdivisions 3, 5, 7, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0943, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0946, subdivision 4; 256B.0947, subdivision 5; 256B.0949, by adding a subdivision; 256B.4905, subdivision 2a; 256B.492, subdivisions 1, 3; 256B.493, subdivision 1; 256B.851, subdivision 8; 256D.54, subdivision 1; 256L.03, subdivision 1; 256R.481; 256S.205, subdivision 1; 256S.21, subdivision 3; 295.50, subdivision 4; 524.5-409, subdivision 2; 626.557, subdivisions 9, 9a, 12b, by adding subdivisions; 626.5572, subdivisions 2, 9, 17, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 15.471, subdivision 6; 144.121, subdivision 1a; 144A.474, subdivision 11; 144A.4799, subdivision 1; 245.469, subdivision 1; 245.4889, subdivision 1; 245C.03, subdivision 6; 245C.04, subdivision 6; 245C.10, subdivision 6; 245D.091, subdivisions 2, 3; 245D.10, subdivision 3a; 245F.08, subdivision 3; 245G.09, 1 SF476 REVISOR AGW S0476-4 4th Engrossment subdivision 3; 245G.11, subdivision 7; 245I.04, subdivision 17; 253B.18, subdivision 6; 254A.03, subdivision 3; 254B.04, subdivision 1a; 254B.0501, subdivision 6; 254B.0505, subdivision 8, by adding subdivisions; 256B.04, subdivision 21; 256B.0625, subdivision 5m; 256B.0701, subdivision 9; 256B.0759, subdivision 4; 256B.0911, subdivision 13; 256B.0924, subdivision 6; 256B.0943, subdivisions 1, 9; 256B.0947, subdivision 3a; 256B.0949, subdivisions 2, 16, 18; 256B.4914, subdivision 10a; 256L.03, subdivision 5; 256S.205, subdivision 2; 295.50, subdivision 9b; 524.5-311; 626.5572, subdivision 13; Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, section 67, subdivision 3, as amended; article 9, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 1, section 47; article 4, section 12, subdivision 5; article 8, section 2, subdivisions 4, 14, as amended, 20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144A; 144G; 245; 245D; 246C; 253B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 245A.03, subdivision 7; 256B.051, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; 256B.0759, subdivisions 2, 5; 256B.5012, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16; 626.557, subdivision 10; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 254B.052, subdivision 6; 256B.051, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 3, article 18, section 3.

AI Summary

This bill makes numerous changes to Minnesota's human services laws, impacting various aspects of state government operations related to health and social services. Key provisions include: modifying rules for Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) operations, including data practices and employee classifications; updating provisions for the Department of Health concerning boarding care homes and discharge planning; adjusting aging and disability services by implementing licensing moratoriums for certain foster care and community residential settings, clarifying resource needs determination, and modifying provider qualifications for various services like personal care assistance and early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIDBI); revising behavioral health services by expanding emergency services, establishing grants for early childhood mental health consultation, and clarifying qualifications for positive support professionals and analysts; amending housing and support services by establishing housing accounts for licensed programs, clarifying community-living setting rules, and modifying the definition of "residing in the facility" for certain rate adjustments; strengthening protections against maltreatment of vulnerable adults by clarifying county social services agency responsibilities in investigations and assessments, defining new terms like "assessment" and "investigation," and outlining specific agency authorities and conflict of interest rules; and ensuring continuity of care by allowing for longer voluntary returns to secure treatment facilities and modifying rules for voluntary readmission to provisional discharge status. The bill also repeals certain provisions related to housing stabilization services and makes various technical and conforming changes across different chapters of Minnesota Statutes.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

Sponsors (11)

Last Action

Secretary of State, Filed (on 05/15/2026)

Bill Topics

Health
  • ‐ Long-term Care and Elderly Issues
  • ‐ Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, and Deinstitutionalization
Social Welfare
  • ‐ Assistance to the Disabled and Handicapped

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