1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying customized living quality improvement 
1.3 	grants;amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 28; 
1.4 	article 14, section 2, subdivision 27.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 28, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 	Sec. 28. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; ELDERLY WAIVER CUSTOMIZED 
1.9 	LIVING SERVICE PROVIDERS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
 1.10 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall develop incentive-based grants to be 
1.11 	available during fiscal years 2020 and 2021 only for elderly waiverproviders of customized 
1.12 	living service providersservices under the brain injury, community access for disability 
1.13 	inclusion, and elderly waivers for achieving outcomes specified in a contract. The 
1.14 	commissioner may solicit proposals from providers and implement those that, on a 
1.15 	competitive basis, best meet the state's policy objectives, giving. Until June 30, 2021, the 
1.16 	commissioner shall give preference to providers that serve at least 75 percent elderly waiver 
1.17 	participants.
1.18 	(b) Effective July 1, 2021, to be eligible for a grant under this section, a provider must 
1.19 	serve at least 75 waiver participants, and at least 75 percent of the clients served by the 
1.20 	provider must be waiver participants. For providers of customized living services under the 
1.21 	brain injury or community access for disability inclusion, the required 75 waiver participants 
1.22 	must reside at multiple locations each with six or more residents. The commissioner shall 
1.23 	give greater preference to those providers serving a higher percentage of waiver participants.
2.1 	(c) The commissioner shall limit expenditures under this subdivision to the amount 
2.2 	appropriated for this purpose.
2.3 	(b) (d) In establishing the specified outcomes and related criteria, the commissioner shall 
2.4 	consider the following state policy objectives:
2.5 	(1) provide more efficient, higher quality services;
2.6 	(2) encourage home and community-based services providers to innovate;
2.7 	(3) equip home and community-based services providers with organizational tools and 
2.8 	expertise to improve their quality;
2.9 	(4) incentivize home and community-based services providers to invest in better services; 
2.10 	and
2.11 	(5) disseminate successful performance improvement strategies statewide.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2020.

2.13 	Sec. 2. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 9, article 14, section 2, subdivision 27, 
2.14 	is amended to read:

2.15
2.16	Subd. 27.Grant Programs; Aging and Adult 
Services Grants
 		32,311,000
		32,495,000
	
2.17 	Incentive-Based Grants for Customized 
2.18 	Living Service Providers. $500,000 in fiscal 
2.19 	year 2020 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2021 
2.20 	are for incentive-based grants to brain injury, 
2.21 	community access for disability inclusion, and 
2.22 	elderly waiver customized living service 
2.23 	providers under article 4, section 28 Minnesota 
2.24 	Statutes, section 256.479.

2.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2020.

2.26 	Sec. 3. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 2.27 	The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 9, article 
2.28 	4, section 28, as amended in this act, as Minnesota Statutes, section 256.479.

2.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2020.