1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; permitting remote worker training and development 
1.3 	services for community first services and supports;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 256B.85, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.85, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 18b.Worker training and development services; remote visits. (a) Except as 
1.9 	provided in paragraph (b), the worker training and development services specified in 
1.10 	subdivision 18a, paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4), may be provided to recipients with 
1.11 	chronic health conditions or severely compromised immune systems via two-way interactive 
1.12 	audio and visual telecommunications if, at the recipient's request, the recipient's primary 
1.13 	health care provider:
1.14 	(1) determines that remote worker training and development services are appropriate; 
1.15 	and
1.16 	(2) documents the determination under clause (1) in a statement of need or other document 
1.17 	that is subsequently included in the recipient's CFSS service delivery plan.
1.18 	(b) The worker training and development services specified in subdivision 18a, paragraph 
1.19 	(c), clause (3), provided at the start of services or the start of employment of a new support 
1.20 	worker must not be conducted via two-way interactive audio and visual telecommunications.
2.1 	(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a CFSS service delivery plan developed 
2.2 	or amended via remote worker training and development services may be executed by 
2.3 	electronic signature.
2.4 	(d) A recipient may request to return to in-person worker training and development 
2.5 	services at any time.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon community first services and 
2.7 	supports implementation. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of 
2.8 	statutes upon CFSS implementation.