{"id":"SEC-24-011","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"24","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz (Emergency Executive Order, approved by the Executive Council)","authority":"Minn. Stat. s. 12.21, subd. 3(1) and (14); s. 12.31; s. 12.32; Executive Order 20-01 (peacetime emergency)","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-12, Preserving Access to Human Services Programs During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency","title":"Preserving Access to Human Services Programs During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (effective immediately upon approval by the Executive Council); \u0027remains in effect until the peacetime emergency declared in Executive Order 20-01 is terminated\u0027","end":"Peacetime emergency terminated July 1, 2021 (Laws 2021, 1st Spec. Sess., ch. 12, art. 2, s. 23); DHS waivers and modifications issued under it (the \u0027CV\u0027 series) sunset on the schedule set by Laws 2021 and DHS notices","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["Minnesota Department of Human Services","providers licensed under Minn. Stat. ch. 245A and the program standards of chs. 245D-245H (adult day services, day training and habilitation, community residential settings, foster care, family child care)","lead agencies (counties and tribes)"],"clause":"1. Effective immediately, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services may temporarily waive or modify any of the following provisions, and applicable rules: a. The Human Services Licensing Act in Minnesota Statutes 2019, chapter 245A, and accompanying program standards governed under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 245D through 245H; b. The Human Services Background Study Act in Minnesota Statutes 2019, chapter 245C, except that the commissioner shall not waive or modify: i. Disqualification standards... 2. Effective immediately, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services may, upon finding that waiver will not endanger the public health, welfare, or safety, temporarily waive or modify any provisions of Minnesota Statutes 2019, chapters 119B, 245, 245A, 245D, 245E, 245F, 245G, 245H, 246, 252, 253, 254A, 254B, 256, 256B, 256D, 256E, 256I, 256J, 256K, 256L, 256M, 256P, 256R, 256S, 260C, 260D, 518A, and 626, and applicable rules... 3. Effective immediately, the Commissioner... may waive or modify any statutes or rules within the department\u0027s exclusive jurisdiction to comply with federal law, or obtain federal resources, related to the peacetime emergency. 4. This Executive Order suspends the requirements for the Commissioner... to comply with Minnesota Statutes 2019, Chapter 14 [rulemaking].","enforcement":"Minn. Stat. s. 12.45 (misdemeanor for violation of an emergency order); licensing","functions":["PY the State\u0027s human-services licensing and Medicaid (256B) rules for adult day services, day training and habilitation, residential programs and background studies made modifiable by the Commissioner without rulemaking","DD 245D-licensed day and residential programs","AD adult day services","HR background-study modifications","FS child welfare (260C, 260D) and public assistance (256D, 256J) program rules","OP"],"notes":"The instrument under which the Minnesota Department of Human Services issued the \u0027CV\u0027 waiver and modification series that governed adult day services centers and 245D day programs (closure of in-person congregate services in March 2020; the guidance effective July 1, 2020 under which Minneapolis rescinded its own adult day closure on July 24, 2020, recited in Ex. MET-MSP-011). Minneapolis\u0027s Emergency Regulation 2020-3 of March 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSP-003) is the verified_primary local closure of adult day care centers.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-12.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":343319,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-24","url":"/library/SEC-24-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-24-011","citation":"Governor Tim Walz (Emergency Executive Order, approved by the Executive Council), Emergency Executive Order 20-12, Preserving Access to Human Services Programs During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-24-011)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MET-MSP-011","MET-MSP-003"]}