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- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Minn. Stat. s. 12.21, subd. 3(1) and (14); s. 12.31; s. 12.32; Executive Order 20-01 (peacetime emergency)
- Issued
- 2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-20 (effective immediately upon approval by the Executive Council); 'remains in effect until the peacetime emergency declared in Executive Order 20-01 is terminated' (read as 2020-03-20)
- 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 'CV' series) sunset on the schedule set by Laws 2021 and DHS notices (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- 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)
- Functions reached
- PY the State's 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
- Collection
- Social Assistance and Community Services SEC-24
Operative words
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's 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
Notes
The instrument under which the Minnesota Department of Human Services issued the 'CV' 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's Emergency Regulation 2020-3 of March 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSP-003) is the verified_primary local closure of adult day care centers.
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