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Integrated Licensure: Home and Community-Based Services Designation
Effective July 1, 2015, an applicant for home care licensure or a licensed home care provider may apply to the commissioner of health for an integrated license (Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) designation) to provide basic support services as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 245D.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (b)..
This designation is intended for home care providers who are already serving home care clients and want to also provide basic support services to those same clients as part of a broader care plan.
It is important to understand that the HCBS designation does not substitute the core requirements of a home care license. Providers must still meet the legal requirements of both the 144A homecare license and the 245D.03 basic supportive services. Providing HCBS basic support services alone do not fulfill the statutory requirement to provide homecare services (for a fee). Providers who apply for an integrated license but do not provide at least one homecare service to each client will have their (integrated) home care license denied.
See Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.484 for more information.