LU-02 — 2025–2026 Minnesota Legal Update for Designated Managers & Coordinators

Minnesota's 2025 and 2026 sessions redrew the compliance map for 245D program leaders. This update gives designated managers and designated coordinators a working command of the new landscape: the statewide 245D licensing moratorium and the coming ICS moratorium, new application/renewal/change-of-ownership fees, Early-and-Often technical-assistance reviews, temporary immediate suspension for fraud investigations, high-risk provider screening with surety bonds and payment withholds, EVV monitoring at the 80% threshold, the illegal-remuneration crime and its background-study consequences, the 2025–26 background-study changes, rights and policy updates (guardianship ban, never-restrictable rights, minor-child rights, notice duties, the 60-day nonpayment rule, ICS termination notices), the new §245D.097 housing-account duties, the Vulnerable Adults Act overhaul that must flow into your §245A.65 policies and internal reviews, DWRS cost-containment and cost-report enforcement, and Waiver Reimagine's current status. A 28-question bank (draw 10, 80% to pass) and a printable compliance-calendar guide are included.

Learning Objectives

• Map every 2025–26 change to an owner, a policy, and a deadline in your compliance calendar.
• Run EVV oversight at the 80% threshold: monthly monitoring, corrective response, and staff coaching.
• Meet the new integrity rules: kickback prohibitions, high-risk screening, housing accounts, cost-report duties.
• Update rights, notice, suspension/termination, and abuse-prevention policies for the 2026 changes.