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Senators consider streamlining MnChoices assessments to shorten waitlists and ease county workloads
Summary
Senate proposals would tighten county timelines, create a DHS MnChoices team to help with backlogs and allow shortened reassessments for certain waiver clients; county officials backed the need for change but warned penalties alone won't solve workforce and capacity constraints.
Senators debated proposals to streamline Minnesota’s MnChoices assessment process after hospitals and children's hospitals described patients boarding while waiting for assessments and placements. Sponsors said clarifying county timelines, creating a DHS MnChoices rapid‑response team and permitting shortened reassessments in low‑change cases would reduce backlogs.
Chair Hoffman and testimony from Nicole Helen, a Children’s Minnesota social work…
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