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Lawmakers advance change-of-ownership carve-outs to licensing moratoria

Minnesota Legislature Joint Human Services and Health and Human Services Committees · May 5, 2026
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Summary

Joint committee members advanced several amendments (A8, A9, A10) to a broad human-services package that would allow change-of-ownership licenses to proceed during temporary moratoria on new licenses, while keeping background checks and qualification requirements in place.

A joint hearing of the Minnesota Senate Human Services and Health and Human Services committees advanced amendments intended to preserve continuity of care when provider ownership changes while a licensing moratorium is in effect.

Senator Abler, sponsor of the A8 amendment, told the committees the changes are narrow: they would prevent a commissioner from denying a change-of-ownership license or a temporary transitional license solely because a moratorium on new licenses exists. "It just counts as change and…

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