House panel backs technical fixes to home‑care grants process, seeks timely advisory‑council appointments

Mar 3, 2026

Lawmakers adopted technical amendments and laid over House File 3526 to align home‑care grant procedures with recent assisted‑living grant law and to set timelines for filling vacancies on the MDH Home Care and Assisted‑Living Advisory Council; MDH staff clarified funding levels.

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Representative Schumacher moved House File 3526, which contains two principal changes: align the competitive grant process language for home care grant awards with language adopted last session for assisted‑living grant awards, and set a timeline for filling vacancies on the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Home Care and Assisted‑Living Advisory Council.

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