Olmstead Planning Committee seeks comments on recommendations

Minnesota’s Olmstead Planning Committee presented a report (PDF) to DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson Oct. 23 with recommendations from work the group has been doing over the past several months to ensure that Minnesotans with disabilities have choices about where they live and are served in community settings most suitable to their needs and desires. More information about the committee and its recommendations is online. A public comment period on the report is open until Dec. 31, 2012. Send comments to OPC.PUBLIC@state.mn.us.