Legislative reports

2026 reports

Children's Residential Care (March 2026)

Past reports

2025 reports
- Supported Decision Making in Minnesota (December 2025)
- Recommendations for Minimizing Regulatory Paperwork and Improving Systems for Substance Use Disorder Programs (August 2025)
- Activities to Reduce Homelessness (May 2025)
- County Administered Rural Medical Assistance (CARMA) Model Implementation (May 2025)
- Employment Outcomes Data Plan: Monitoring Outcomes for People with Disabilities (May 2025)
- Homeless Youth Cash Stipend Pilot Project Annual Report (May 2025)
- Medicaid-Reimbursable Recuperative Care Legislative Report (May 2025)
- Nursing Facility Rate Study–Recommendation Report (May 2025)
- Tribal Vulnerable Adult and Developmental Disability Targeted Case Management Medical Assistance Benefit (May 2025)
- An Assessment of Shelter Needs for Transgender People Experiencing Homelessness in Minnesota (March 2025)
- Homeless Youth Act Legislative Report (February 2025)
- Priority Admissions Review Panel: Report and Recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature (February 2025)
- Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council Grant Award Update & Evidence-Based Analysis of Opioid Legislative Appropriations (PDF) (February 2025)
- Peer Recovery Services Engagement (PDF) (February 2025)
- Acute Care Transitions Advisory Council Report (PDF) (January 2025)
- DCT Care Report - Increasing the Number of State-Operated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Beds (January 2025)
- DHS Rulemaking Docket Report (PDF) (January 2025)
- EIDBI Licensing Recommendations (PDF) (January 2025)
- Maternal and Infant Health Report (PDF) (January 2025)
- Supported Decision Making in Minnesota Interim Report (PDF) (January 2025)
- Transformation for Delivery of Human Services Programs (PDF) (January 2025)
2024 reports
- DHS Annual Provider Payment and Reimbursement Rates (December 2024)
- Annual Report on Obsolete, Unnecessary or Duplicative Rules as Required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 14.05, Subdivision 5 (PDF) (December 2024)
- Culturally Informed and Culturally Responsive Mental Health Task Force (PDF) (December 2024)
- Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Implementation Analysis Managed Care Contracting and Rates/Aging Divisions (PDF) (November 2024)
- Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council (CECLC) Biennial Report (PDF) (February 2024)
- Family, Friend and Neighbor Grant Program (PDF) (January 2024)
- Family Child Care Training Advisory Committee (PDF) (January 2024)
- Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program (PDF) (January 2024)
- Homeless Youth Cash Stipend Pilot Project Report (PDF) (January 2024)
- Human Services Legislative Report Sunsets (PDF) (January 2024)
- Minnesota Health Care Programs Fee-for-Service Outpatient Services Rate Study: Second Report (PDF) (January 2024)
2023 reports
- Provider Payment and Reimbursement Rates (PDF) (December 2023)
- Transformation for Delivery of Human Services Programs (PDF) (October 2023)
- Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council Grant Award Update (PDF) (August 2023)
- Supportive Parenting Services Feasibility Study and Service Delivery Recommendations (February 2023)
2022 reports
- Parent Aware Equity Report (PDF) (March 2022)
2021 reports
- Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report: Economic Assistance and Employment Supports Division (EAESD) Office of Economic Opportunity (PDF) (April 2021)
- Quarterly Clinical Report: Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021, Direct Care and Treatment (PDF) (April 2021)
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 6th 60-day update (PDF) (March 2021)
- Minnesota Family Child Care Task Force (PDF) (February 2021)
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 5th 60-day update (PDF) (February 2021)
- Activities of the State Medical Review Team 2020 (PDF) (February 2021)
- Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council (CECLC) (PDF) (February 2021)
- Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council (PDF) (February 2021)
- Problem Gambling: A Report on the State's Progress in Addressing the Problem of Compulsive Gambling and on the Percentage of Gambling Revenues that Come From Problem Gamblers (PDF) (February 2021)
- Community Competency Restoration Task Force (PDF) (February 2021)
- Preventing Duplication of Payment in Behavioral Health Integrated Treatment Models (PDF) (February 2021)
- Evaluation of Minnesota Child Support Division Mechanisms and Programs (PDF) (January 2021)
- Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Reconsideration Review Panel (PDF) (January 2021)
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division Biennial Report (PDF) (January 2021)
- Waiver Reimagine – Phase 1 Service Streamline and Phase 2 Recommendations for Reshaping Waivers and Individualized Budgets (PDF) (January 2021)
- 2020 Minnesota Fee-for-Service Cost of Dispensing Survey (PDF) (December 2020)
- Stakeholder Recommendations for Improving Medical Assistance under the TEFRA Option (PDF) (December 2020)
- Corporate Foster Care Annual Needs Determination (PDF) (December 2020)
- Minnesota’s Out-of-home Care and Permanency Report 2019 (PDF) (October 2020)
- Minnesota’s Child Maltreatment Report 2019 (PDF) (October 2020)
- Human Services Performance Management System (PDF) (December 2020)
2020 reports
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 4th 60-day update(PDF) (Nov. 16, 2020)
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 3rd 60-day update (PDF) (Sept. 13, 2020)
- Periodic Data Matching (PDF) (September 2020)
- Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program (PDF) (September 2020)
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 2nd 60-day update (PDF) (July 16, 2020)
- Emergency Executive Order 20-12: Preserving Access to Human Services Programs during the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency, 1st 60-day update (PDF) (May 13, 2020)
- Activities of the State Medical Review Team, Fiscal Year 2019 (PDF) (February 2020)
- Annual Report on Percentage of Gambling Revenues that Come From Problem Gamblers (PDF) (February 2020)
- Corrective Plan to Address Duplicate Personal Identification Numbers PDF) (February 2020)
- DSD Legislative Report: DWRS Labor Market Reporting (PDF) (February 2020)
- Health Care Consumer Support Helpline and Disability Hub MN Reports (PDF) (February 2020)
- DSD Legislative Report: DWRS Family Foster Care Rate Methodology Study (PDF) (January 2020)
- Mental Health Innovations Grant Report (PDF) (January 2020)
2019 reports
- 2019 Status of Long-Term Services and Supports, Legislative Report (PDF) (August 2019)
- Substance Use Disorder Provider Capacity Grant (PDF) (September 2019)
- Periodic Data Matching (PDF) (September 2019)
- Children's Mental Health Intensive Services Study (PDF) (March 2019)
- Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report (February 2019)
- 2017-2018 Child Welfare Disparity Grants Evaluation Report (PDF) (February 2019)
- Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Reconsideration Review Panel (February 2019)
- Status of Child Care in Minnesota, 2018 (PDF) (February 2019)
- 2019 Biennial Report on Services for People with Disabilities (PDF) (February 2019)
- Nursing Facility Payment Reform Recommendations (PDF) (February 2019)
- Minnesota HIV Strategy: A Comprehensive Plan to End HIV/AIDS (PDF) (January 2019)
- Transition plan implementation for home and community-based settings (PDF) (January 2019)
- MnCHOICES random moment time study evaluation (PDF) (January 2019)
- Waiver Reimagine Project: Waiver Reconfiguration and Individual Budgeting (PDF) (January 2019)
- Evaluation of Minnesota Child Support Division Mechanisms and Programs (PDF) (January 2019)
- Transition plan implementation for home and community-based settings (PDF) (January 2019)
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division Biennial Report (PDF) (January 2019)
- Study of Payment Rates for Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies (PDF) (January 2019)
- Adult Day Services Study (PDF) (January 2019)
- Evaluation of Rate Methodology for Services Provide Under Elderly Waiver and Related Programs (PDF) (January 2019)
2018 reports
- Human Services Performance Management System (PDF) (December 2018)
- Residential Treatment and Payment Rate Reform (PDF) (November 2018)
- Minnesota's Out-of-home Care and Permanency Report, 2017 (PDF) (November 2018)
- Minnesota's Child Maltreatment Report, 2017 (PDF) (November 2018)
- Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council (PDF) (May 2018)
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division Mental Health Program (PDF) (March 2018)
- Status of Child Care in Minnesota (2017) (PDF) (February 2018)
- Annual Report on Percentage of Gambling Revenues that Come From Problem Gamblers (PDF) (February 2018)
- Minnesota Sex Offender Program Annual Performance Report 2017 (PDF) (February 2018)
- Minnesota Child Support Task Force (PDF) (February 2018)
- Is Acupuncture associated with Reduced Opiate Use? (PDF) (February 2018)
- Activities of the State Medical Review Team Fiscal Year 2017 (PDF) (February 2018)
- Nursing Facility Payment Reform Property Study (PDF) (January 2018)
- MinnesotaCare Program Helpline and Disability Hub MN Reports (PDF) (January 2018)
- Quarterly Report on Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) & Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHH) (PDF) (January 2018)
- Electronic Visit Verification System (PDF) (January 2018)
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Minnesota a Biennial Report to the Legislature (PDF) (January 2018)
- Modernizing Minnesota's Telephone Equipment Distribution Program (PDF) (January 2018)
- Transition Plan Implementation for Home and Community-Based Settings (PDF) (January 2018)
- Disability Waiver Rate System Absence Factor in Day Services Study (PDF) (January 2018)
- Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Reconsideration Review Panel (PDF) (January 2018)
- A Review and Assessment of Advanced In-Home Activity-Monitoring Systems for Older Adults (PDF) (January 2018)
- Comprehensive Mental Health Program in Beltrami County (PDF) (January 2018)
2017 reports
- Disability Waiver Financial Management and Waiting Lists (PDF) (December 2017)
- Human Services Performance Management System (PDF) (December 2017)
- Licensed Child Care Fix-It Ticket Implementation (PDF) (December 2017)
- Quarterly Report on Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) & Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHH) (PDF) (October 2017)
- Minnesota's Out-of-Home Care and Permanency Report (PDF) (October 2017)
- Minnesota's Child Maltreatment Report, 2016 (PDF) (October 2017)
- Community Emergency Medical Technician Services (PDF) (October 2017)
- Medical Care Surcharge Fund Quarterly Report (PDF) (September 2017)
- 2017 State Quality Council Report to the Legislature (PDF) (September 2017)
- Health Plan Company Audits Annual Report (PDF) (September 2017)
- Direct Care & Treatment -- Redesign, Closure and Relocation of Programs by Region (PDF) (September 2017)
- Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program (September 2017)
- Quarterly Report on Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) & Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHH) (PDF) (August 2017)
- Status of Long-Term Services and Supports (PDF) (August 2017)
- Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council Legislative Report (PDF) (August 2017)
- Encounter Data Quality Assurance Protocol Review (PDF) (June 2017)
- Quarterly Report on Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) & Communication Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHH) (PDF) (May 2017)
- Nursing Facility Payment Reform (PDF) (March 2017)
- Dedicated Funds Report (PDF) (March 2017)
- MinnesotaCare Program Helpline and Disability Linkage Line Reports (PDF) (February 2017)
- Redesign, Closure and Relocation of SOS Programs by Region (PDF) (February 2017)
- SNAP Employment and Training Expansion Report (PDF) (February 2017)
- Activities of the State Medical Review Team Fiscal Year 2016 (PDF) (February 2017)
- Minnesota Sex Offender Program Annual Performance Report 2016 (PDF) (February 2017)
- Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report (PDF) (February 2017)
- Disability Waiver Rate System Rate Floors (PDF) (February 2017)
- Housing Support Services Benefit Set Proposal Update (PDF) (January 2017)
- Quarterly Report on Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) & Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHH) (PDF) (January 2017)
- Evaluation of Minnesota Child Support Division Mechanisms and Programs (PDF) (January 2017)
- 2017 Biennial Report on Long-Term Services and Supports for People with Disabilities (PDF) (January 2017)
- Minnesota's Out-of-Home Care and Permanency Report 2015 (PDF) (January 2017)
- An Action Plan to Increase Community Integration of People with Disabilities (PDF) (January 2017)
- Transition Plan Implementation for Home and Community-Based Settings (PDF) (January 2017)
- Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Reconsideration Review Panel (PDF) (January 2017)
- Disability Waiver Rate System (PDF) (January 2017)
- Analysis of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Services (PDF) (January 2017)
- Problem Gambling: A Report on the State's Progress in Addressing the Problem of Compulsive Gambling and on the Percentage of Gambling Revenues that Come From Problem Gamblers (PDF) (January 2017)
- Substance Use Disorder System Reform (PDF) (January 2017)
2016 reports
- Child Protection Updated Formula (PDF) (December 2016)
- Human Services Performance Management System (PDF) (December 2016)
- Human Services Performance Management System - Data Supplement (PDF) (December 2016)
- Group Residential Housing Service Rates (PDF) (December 2016)
- Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Minnesota Health Care Program Payments (PDF) (April 2016)
- Dedicated Funds Report (PDF) (March 2016)
- Olmstead Waiting List Funding Report (PDF) (March 2016)
- Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program (PDF) (March 2016)
- Maltreatment Report: Vulnerable Adults & Minors Served by Minnesota Licensed Providers (PDF) (March 2016)
- Community First Services and Supports (PDF) (March 2016)
- Nursing Facility Level of Care Initiative (PDF) (February 2016)
- Minnesota Sex Offender Program Annual Performance Report 2015 (PDF) (February 2016)
- Cultural and Ethnic Leadership Council Legislative Report (PDF) (February 2016)
- Annual Report on Percentage of Gambling Revenues that Come From Problem Gamblers (PDF) (February 2016)
- Activities of the State Medical Review Team Fiscal Year 2015 (PDF) (February 2016)
- Use of Certified Peer Specialists (PDF) (February 2016)
- Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Reconsideration Review Panel (PDF) (January 2016)
- Child Support Work Group (PDF) (January 2016)
- 2015 Long-Term Services and Supports: Nursing Facilities (PDF) (January 2016)
- Disability Waivers Rate System (PDF) (January 2016)
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Minnesota (PDF) (January 2016)
- Excellence in Mental Health Demonstration (PDF) (January 2016)
- Health Care Financing Task Force Final Report (PDF) (January 2016)
- Transition Plan Implementation for Home and Community-Based Settings (PDF) (January 2016)
2015 reports
- Human Services Performance Management System (PDF) (December 2015)
- Human Services Performance Management System - Data Supplement (PDF) (December 2015)
- Minnesota's Child Welfare Report 2014 (PDF) (December 2015)
- 2014 Minnesota County Human Service Cost Report (PDF) (October 2015)
- Medical Care Surcharge Fund Quarterly Report (PDF) (September 2015)
- 2015 Status of Long-Term Services and Supports (PDF) (August 2015)
- Report on Transfer of Vulnerable Adult Investigation Duties (PDF) (August 2015)
- Medical Care Surcharge Fund Quarterly Report (PDF) (June 2015)
- Maltreatment Report - Office of the Inspector General (PDF) (May 2015)
- Inpatient Hospital Rates Rebasing Report (PDF) (April 2015)
- Medical Care Surcharge Fund Quarterly Report (PDF) (March 2015)
- 2017 Innovation Waiver Progress Report (PDF) (February 2015)
- Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report (PDF) (February 2015)
- Rate Setting Methodology for Intensive Adult Mental Health Services (PDF) (February 2015)
- Delivery System for Oral Health (PDF) (February 2015)
- Medical Assistance Spenddown Requirements and Processes (PDF) (February 2015)
- Minnesota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Expenditures Task Force Final Report (PDF) (February 2015)
- MinnesotaCare Program Helpline and Disability Linkage Line Reports (PDF) (February 2015)
- Health Care Contracting and the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (PDF) (February 2015)
- The Parent Aware Quality Rating and Improvement System: Increasing Accessibility for Families and Early Care and Education Programs (PDF) (February 2015)
- 2015 Biennial Report on Long-Term Services and Supports for People with Disabilities (PDF) (January 2015)
- Offenders with Mental Illness (PDF) (January 2015)
- Redesign, Relocation, and Closure of State-Operated Services Programs (PDF) (January 2015)
- Older Adults Community Consortium: Final Report of Findings and Recommendations (PDF) (January 2015)
- Analysis of the treatment of income and assets for purposes of eligibility - Geston v. Anderson case (PDF) (January 2015)
- Health Care Homes: Annual Report on Implementation (PDF) (January 2015)
- Evaluation of Minnesota Child Support Division Mechanisms and Programs (PDF) (January 2015)
2014 reports
- Minnesota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Expenditures Task Force Initial Report (PDF) (November 2014)