Tagged: Assisted Living

Minnesota’s New Assisted Living License Renewal Process Clarified

As readers of this blog know from prior posts linked here and here, Minnesota instituted new licensure categories for assisted living facilities last year. Those initial one-year licenses were granted by the Minnesota Department of Health (“MDH”) on August 1, 2021. On May 1, 2022, the process to renew those initial licenses began. Here are...

New Minnesota Assisted Living Licensure Requirements Have Gone Into Effect and the First Survey Results Are Out

On August 1, 2021, an overhaul of the licensing requirements for Minnesota assisted living facilities (codified at Minn. Stat. 144G.08-9999) went into effect. Under the new law, which was also discussed in a previous Dorsey Health Law Blog post, Minnesota assisted living facilities are now required to obtain either an assisted living facility license or,...

Minnesota Enacts New Assisted Living Facility Law

On May 22, 2019, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a significant new assisted living licensure bill into law. Previously in Minnesota, assisted living facilities were required to register with the Minnesota Department of Health (the “Department”) but were not subject to facility licensure. The new law requires assisted living facilities to be licensed, with special...