Minnesota Council on Disability (MCD)
1600 University Avenue W. Suite 8, St. Paul, Minnesota
651-361-7800
MCD Homepage
Overview
Pillar #1 – Increasing Disability Representation in State Government
- Minnesota Council on Disability Capacity Building Funding
- State Employment and Retention of Employees with Disabilities
- Rare Disease Advisory Council On-Going Funding
Pillar #2 – Improving the Lives of Minnesotans with Disabilities
- MHRA Amendment to include “episodic disabilities”
- Increasing PCA pay and homecare support shortage
- PCA Ability to Drive Clients while Working
- Rare Disease Insurance Access
- Accessible and Affordable Housing
- MA-EPD asset limit increase
Pillar #3 – Disability Partner Support
- Inclusive Higher Education (MN Inclusive Higher Education Consortium)
- Accessible State Parks (MN Dept. of Natural Resources)
- Hearing Aid Affordability (Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, & Hard of Hearing)
- Expanding & Improving Public Transit Options (METRO Mobility & Autonomous Vehicles Pilots)
- Study on disabled-own businesses (Department of Administration)
- SmART proposal (Department of Administration)
- Health Equity and data collection proposal (MN Department of Health)
- MN Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Legislative Agenda (MNCCD)
- Any disability-related bills of high importance introduced in the 2023 Legislative Session