HF 2189

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/07/2017 12:55pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; providing an external fixed costs payment rate
exemption for a facility in Olmsted County; providing an exception to maximum
charges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256R.53, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256R.53, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Nursing facility in Olmsted County. new text end

new text begin (a) A facility in Olmsted County with
57 active beds as of September 30, 2016, whose external fixed costs payment rate under
section 256R.25 does not include costs from the employer share of providing employee
health insurance coverage as of June 30, 2017, but that has a signed contract with a health
insurance provider to begin providing employee health insurance coverage by July 1, 2017,
shall receive a rate adjustment based on the contracted annual cost. The rate adjustment
shall be effective from July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019, and be computed by
dividing the contracted annual cost by the sum of the facility's resident days from the cost
report for the reporting period ending September 30, 2016. For the rate years beginning
January 1, 2020, and later, the facility's employer health insurance costs from the facility's
most recent cost report shall be used as described in section 256R.25, paragraph (j).
new text end

new text begin (b) Effective for cost reporting periods ending on September 30, 2015, and later, a facility
in Olmsted County with 57 active beds as of September 30, 2016, shall not have the facility's
cost reports adjusted by the commissioner if the facility is billed and makes payments in
excess of the maximum charges allowed under section 144A.74. If the facility is billed and
makes payments in excess of the amounts under section 144A.74, the only action to be
taken shall be by the commissioner of health under section 144A.72.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2017.
new text end