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HF 777

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/22/2013 01:36pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying reimbursement rates for ICF/DD and
home and community-based services providers; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.5012, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin ICF/DD rate increases effective July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014. new text end

new text begin (a)
Notwithstanding subdivision 12, for each facility reimbursed under this section, for the
rate period beginning July 1, 2013, the commissioner shall increase operating payments
equal to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2013. For the rate
period beginning July 1, 2014, the commissioner shall increase operating payments equal
to five percent of the operating payment rates in effect on June 30, 2014.
new text end

new text begin (b) For each facility, the commissioner shall apply the rate increase based on
occupied beds, using the percentage specified in this subdivision multiplied by the total
payment rate, including the variable rate, but excluding the property-related payment
rate in effect on the preceding date. The total rate increase shall include the adjustment
provided in section 256B.501, subdivision 12.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin PROVIDER RATE AND GRANT INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2013, AND JULY 1, 2014.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants,
allocations, individual limits, and rate limits, as applicable, by five percent for the rate
period beginning July 1, 2013, and by five percent for the rate period beginning July 1,
2014, for services rendered on or after those dates. County or tribal contracts for services
specified in this section must be amended to pass through these rate increases within 60
days of the effective date.
new text end

new text begin (b) The rate changes described in this section must be provided to:
new text end

new text begin (1) home and community-based waivered services for persons with developmental
disabilities or related conditions, including consumer-directed community supports, under
Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.501;
new text end

new text begin (2) waivered services under community alternatives for disabled individuals,
including consumer-directed community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section
256B.49;
new text end

new text begin (3) community alternative care waivered services, including consumer-directed
community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
new text end

new text begin (4) traumatic brain injury waivered services, including consumer-directed
community supports, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49;
new text end

new text begin (5) home and community-based waivered services for the elderly under Minnesota
Statutes, section 256B.0915;
new text end

new text begin (6) nursing services and home health services under Minnesota Statutes, section
256B.0625, subdivision 6a;
new text end

new text begin (7) personal care services and qualified professional supervision of personal care
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 6a and 19a;
new text end

new text begin (8) private duty nursing services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625,
subdivision 7;
new text end

new text begin (9) day training and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities
or related conditions under Minnesota Statutes, sections 252.40 to 252.46, including the
additional cost of rate adjustments on day training and habilitation services, provided as a
social service, under Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.60;
new text end

new text begin (10) alternative care services under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0913;
new text end

new text begin (11) living skills training programs for persons with intractable epilepsy who need
assistance in the transition to independent living under Laws 1988, chapter 689;
new text end

new text begin (12) semi-independent living services (SILS) under Minnesota Statutes, section
252.275, including SILS funding under county social services grants formerly funded
under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256I;
new text end

new text begin (13) consumer support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256.476;
new text end

new text begin (14) family support grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 252.32;
new text end

new text begin (15) housing access grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0658;
new text end

new text begin (16) self-advocacy grants under Laws 2009, chapter 101; and
new text end

new text begin (17) technology grants under Laws 2009, chapter 79.
new text end

new text begin (c) A managed care plan receiving state payments for the services in this section
must include these increases in their payments to providers. To implement the rate increase
in this section, capitation rates paid by the commissioner to managed care organizations
under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.69, shall reflect a two percent increase for the
specified services for the period beginning July 1, 2013.
new text end

new text begin (d) Counties shall increase the budget for each recipient of consumer-directed
community supports by the amounts in paragraph (a) on the effective dates in paragraph (a).
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
new text end