1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to human services; designating certain 
  1.3             nursing facilities as metropolitan facilities for 
  1.4             purposes of medical assistance reimbursement; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.431, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.431, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 40.  [DESIGNATION OF AREAS TO RECEIVE METROPOLITAN 
  1.11  RATES.] (a) For rate years beginning on or after July 1, 2004, 
  1.12  and subject to paragraph (b), nursing facilities located in 
  1.13  areas designated as metropolitan areas by the federal Office of 
  1.14  Management and Budget using census bureau data shall be 
  1.15  considered metro, in order to: 
  1.16     (1) determine rate increases under this section, section 
  1.17  256B.434, or any other section; and 
  1.18     (2) establish nursing facility reimbursement rates for the 
  1.19  new nursing facility reimbursement system developed under Laws 
  1.20  2002, chapter 220, article 14, section 35. 
  1.21     (b) Paragraph (a) applies only if designation as a metro 
  1.22  facility results in a level of reimbursement that is higher than 
  1.23  the level the facility would have received without application 
  1.24  of that paragraph. 
  1.25     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective July 1, 2004.