1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to human services; adjusting inpatient 
  1.3             hospital rates for facilities located outside of the 
  1.4             metropolitan area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.5             section 256.969, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.969, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 26.  [GREATER MINNESOTA PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT AFTER JUNE 
  1.10  30, 2001.] For admissions occurring after June 30, 2001, the 
  1.11  commissioner shall pay all medical assistance and general 
  1.12  assistance medical care inpatient fee-for-service admissions at 
  1.13  hospitals located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, 
  1.14  at the higher of: 
  1.15     (1) the hospital's current payment rate for the diagnostic 
  1.16  category, exclusive of disproportionate population adjustments 
  1.17  received under subdivision 9 and hospital payment adjustments 
  1.18  received under subdivision 23; or 
  1.19     (2) the average payment rate for that diagnostic category 
  1.20  for hospitals located within the seven-county metropolitan area, 
  1.21  exclusive of disproportionate population adjustments received 
  1.22  under subdivision 9 and hospital payment adjustments received 
  1.23  under subdivision 23.