1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; extending the nursing home 
  1.3             pass-through reimbursement; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2000, section 256B.431, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.431, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 31.  [NURSING FACILITY PASS-THROUGH FOR LAUNDRY 
  1.10  FACILITY.] Any nursing home in St. Louis county that owns and 
  1.11  operates its own laundry facility shall have employee hours 
  1.12  assignable to performing laundry functions for the nursing 
  1.13  facility treated as compensation-related costs for purposes of 
  1.14  reimbursement under this section or any other section.  This 
  1.15  provision is not restricted to laundry facilities that are 
  1.16  located exclusively within the nursing home.