Authorizing nursing facilities after a certain date to temporarily +charge private paying residents a rate higher than the allowable medical +assistance (MA) payment rate plus certain adjustments, increasing the allowable +private pay rate in stages; authorizing the charging of separate rates for +special services after expiration of the separate private pay rates, +requiring the availability of special services to all residents; requiring the +acceptance of medical assistance payments as payment in full for continued stay; +modifying and clarifying certain discrimination prohibitions (mk)