1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing the facility
1.3 	reimbursement rate for a facility in Otter Tail
1.4 	County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.5 	256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.434, is
1.8 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 4f.Facility rate increase effective july 1, 2005.
 1.10 	For the rate year beginning July 1, 2005, a nursing facility in
1.11 	Otter Tail County that was licensed for 55 beds as of January 1,
1.12 	2005, shall receive a rate increase to increase its operating
1.13 	rate to the 60th percentile of the operating rates of all other
1.14 	Otter Tail County skilled nursing facilities.  The commissioner
1.15 	shall determine the 60th percentile of the case mix portion of
1.16 	the operating rates of all other Otter Tail County skilled
1.17 	nursing facilities and then apply the case mix weights.  The
1.18 	60th percentile of the other facilities operating per diem for
1.19 	all other Otter Tail County facilities will be added to the
1.20 	above-determined weighted case mix amount to compute the 60th
1.21 	percentile operating rate.  The nonoperating components of the
1.22 	facility's rates will not be adjusted under this subdivision.