1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; increasing medical assistance
1.3 	reimbursement rates for a nursing facility in
1.4 	Ostrander; 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.Rate increase effective july 1, 2005. For the
1.10 	rate year beginning July 1, 2005, a nursing facility located in
1.11 	the city of Ostrander that is a low-cost provider of nursing
1.12 	facility services for the medical assistance program and which
1.13 	had 35 certified skilled nursing beds as of January 1, 2005,
1.14 	shall receive an increase in each case mix adjusted total
1.15 	operating payment rate so that the nursing facility's operating
1.16 	rates are equal to the average operating payment rates for all
1.17 	nursing facilities in the state of Minnesota.  The increase
1.18 	shall be included in the facility's operating payment rate for
1.19 	purposes of determining future rates under this section or any
1.20 	other section.
1.21 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.